Kemp Little LLP - Corporate Deals

Kemp Little advises TripAdvisor on the acquisition of Holiday Lettings

Kemp Little advised TripAdvisor (the world's largest travel community) on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Holiday Lettings (Holdings) Limited from Rightmove Plc and the founders of Holiday Lettings. The acquisition was announced on 24 June 2010.

2010

Kemp Little advises Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited

Kemp Little advised Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited on the acquisition of the legal publishing business of Shaw & Sons.

2010

Kemp Little advises Top10.com Media Limited on the acquisition of the Top10.com domain name

Kemp Little advised the team behind Top 10 Broadband and Top 10 Mobile Phones (together the UK’s most popular comparison sites in the telecoms sector) on its acquisition of the domain name Top10.com from Idealab. The cash and equity deal values the domain name at over US$1m, making it one of the most expensive domain purchases ever by a UK company, and the company will be rebranded as Top10.com Media Limited. As part of the deal, which gives Idealab a 7% share in the company, Bill Gross will join the advisory board.

2010

Kemp Little advises The Parkmead Group Plc on the acquisition of Aupec

Kemp Little acted for The Parkmead Group Plc, a special investment company focussing on the Oil and Gas Exploration and Production sectors, on the acquisiton of Aupec hrough the issue of 235.3 million shares and £1 million in case. Aupec is a respected global authority in energy sector economics, valuation and benchmarking services. The transaction required shareholder approval including for a rule 9 whitewash.

2009

Kemp Little advises eTelecare Global Solutions (now part of Stream) on the acquisiton of the Phone House Group, a subsidiary of the Talk Talk Group (part of Carphone Warehouse)

Kemp Little acted for eTelecare Global Solutions (a provider of business process outsourcing solutions backed by Providence private equity and Ayala) on the acquisitoin of The Phone House, a South African BPO subsidiary of the Talk Talk Group. In conjunction with the acquisition Kemp Little acted for eTelecare on a three year agreement to provide BPO services to Talk Talk Group customers.

2009

Kemp Little advises Qedis on its strategic investment by The North Highland Company

Kemp Little acted for Qedis (the high end IT consultancy focussing on key veriticals including Financial Services, Media & Telecoms and Public Sector) and its shareholders on its strategic investment from The North Hightland Company. The innovative arrangement including the acquistion of a strategic stake with further follow on investments.

2009

Kemp Little Advises consortium of private investors, led by Chris Russell, on the acquisition and refinancing of Arrow Mobile Communications

Kemp Little advised Chris Russell on his acquisition, supported by a group of private investors, of a majority holding in Arrow Mobile Communications, one of the UK’s leading independent telecommunications service providers.

2009

Kemp Little advises Celona Technologies on its fundraising by Seraphim Capital, Spark Ventures and Caledonia Technologies

Kemp Little advised data migration experts, Celona Technologies, on its fundraising supported by Seraphim Capital, Spark Ventures and Caledonia Technologies.

2009

Kemp Little Advises Thomson Reuters on its high profile acquisition of Breakingviews

Kemp Little advised Thomson Reuters on its acquisition of Breakingviews, a leading provider of agenda setting financial insight, positioning the combined commentary organization as the global leader in point of view journalism servicing the financial markets.

2009

Kemp Little advises sellers on the sale of RF Engines

Kemp Little acted for the shareholders on the disposal of the entire issued share capital of RF Engines Limited, a digital signal process design specialist, having acted for the target company since incorporation.

2009

Kemp Little advises Leander Group Limited on the restructuring of the Real Office group and the re-admission of Real Office Group plc to AIM

Kemp Little LLP advised Leander Group Limited, on its divestment of the entire issued share capital of Pacific Interiors Limited, ISIS Projects Limited and 49 per cent of the share capital of Pacific Middle East LLC to Real Office Group plc. The transaction involved the acquisition by Real Office Group plc of three associated companies, including an entity based in the Middle East and subsequent re-admission on AIM.

2009

Kemp Little advises consortium of private investors on the buy out of Wheatley Associates Limited

Kemp Little advised a consortium of private investors on the buy out of Wheatley Associates Limited, a software development company providing asset management and scheduling solutions to utility companies. Hotbed Limited also took a stake in the investment vehicle.

