Team

HMT LLP led by Partner Andrew Thomson and Director Ricky Lane advised PCB manufacturing and assembly specialist Garner Osborne on their sale to a search fund led by industry specialist Dean Curran, backed by Novastone Capital Advisors, Ethos Partners and Thincats.

HMT, led by Director Neil Brown and Manager Jack Waterman, with support from Partner Wendy Hart and Director Ricky Lane, advised leading chip maker of mixed signal ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) EnSilica Plc (“EnSilica”) on their £9 million debt raise from Lloyds Bank Group.

HMT LLP advised the shareholders of leading built environment consultancy firm Propitas on the disposal of the business to newly established platform for testing, inspection, certification and compliance group Celnor.

HMT, led by Partner Andrew Thomson and Director Ricky Lane acted as lead advisors to the shareholders of Strata Communications (“Strata”), a market leading experiential marketing agency, on their investment from Ethos Partners LLP (“Ethos”) and Beechbrook Capital LLP (“Beechbrook”). At the same time HMT support the Strata management team with buy-side advice on their acquisition of Element London (“Element”), a bespoke prize, incentives and rewards agency

HMT LLP, led by Director Ricky Lane advised fulfilment solutions provider, Diamond Logistics, on their multi-million pound fundraise with growth capital provider Frontier Development Capital (“FDC”).

ICFG UK / HMT led by Director Ricky Lane, advised the shareholder of Whitton Day Nursery (“WDN”) on his disposal to Kindred Nurseries, an award-winning family of Ofsted Outstanding and Good day nurseries and pre-schools.

ICFG UK /HMT has advised multi-award-winning Audio Visual, IT, Unified Communication (UC) and Automation systems and solutions specialist SmartComm on their recent fund raise with eCapital.

ICFG UK / HMT LLP, led by Director Ricky Lane and Senior Manager Motti Kalikshtein provided financial modelling services to the leading property consultancy GIA surveyors (“GIA”) to secure investment from Lonsdale Capital Partners.

ICFG UK / HMT LLP advised award-winning Managed IT and Cyber Security Services provider Chorus Global (“Chorus”), on their multi-million pound fundraise with growth capital provider Beach Point Capital. The funding package will provide a successful exit for venture debt provider Growth Lending as well as giving Chorus additional capital to further scale their differentiated managed security proposition utilising Chorus’ proprietary onshore 24x7x365 Cyber Security Operations Centre.

ICFG UK / HMT LLP led by Partner Andrew Thomson, Director Ricky Lane and Manager Motti Kalikshtein advised multi-disciplinary built environment consultancy Ridge and Partners LLP (“Ridge”) on securing more than £40 million of investment from specialist professional services investor Horizon Capital LLP (“Horizon”).

ICFG member based in the UK, HMT LLP, led by Partner Andrew Thomson, Director Ricky Lane and Manager Motti Kalikshtein, advised the shareholders of industry-leading 3PL and fulfilment specialists Synergy Retail Support Ltd (‘Synergy’) on the sale of a majority equity stake to a London-based private investment company.

ICFG member based in the UK, HMT LLP led by Partner Andrew Thomson, Director Ricky Lane and Manager Motti Kalikshtein advised the shareholders of leading M&E contractor Ceetech Limited on their disposal of the business to leading environmental, engineering and technical services business, RSK Group Ltd.

ICFG member based in the UK, HMT LLP, advised the shareholders of premium log cabin and building manufacturer Norwegian Log Buildings Ltd (“Norwegian Log”), on their disposal to management. Ethos Partners invested £5.4 million to support the buyout.

ICFG member based in the UK, HMT LLP, have advised the shareholders of Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 business, Performance54, on their partial exit to a strategic investor.

ICFG UK has advised fulfilment solutions provider, Diamond Logistics (“Diamond”), on their multi-million pound fundraise with growth capital and venture debt provider Boost & Co. The funding package will enable the business to dramatically accelerate their growth plans and invest in the continued development of their market disruptive “Despatchlab” platform.