HM Dealmakers
Quarterly updates
Our regular quarterly bulletin, HM Dealmakers, contains highlights of our corporate team's latest activity, events, market views and news. You can view the most recent edition, along with previous editions, by clicking on the links below.
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Corporate deals table
Our team is enjoying a busy start to 2019, after an extremely busy 2018 in which we recorded more than 100 deals for the fifth year in succession. As you can see from the table below, we advise on every type of transaction you could imagine throughout the corporate arena, from entry-level to significant mergers and acquisitions. Our activity also spanned Scotland's key sectors, with family-owned businesses, healthcare, property and the food, leisure and hospitality industries particularly prominent.
| Date | Type of Transactions | Partner | Sector | Value |
| Jul-19 | Share acquisition | Chris Kerr | Healthcare and Life Sciences | undisclosed |
| Jul-19 | Restructure | Chris Kerr | Other - marine economy | confidential |
| Jul-19 | Share sale | Chris Kerr and Craig McKerracher | Healthcare and Life Sciences | confidential |
| Jul-19 | Business acquisition | Chris Kerr and Fiona Neilson | Food, Leisure & Hospitality | confidential |
| Jul-19 | Share Allotment | Donnie Munro | Other | undisclosed |
| Jul-19 | Asset sale | Paula Skinner | Banking and Finance | 134,363 |
| Jul-19 | Asset Sale | Paula Skinner | Banking and Finance | 155,000 |
| Jul-19 | Share sale | Paula Skinner | Banking and Finance | 1,200,000 |
| Jul-19 | Acquistion of business | Paula Skinner | Healthcare and Life Sciences | undisclosed |
| Jul-19 | Investment | Paula Skinner | Technology | undisclosed |
| Jul-19 | Business and asset purchase | Paula Skinner | Healthcare and Life Sciences | undisclosed |
| Jul-19 | Share purchase | Paula Skinner | Technology | 668,190 |
| Jun-19 | Share acquisition | Paula Skinner | Healthcare and Life Sciences | undisclosed |
| Jun-19 | Business and assets purchase | Chris Kerr | Healthcare and Life Sciences | confidential |
| Jun-19 | Share Sale | Donnie Munro | Food, Lesiure and Hospitality | undisclosed |
| Jun-19 | Asset Sale | Donnie Munro | Food, Lesiure and Hospitality | undisclosed |
| Jun-19 | Share Issue | Donnie Munro | Healthcare and Life Sciences | undisclosed |
| Jun-19 | Share Issue | Donnie Munro | Healthcare and Life Sciences | undisclosed |
| Jun-19 | Sale | James MacGregor | Family owned business | 850,000 |
| Jun-19 | Share acquisition | James MacGregor | Family owned business | 6,000,000 |
| Jun-19 | Joint Ventures | James MacGregor | Family owned business | 1,000,000 |
| Jun-19 | Investment | Jo Nisbet | Technology | undisclosed |
| Jun-19 | Share sale | Jo Nisbet | Other | undisclosed |
| Jun-19 | Investment | Jo Nisbet | Food, Leisure & Hospitality | undisclosed |
| Jun-19 | Company sale | Paula Skinner | Other | undisclosed |
| May-19 | Share Transfer | Chris Kerr | Property & Construction | undisclosed |
| May-19 | Cross-option agreements | Chris Kerr and Fiona Neilson | Healthcare and Life Sciences | confidential |
| May-19 | Corporate Restructure | Donnie Munro | Property and Construction | undisclosed |
| May-19 | Family Investment Company | Donnie Munro | Family owned business | undisclosed |
| May-19 | Family Investment Company | Donnie Munro | Family owned business | undisclosed |
| May-19 | Share Sale | James MacGregor | Family owned business | 500,000 |
| May-19 | Sale | Jo Nisbet | Healthcare and Life Sciences | 4,800,000 |
| May-19 | Share acquisition | Paula Skinner | Healthcare and Life Sciences | undisclosed |
| May-19 | Investment | Paula Skinner | Technology | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Business and asset sale | Chris Kerr | Healthcare and Life Sciences | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Release of deferred consideration | Chris Kerr | Marine | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Hive up business and assets | Chris Kerr | Public sector | confidential |