2009

Kemp Little acts for Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited

Kemp Little acted for Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited on the acquisition of Contact Law Limited, an online UK solicitor location service.

2009

Kemp Little advises Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited

Kemp Little advised Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited on the acquisition of the City & Financial publishing business.

2009

Kemp Little acted for Thomson Reuters (Scientific) Limited

Kemp Little acted for Thomson Reuters (Scientific) Limited on the acquisition of Evidence Limited, a leading UK research company.

2009

Kemp Little acts for Cengage Learning

Kemp Little acted for Cengage Learning Inc, a leading private equity backed publisher of print and digital information services for the academic, professional and library markets, on divestitures and the acquisition of an English language training business.

2008 / 2009

Kemp Little advises SQS Software Quality Systems AG

Kemp Little acted for SQS (tthe Frankfurt and London listed global leader in independent software testing and quality management services) on the acquistion of Verisoft InfoSystems and Verisoft InfoServices, a group of independent software testing companies based in India with subsidiaries in the UK and the US. Under the agreement SQS acquired 75% of the issued share capital with an option to purchase the remaining shares. The consideration was a mix of cash and shares.

2008

Kemp Little advises Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited

Kemp Little advised Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited on its acquisition of Criminal Law Week Limited, publishers of Criminal Law Week Combined, a journal for criminal law practitioners.

2008

Kemp Little LLP act on the sale of Ezurio to Laird plc

Kemp Little advised the management team of Ezurio Limited, a leading supplier of Bluetooth and 802.11 (Wi-Fi) embedded RF modules, as well as M2M (machine to machine) solutions for wireless data communication applications serving the retail, automotive, healthcare, and other market segments including EPOS (Electronic Point of Sale), on its sale to Laird plc, a leading supplier of electronic components and wireless products, for £12.5 million.

2008

Kemp Little advises TripAdvisor on Travel Media acquisition

Kemp Little advised TripAdvisor (the world's largest travel comunity) on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Holiday Watchdog, a tavel media company providing user generated content.

