Bird & Bird corporate partner David Byam-Cook advised recently won client Emess on the £11m disposal of Poole Lighting to the National Lighting Company. This final transaction for Emess sees the company exit the electric lighting world and provides the management with a war chest for its next corporate move. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher corporate associate Jake Pidcock advised the vendor, supported by corporate associate William Robins, tax associate Claire Taylor and property associate Richard Wilkins. Byam-Cook was supported by corporate partner Matt Dennis and corporate assistant Charlotte Ford.
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain corporate partner Chris Newsholme advised Yeoman Group, a mobile navigation company best known in the UK for mobile travel information services through Vodafone, on the £2.7m disposal of its marine mapping subsidiary Brookes & Gatehouse. Bird & Bird corporate partner Jeff McGeachie advised the acquirer, Kongsberg of Norway, supported by corporate assistant Martin Wygas and employment assistant Emma Gilbert.