| Apr-19 | Sale | Chris Kerr and Craig McKerracher | Retail and Family owned business | Undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Share buyback | Donnie Munro | other | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Share Transfer | Donnie Munro | other | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Capital Reduction Demerger | Donnie Munro | Energy | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Sale | Donnie Munro | Healthcare and Life Sciences | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Debt for Enquiry | Donnie Munro | Retail | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Share Exchange | Donnie Munro | Energy | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Share Transfer | Donnie Munro | Energy | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Share Transfer | Donnie Munro | Energy | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Asset Transfer | Donnie Munro | Energy | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Share Transfer | Donnie Munro | Energy | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Asset Sale | Donnie Munro | Other | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Investment | Donnie Munro | Other | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Business acquisition | James MacGregor | Other | 6,500,000 |
| Apr-19 | Exit | Jo Nisbet | Other | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Investment | Jo Nisbet | Food, Leisure & Hospitality | 200,626 |
| Apr-19 | Investment | Jo Nisbet | Retail | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Acquistion of business | Paula Skinner | Other | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Investment | Paula Skinner | Technology | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Investment | Paula Skinner | Technology | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Share purchase | Paula Skinner | Energy | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Loan | Paula Skinner | Other | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Investment | Paula Skinner | Technology | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Share buyback | Paula Skinner | Construction | undisclosed |
| Apr-19 | Business and asset purchase | Stephen Chan | retail | 230,000 |
| Mar-19 | Chris Kerr | Healthcare and Life Sciences | undisclosed | |
| Mar-19 | Introduction of new shareholders | Chris Kerr and Fiona Neilson | Healthcare and Life Sciences | confidential |
| Mar-19 | Succession Planning | Donnie Munro | Banking and Finance | undisclosed |
| Mar-19 | Share Transfer | James MacGregor | Other | confidential |
| Mar-19 | Investment | Jo Nisbet | Retail | undisclosed |
| Mar-19 | MBO | Jo Nisbet | Manufacturing & Engineering | undisclosed |
| Mar-19 | Investment | Jo Nisbet | Food, Leisure & Hospitality | undisclosed |
| Mar-19 | Investment | Paula Skinner | Retail | undisclosed |
| Mar-19 | Sale of Business | Paula Skinner | Other (Professional Services) | undisclosed |
| Mar-19 | Acquistion of business | Paula Skinner | Healthcare and Life Sciences | undisclosed |
| Mar-19 | Investment | Paula Skinner | Technology | undisclosed |
| Mar-19 | Joint Ventures | Stephen Chan | Other | N/A |
| Mar-19 | Investment | Tony Cameron | Healthcare and Life Sciences | undisclosed |
| Feb-19 | Share Transfer | Donnie Munro | Other | Undisclosed |
| Feb-19 | Share Transfer | Donnie Munro | Other | Undisclosed |
| Feb-19 | Share Transfer | Donnie Munro | Other | Undisclosed |
| Feb-19 | Sale of Business | Donnie Munro | Other | Undisclosed |
| Feb-19 | Share acquisition | James MacGregor | Other | Undisclosed |
| Feb-19 | Investment | James MacGregor | Other | Undisclosed |
| Feb-19 | Share acquisition | James MacGregor | Other | Undisclosed |
| Feb-19 | Investment | Paula Skinner | Healthcare and Life Sciences | |
| Jan-19 | Share Transfer | Donnie Munro | Other | undisclosed |
| Jan-19 | Share buyback | Donnie Munro | Other | undisclosed |
| Jan-19 | Sale | Donnie Munro | Property and Construction | undisclosed |
| Jan-19 | Capital Reduction Demerger | Donnie Munro | Retail | undisclosed |
| Jan-19 | Share buyback | James MacGregor | Property & Construction | undisclosed |
| Jan-19 | Share Sale | Jo Nisbet | Food & Drink | undisclosed |
| Jan-19 | Share Exchange | John Meehan | Other | undisclosed |
| Jan-19 | Share Exchange | John Meehan | Other | undisclosed |
| Jan-19 | Share Exchange | John Meehan | Other | undisclosed |
| Jan-19 | Share Exchange | John Meehan | Other | undisclosed |
| Jan-19 | Share Exchange | John Meehan | Other | undisclosed |
| Jan-19 | Share Sale | John Meehan | Property & Construction | undisclosed |
| Jan-19 | Crowdfund | Paula Skinner | Energy | £7,000,000 |
| Jan-19 | Transfer of employees of Phoenix Motown Limited's Suzuki dealership | Stephen Chan | Retail | £816,000 |
| Jan-19 | Business and asset sale of Phoenix Tertium Limited's Mitsubishi dealership | Stephen Chan | Retail | £816,000 |
| Jan-19 | Business and asset sale of Phoenix Kia Limited's Kia dealership | Stephen Chan | Retail | £816,000 |
| Jan-19 | Business and asset sale of Phoenix Honda Limited's Honda dealership | Stephen Chan | Retail | £816,000 |
| Jan-19 | Business and asset sale of Phoenix Car Company Limited's Hyundai dealership | Stephen Chan | Retail | £816,000 |
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