- Cobbetts has acted for the sellers on the £24m sale of specialist recruitment business James Harvard to Hays. Corporate partner Sean Fitzgerald and solicitor Victoria Zivkovic led the team at Cobbetts. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner David Sonter led the team for Hays.
- Trowers & Hamlins has advised Xtract Energy on its acquisition of Cambrian Oil & Gas (COIL), of which Xtract Energy already owns 65%. The bid values the entire issued share capital of COIL at £14.85m. Corporate partner Richard Hildebrand led the team at Trowers. Berwin Leighton Paisner head of corporate finance David Collins advised COIL.
