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Lewis Silkin French Desk has advised Euronext listed Sopra Steria on its acquisition in the UK of cxpartners
Deal
24 March 2020Lewis Silkin has advised longstanding client, Euronext listed Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital transformation, on its acquisition in the United Kingdom of cxpartners, the industry leading consultancy specialising in customer experience and user-centred design. It will both expand Sopra Steria’s UK customer experience offerings and magnify cxpartners’ capabilities.
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Too little, too late? IR35 changes announced.
10 February 2020In a welcome but late move, HMRC confirmed last week that the imminent IR35 reform will only apply to supplies of labour provided on or after 6 April 2020.
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Brexit – the prospective changes in company law for private and overseas companies
05 February 2020This article is to update you on, and explain the expected timing as to, the changes in company law for private and overseas companies to be brought about by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. In practice, only companies with a connection to the EEA will be impacted and the action points for them will be fairly minimal.
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Does your company use email for sending documents or information to shareholders?
22 January 2020If so, do you have the necessary consents in place?
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Lewis Silkin French Desk advises Havas on its acquisition of Gate One
Deal
19 December 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Havas, one of the world's largest global communications groups, on its acquisition of Gate One, a specialist digital and transformation consultancy.
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Lewis Silkin has advised Christine Costello, the owner of event cinema business More2Screen, on a sale to Trafalgar Releasing
Deal
20 November 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Christine Costello, the owner of event cinema business More2Screen, on a sale to Trafalgar Releasing.
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Brexit – the post Halloween picture as to the minor changes in company law for private and overseas companies
01 November 2019Now that we didn’t leave the EU on 31 October 2019, this article is to update you on, and explain the timing as to, the few changes in company law for private and overseas companies, to be brought about by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. In practice, only companies with a connection to the EEA will be impacted and the action points for them will be fairly minimal.
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Sara Cohen participates in round-table for Architecture Today: Trust in Employee Ownership
Press
10 September 2019Sara Cohen has taken part in a round-table discussion for Architecture Today that discussed employee ownership among architects.
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Lewis Silkin advises Next Fifteen Communications Group plc on its acquisition of CommunicateResearch Limited
Deal
05 August 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Next Fifteen Communications, the digital communications group, on its 100% acquisition of CommunicateResearch Limited (ComRes), a global research consultancy.
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Lewis Silkin advises Next Fifteen Communications Group plc on its acquisition of Market Making Limited
Deal
31 July 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Next Fifteen Communications, the digital communications group, on its 100% acquisition of Market Making Limited, a London-based social media agency.
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Lewis Silkin French Desk advises Sopra Steria (Euronext Paris) on sale of its UK recruitment subsidiary
Deal
31 July 2019The Lewis Silkin team has advised its long term client Sopra Steria (Euronext Paris: SOP), a European leader in digital transformation, on the sale of its UK recruitment subsidiary, Sopra Steria Recruitment Limited to the Resource Solutions Group. The transaction completed in June 2019.
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Lewis Silkin advises Descours & Cabaud in the acquisition for its subsidiary Hayley 247 of Lamond & Murray
Deal
25 July 2019Lewis Silkin has advised its existing client Descours & Cabaud in the acquisition for its subsidiary, Hayley 247, of Fife based company Lamond & Murray, which completed on 4 June 2019.
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Penalty appeal kicked into touch - Nosworthy v Instinctif Partners Ltd
24 April 2019A court has recently upheld the actions of an employer (IP) which enforced bad leaver provisions contained in its articles of association (Articles). Those provisions required a resigning employee (N) to transfer her shares for minimal consideration and forfeit her loan notes.
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Lewis Silkin advises Unlimited Group on their acquisition of Direction Group
Deal
05 April 2019Lewis Silkin has advised Unlimited Group on their acquisition of one of the UK’s fastest growing B2B marketing agencies, DirectionGroup
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Entrepreneurs’ relief: the brave new world
13 March 2019This is an update on the changes to the qualifying criteria for entrepreneurs’ relief introduced in the October 2018 Budget, amended in December and now embodied in statute.
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Lewis Silkin advises Next Fifteen Communications Group plc on its acquisition of Planning-Inc Ltd
Deal
11 January 2019Lewis Silkin has advised its client Next Fifteen, the digital communications group, on its acquisition of Planning-Inc Ltd, a predictive analytics and data marketing business.
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Lewis Silkin advises Harbour Group on the acquisition of Pulsar Process Measurement by ONICON Incorporated
Deal
10 January 2019Lewis Silkin has advised its client Harbour Group on the acquisition of Pulsar Process Measurement by ONICON Incorporated.
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Lewis Silkin advises Dictate IT on its acquisition by the Clanwilliam Group
Deal
18 December 2018The Lewis Silkin Corporate team has advised its client, Dictate IT, on its acquisition by Irish healthcare, technology and services group, Clanwilliam Group. The Lewis Silkin cross-departmental team have been incredibly busy in 2018, working end-to-end on the full spectrum of corporate transactions within the technology sector, and the success of this acquisition shall further boost the teams reputation within the sector.
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Lewis Silkin advises on sale of leading digital service design agency We Are Friday to PA Consulting
Deal
17 December 2018Leading law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has advised We Are Friday, a leading digital service design and engineering agency, on its acquisition by PA Consulting.
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Budget 2018. What a wonderful surprise! No really, you shouldn’t have!
30 October 2018It was my birthday recently, so I was delighted when the Chancellor told me he had got me a present. A Budget! It was a little late, distinctly homemade, and wrapped in a spreadsheet (natch) - but I was fascinated to find out what was inside. In other words, here is a selection of key tax changes for business that were announced in the Budget.