Corporate • Tax • Finance
We are specialist lawyers in the alternative investments market acting for fund managers and growth companies and we provide the complete service of corporate, regulatory and tax advice
Who We Are
We genuinely enjoy tackling new issues and ideas, as it enables us to use our experience and market knowledge to find innovative solutions.
We have deep knowledge of the EIS, VCT and private equity sectors and provide services to well-established fund managers and venture capitalists as well as start-up investment companies and SMEs.
Our wealth of transactional, private equity and M&A experience is married to a focus on tax efficient investments.
Unusually we provide the complete service of regulatory, corporate and tax advice, although the different services can be accessed separately. In most instances this one-stop service leads to both cost and time saving for our clients.
FORESIGHT solar
Providing corporate and tax structuring advice to Foresight Group LLP in the innovative £60 million bond refinancing and restructuring of their VCT and EIS funded solar asset portfolios.
HAZEL RENEWABLE ENERGY
Advising Hazel Renewable Energy VCT1 plc and VCT2 plc, in the innovative corporate and debt structuring of the £66 million bond refinancing of their VCT funded solar asset portfolios.
AGR
Advising AGR on the corporate and tax structuring of their acquisition of the largest portfolio of consented wind farm sites in the UK, the financing package for the construction of 17 wind farms and their sale along with the development and sale of a 25 MWH peak solar farm.
EARTHWORM RENEWABLE ENERGY SECURED LOANS EIS FUND
Advising Earthworm Capital LLP on the launch of their Earthworm Renewable Energy Secured Loans EIS Fund. This Fund invests into four pre-identified, trading companies which will build, own and operate infrastructure assets in the recycling and renewable energy sectors.
DOWNING MERGER
Acting as the solicitors and arrangers of the largest VCT merger ever between Downing Distribution VCT 1 plc, Downing Absolute Income VCT 1 plc, Downing Absolute Income VCT 2 plc, Downing Income VCT plc, Downing Income VCT 3 plc, and Downing Income VCT 4 plc, by way of schemes of reconstruction under section 110 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
FORESIGHT VCT PLC ORDINARY SHARE ISSUE
Providing corporate, regulatory and tax advice in respect of the Offer for subscription by the best performing venture capital trust, a VCT which Roger sponsored to the market in 1997, to raise a total of £20,000,000 by issue of ordinary shares of 1p each.
Brewdog Equity For Punks
We acted for BrewDog on the prospectus fundraising of Equity for Punks IV, the largest crowdfunding offer ever for a well-known craft brewery. Equity for Punks aims to raise up to £25 million to invest in the future of the brewery by enhancing resources and expanding the BrewDog reach.
Calculus EIS Fund 15
Advising on the corporate, tax and regulatory structuring of the 15th EIS fund by the market leading EIS Fund Manager Calculus Capital, a fund which plans to raise £25 million for deployment in investments offering capital growth, tax mitigation and risk management.
CHF Media Fund
Advising Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick on the launch of their SEIS and EIS Media Investment Fund following upon the success of their first EIS funding of PIP Ahoy!, a new pre-school animation show now showing on Channel 5’s Milkshake Show.
Cyrus Secured Loans
Advising Cyrus Investment Management on the launch of their HMRC Approved Secured Loans Precision Engineering EIS Fund, investing in British precision engineering businesses.