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Private & public M&A
At a glance
Strand Hanson provides a full M&A offering with a dedicated M&A team advising corporate clients, financial sponsors and activist shareholders on all aspects of M&A, including both public and private acquisitions and strategic defence planning.
Strand Hanson is one of the most active UK Takeover Panel approved advisers, and has significant experience of working as a financial adviser, to both offerors and offerees, on all M&A-related matters.
Strand Hanson has advised on some of the most complicated, multi-jurisdictional transactions in the UK public market. Strand Hanson prides itself on creating innovative solutions to complex problems and has advised on c.£4.0bn of M&A since our MBO.
Strand Hanson has won a number of awards for M&A – including, Best UK Mid-Market Public M&A Adviser from M&A Today.
“Strand Hanson is a leading mid-market M&A adviser and our current team has advised on M&A transactions with an aggregate value of c.£4.0bn since our MBO in 2009.”
Recent M&A transactions
7digital Group plc
Recommended Cash Offer for 7digital Group plc by Songtradr, Inc. effected by means of a scheme of arrangement
UK
Light Science Technologies Holdings plc
Acquisition of Injecta Fire Barrier for a total consideration payable of £1.75 million
UK
Aukett Swanke Group
Acquisition of Torpedo Factory Group Limited for a total consideration of £2.82 million
UK
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Prospex Energy plc
Placing and Subscription of 55,633,333 new Ordinary Shares at 6p per share for gross proceeds of £3.34m
Rory Murphy
Ritchie Balmer
David Asquith
Imogen Ellis
Italy
Spain
Prospex Energy plc
Placing and Subscription of 55,633,333 new Ordinary Shares at 6p per share for gross proceeds of £3.34m
Italy
Spain
Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited
Recapitalisation and cancellation of admission to trading on AIM.
James Spinney
Ritchie Balmer
Robert Collins
Imogen Ellis
Kyrgyz Republic
Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited
Recapitalisation and cancellation of admission to trading on AIM.
Kyrgyz Republic
Savannah Energy plc
Completion of the Reverse Takeover of ExxonMobil's entire upstream and midstream asset portfolio in Chad and Cameroon
James Spinney
Ritchie Balmer
Rob Patrick
Robert Collins
Charlie Hammond
Cameroon
Chad
Savannah Energy plc
Completion of the Reverse Takeover of ExxonMobil's entire upstream and midstream asset portfolio in Chad and Cameroon
Cameroon
Chad
Tessin Nordic
600m SEK credit facility for Tessin Nordic
Daniel Arques
Edward Foulkes
Sweden
Tessin Nordic
600m SEK credit facility for Tessin Nordic
Sweden
Winking Studios Limited
£66m dual-listing on AIM.
James Harris
James Bellman
Robert Collins
Edward Foulkes
Singapore
Winking Studios Limited
£66m dual-listing on AIM.
Singapore
Metals Exploration
Rule 9 waiver related to buy back of shares held by Runruno Holdings Limited for a consideration of £19,675,665.
James Spinney
James Dance
Rob Patrick
Edward Foulkes
Philippines
Metals Exploration
Rule 9 waiver related to buy back of shares held by Runruno Holdings Limited for a consideration of £19,675,665.
Philippines
Pulsar Helium Inc.
£36.7m dual-listing on AIM.
Harry Marshall
Ritchie Balmer
Rob Patrick
Imogen Ellis
United States
Canada
Pulsar Helium Inc.
£36.7m dual-listing on AIM.
United States
Canada
Hummingbird Resources plc
Pasofino Gold Limited announced a non-brokered private placement totalling US$2.33m, inclusive of a US$2m investment by Hummingbird
Harry Marshall
James Spinney
Ritchie Balmer
David Asquith
Imogen Ellis
Africa
Hummingbird Resources plc
Pasofino Gold Limited announced a non-brokered private placement totalling US$2.33m, inclusive of a US$2m investment by Hummingbird
Africa
CyanConnode Holdings plc
Raised £5.4m via a placing and subscription.
James Harris
Richard Johnson
David Asquith
UK
CyanConnode Holdings plc
Raised £5.4m via a placing and subscription.
UK
Silver Bullet Data Services Group plc
US$1m working capital receivables discounting facility
James SpinneyJ
ames Bellman
Robert Collins
Imogen Ellis
UK
Silver Bullet Data Services Group plc
US$1m working capital receivables discounting facility
UK
Steppe Cement Ltd
Capital repayment of US$4.16m to shareholders
James Spinney
Ritchie Balmer
Robert Collins
Imogen Ellis
Kazakhstan
Steppe Cement Ltd
Capital repayment of US$4.16m to shareholders
Kazakhstan
Shuka Minerals Plc
£2m unsecured CLN agreement with AUO Commercial Brokerage LLC
James Harris
Richard Johnson
Robert Collins
Imogen Ellis
Africa
Shuka Minerals Plc
£2m unsecured CLN agreement with AUO Commercial Brokerage LLC
Africa
Winking Studios
December 4, 2024
Pulsar Helium
October 23, 2024
Worldview Capital LLP
September 19, 2016
Satellite Solutions Worldwide plc
May 14, 2015
Ruspetro plc
November 14, 2014
Firestones Diamonds plc
January 15, 2014
Zambeef Products plc
June 23, 2013
Madagascar Oil Limited
January 23, 2013
XXI Century Investments Public Limited
December 16, 2010
Castle Support Services plc
June 2, 2010
Sibir Energy plc
May 29, 2019
Harwood Capital LLP
October 21, 2016
AFI development
March 31, 2017
FIH Group plc
April 20, 2017
NetPlay TV plc
June 10, 2017
SigmaRoc plc
July 11, 2017
Hunt mining Corp. / Patagonia Gold plc
July 23, 2019
Savannah Energy plc
December 14, 2022
Southern Energy Corp
September 1, 2023
Rosen’s Diversified, Inc.
October 20, 2020