HM Dealmakers
Quarterly updates
Our regular 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.
- October 2020
- October 2019
- Second quarter 2018
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- Fourth quarter 2016
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- First quarter 2016
- Fourth quarter 2015
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Corporate deals table
Our team is enjoying a busy start to 2020, after an extremely busy 2019 in which we recorded more than 100 deals for the sixth 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 |
| Jan-20 | Investment | Paula Skinner | Other | Confidential |
| Jan-20 | Investment | Paula Skinner | Technology | £196,800.00 |
| Jan-20 | Share sale | Chris Kerr and Craig McKerracher | Energy/Natural Resources | undisclosed |
| Jan-20 | Acquisition | Stephen Chan | Family owned business | Confidential |
| Jan-20 | Share buyback | Chris Kerr and Craig McKerracher | Telecommunications | £14,300.00 |
| Jan-20 | Company sale | Chris Kerr and Craig McKerracher | Energy/Natural Resources | undisclosed |
| Feb-20 | Business and asset sale | Chris Kerr | Food, Leisure & Hospitality | Confidential |
| Feb-20 | Investment | Jo Nisbet | Retail | £164,880.00 |
| Feb-20 | Sale of business and assets | Chris Kerr | Other - waste management | undisclosed |
| Feb-20 | Share sale | Donald Munro | Healthcare | undisclosed |
| Feb-20 | Restructure | Donald Munro | Family owned business | undisclosed |
| Feb-20 | Share buyback | Donald Munro | Family owned business | undisclosed |
| Feb-20 | Joint venture | Donald Munro | Property & Construction | undisclosed |
| Feb-20 | Restructure | Donald Munro | Family owned business | undisclosed |
| Feb-20 | Business and asset sale | Donald Munro | Family owned business | undisclosed |
| Feb-20 | Joint venture | Donald Munro | Banking and finance | undisclosed |
| Feb-20 | Share buyback | Donald Munro | Other | undisclosed |
| Feb-20 | Restructure | Donald Munro | Property & Construction | undisclosed |
| Mar-20 | Share buyback | Donald Munro | Other | undisclosed |
| Mar-20 | Management buyout | Donald Munro | Family owned business | undisclosed |
| Mar-20 | Management buyout | Donald Munro | Family owned business | undisclosed |
| Mar-20 | Company sale | Donald Munro | Family owned business | undisclosed |
| Mar-20 | Restructure | Paula Skinner | Healthcare | undisclosed |
| Mar-20 | Issue of Shares | Craig McKerracher | Family owned business | undisclosed |
| Mar-20 | Investment | Jo Nisbet | Technology | £1,300,000.00 |
| Mar-20 | Company acquisition | Donald Munro | Property & Construction | undisclosed |
| Mar-20 | Share exchange | Donald Munro | Property & Construction | undisclosed |
| Mar-20 | Demerger | Donald Munro | Property & Construction | undisclosed |
| Mar-20 | Management buyout | Donald Munro | Other | undisclosed |
| Apr-20 | Company sale and share pledge | Craig McKerracher | Marine economy | undisclosed |
| Apr-20 | Investment | Paula Skinner | Energy/Natural Resources | £1,600,000.00 |
| Apr-20 | Investment | Jo Nisbet | Technology | £300,000.00 |
| Apr-20 | Investment | Jo Nisbet | Technology | £167,000.00 |
| Apr-20 | Investment | Jo Nisbet | Technology | £352,000.00 |
| Apr-20 | Exiting shareholder | Jo Nisbet | Technology | £30,000.00 |
| Apr-20 | Share acquisition | James MacGregor | Energy/Natural Resources | undisclosed |
| Apr-20 | Share acquisition | James MacGregor | Energy/Natural Resources | undisclosed |
| Apr-20 | Share acquisition | James MacGregor | Energy/Natural Resources | undisclosed |
| Apr-20 | Acquisition | Paula Skinner | Energy/Natural Resources | undisclosed |
| Apr-20 | Investment | Jo Nisbet | Technology | undisclosed |
| Apr-20 | Investment | Jo Nisbet | Technology | undisclosed |
| May-20 | Investment | Jo Nisbet | Retail | undisclosed |
| May-20 | Loan assignation and transfer of funds in capital account | Donald Munro | Family owned business | undisclosed |
| May-20 | Loan assignation and transfer of funds in capital account | Donald Munro | Family owned business | undisclosed |
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