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Tracey Dickens’ team at Birkett Long LLP regularly advises on complex multimillion-pound deals. Work highlights included acting for five LLPs in their management buyouts of several business, advisory and tax practices from Vantis and HLB Vantis Audit, which completed within 12 days. Other clients include East of England Co-Operative Society and Lloyds TSB.

Birketts LLP’s Chelmsford team is headed by Nick Burnett and advises clients such as Air Livery, ValidSoft and Ioxin Holdings on cross-border joint ventures, sales and outsourcing matters. Work highlights included advising longstanding client Amlin on its acquisition of a specialist broker. The team now has four partners following Richard Wollaston’s move to senior consultant.

In 2010, Ellisons’ ‘reliable and informed team’ advised on a £15m company fundraiser, as well as several multimillion-pound management buyouts and business disposals. The team also advised four of the five Stanley Bragg directors in their acquisition of parts of the business and assets of the Stanley Bragg group of companies. Practice head Seamus Clifford is praised for his ‘clarity, responsiveness and business understanding’.

Tony Fisher’s team at Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP provides an ‘excellent service’, and in 2010 advised on the £300m restructuring of a group of UK companies, as well as several structured buyouts.

2010 work highlights for Thompson Smith & Puxon’s team ranged from multimillion-pound corporate reorganisations and disposals, to advising on an international joint venture with a trading company in India. It has also recently expanded its expertise in renewable energies. Practice head Mary Anne Fedeyko is ‘excellent’.

Wortley Byers regularly advises on M&A transactions, limited company registrations and management buyouts. Lucy Folley’s ‘invaluable’ and ‘expert’ team recently advised Brentwood School on an agreement with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Additional clients include Oce, Microdec UK and Motocaddy.

In 2010, BJ Chong’s team at Palmers advised two Belgium-based companies on several UK company acquisitions, and continued to advise on multimillion-pound company acquisitions and disposals within the leisure and food industries.

The team at Tolhurst Fisher advises on joint ventures, shareholder agreements, and company reorganisations.

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