2008

Title	Year
Kemp Little advises TripAdvisor on the acquisition of Holiday Lettings Kemp Little advised TripAdvisor (the world's largest travel community) on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Holiday Lettings (Holdings) Limited from Rightmove Plc and the founders of Holiday Lettings. The acquisition was announced on 24 June 2010.	2010
Kemp Little advises Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited Kemp Little advised Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited on the acquisition of the legal publishing business of Shaw & Sons.	2010
Kemp Little advises Top10.com Media Limited on the acquisition of the Top10.com domain name Kemp Little advised the team behind Top 10 Broadband and Top 10 Mobile Phones (together the UK’s most popular comparison sites in the telecoms sector) on its acquisition of the domain name Top10.com from Idealab. The cash and equity deal values the domain name at over US$1m, making it one of the most expensive domain purchases ever by a UK company, and the company will be rebranded as Top10.com Media Limited. As part of the deal, which gives Idealab a 7% share in the company, Bill Gross will join the advisory board.	2010
Kemp Little advises The Parkmead Group Plc on the acquisition of Aupec Kemp Little acted for The Parkmead Group Plc, a special investment company focussing on the Oil and Gas Exploration and Production sectors, on the acquisiton of Aupec hrough the issue of 235.3 million shares and £1 million in case. Aupec is a respected global authority in energy sector economics, valuation and benchmarking services. The transaction required shareholder approval including for a rule 9 whitewash.	2009
Kemp Little advises eTelecare Global Solutions (now part of Stream) on the acquisiton of the Phone House Group, a subsidiary of the Talk Talk Group (part of Carphone Warehouse) Kemp Little acted for eTelecare Global Solutions (a provider of business process outsourcing solutions backed by Providence private equity and Ayala) on the acquisitoin of The Phone House, a South African BPO subsidiary of the Talk Talk Group. In conjunction with the acquisition Kemp Little acted for eTelecare on a three year agreement to provide BPO services to Talk Talk Group customers.	2009
Kemp Little advises Qedis on its strategic investment by The North Highland Company Kemp Little acted for Qedis (the high end IT consultancy focussing on key veriticals including Financial Services, Media & Telecoms and Public Sector) and its shareholders on its strategic investment from The North Hightland Company. The innovative arrangement including the acquistion of a strategic stake with further follow on investments.	2009
Kemp Little Advises consortium of private investors, led by Chris Russell, on the acquisition and refinancing of Arrow Mobile Communications Kemp Little advised Chris Russell on his acquisition, supported by a group of private investors, of a majority holding in Arrow Mobile Communications, one of the UK’s leading independent telecommunications service providers.	2009
Kemp Little advises Celona Technologies on its fundraising by Seraphim Capital, Spark Ventures and Caledonia Technologies Kemp Little advised data migration experts, Celona Technologies, on its fundraising supported by Seraphim Capital, Spark Ventures and Caledonia Technologies.	2009
Kemp Little Advises Thomson Reuters on its high profile acquisition of Breakingviews Kemp Little advised Thomson Reuters on its acquisition of Breakingviews, a leading provider of agenda setting financial insight, positioning the combined commentary organization as the global leader in point of view journalism servicing the financial markets.	2009
Kemp Little advises sellers on the sale of RF Engines Kemp Little acted for the shareholders on the disposal of the entire issued share capital of RF Engines Limited, a digital signal process design specialist, having acted for the target company since incorporation.	2009
Kemp Little advises Leander Group Limited on the restructuring of the Real Office group and the re-admission of Real Office Group plc to AIM Kemp Little LLP advised Leander Group Limited, on its divestment of the entire issued share capital of Pacific Interiors Limited, ISIS Projects Limited and 49 per cent of the share capital of Pacific Middle East LLC to Real Office Group plc. The transaction involved the acquisition by Real Office Group plc of three associated companies, including an entity based in the Middle East and subsequent re-admission on AIM.	2009
Kemp Little advises consortium of private investors on the buy out of Wheatley Associates Limited Kemp Little advised a consortium of private investors on the buy out of Wheatley Associates Limited, a software development company providing asset management and scheduling solutions to utility companies. Hotbed Limited also took a stake in the investment vehicle.	2009
Kemp Little acts for Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited Kemp Little acted for Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited on the acquisition of Contact Law Limited, an online UK solicitor location service.	2009
Kemp Little advises Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited Kemp Little advised Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited on the acquisition of the City & Financial publishing business.	2009
Kemp Little acted for Thomson Reuters (Scientific) Limited Kemp Little acted for Thomson Reuters (Scientific) Limited on the acquisition of Evidence Limited, a leading UK research company.	2009
Kemp Little acts for Cengage Learning Kemp Little acted for Cengage Learning Inc, a leading private equity backed publisher of print and digital information services for the academic, professional and library markets, on divestitures and the acquisition of an English language training business.	2008 / 2009
Kemp Little advises SQS Software Quality Systems AG Kemp Little acted for SQS (tthe Frankfurt and London listed global leader in independent software testing and quality management services) on the acquistion of Verisoft InfoSystems and Verisoft InfoServices, a group of independent software testing companies based in India with subsidiaries in the UK and the US. Under the agreement SQS acquired 75% of the issued share capital with an option to purchase the remaining shares. The consideration was a mix of cash and shares.	2008
Kemp Little advises Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited Kemp Little advised Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited on its acquisition of Criminal Law Week Limited, publishers of Criminal Law Week Combined, a journal for criminal law practitioners.	2008
Kemp Little LLP act on the sale of Ezurio to Laird plc Kemp Little advised the management team of Ezurio Limited, a leading supplier of Bluetooth and 802.11 (Wi-Fi) embedded RF modules, as well as M2M (machine to machine) solutions for wireless data communication applications serving the retail, automotive, healthcare, and other market segments including EPOS (Electronic Point of Sale), on its sale to Laird plc, a leading supplier of electronic components and wireless products, for £12.5 million.	2008
Kemp Little advises TripAdvisor on Travel Media acquisition Kemp Little advised TripAdvisor (the world's largest travel comunity) on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Holiday Watchdog, a tavel media company providing user generated content.	2008