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Selling Your Creative Business – EMI Opportunities
Podcast
24 June 2024In this series, Joe Lythgoe and Ayesha Chanda from our M&A team, talk to experts from across Lewis Silkin - sharing their top tips and valuable insights – about selling creative businesses.
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National Security and Investment Act: Government publishes updated Section 3 Statement and Market Guidance
17 June 2024The government has published updated materials in relation to the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act).
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Digital, Commerce and Creative 101: Joint Ventures
30 May 2024Joint ventures are becoming increasingly important in a globalised business environment as transactions and projects increase in scale and complexity.
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What is R&D tax relief?
24 May 2024Many businesses incur expenditure on innovative projects. If any of those projects is seeking to make an advance in the fields of science or technology, the costs of that project may be eligible for R&D tax relief.
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National Security and Investment Act: Government confirms updates in response to call for evidence
15 May 2024In November 2023 the government published a Call for Evidence on the impact of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act). It has now provided a response which summarises the key issues flagged and sets out the next steps that the government proposes to take.
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Lewis Silkin has advised FilmChain on its €2.8 million series seed investment round
Deal
29 April 2024Lewis Silkin has advised FilmChain on its €2.8 million series seed investment round, led by Holt IntersXion fund, with support from DeBa Ventures, among other investors
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Out now: The Collective Quarterly - Issue 02 2024
19 April 2024Welcome to our second issue of The Collective Quarterly which supports creative, innovative, tech and science rich businesses, to adapt and thrive in these rapidly evolving and challenging times. From our in-house expertise and contributions from strategic partners to our broader community of entrepreneurs, creators and innovators, we bring you the latest ideas, insights and innovations.
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Lewis Silkin has advised FuturLab on its sale to Miniclip
Deal
12 April 2024Lewis Silkin has advised the founders of FuturLab, the award-winning independent game studio behind PowerWash Simulator on its sale to Miniclip, an international digital games and entertainment company.
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US/UK M&A: Price Adjustment Mechanisms - The Locked Box
04 April 2024Price adjustment mechanisms are common in both UK and US style M&A transaction documents to determine the final price that the buyer pays. However, the manner in which the price adjustment is achieved varies; in the US, a closing accounts mechanism is generally used, and although these have remain common in the UK, in recent years we have seen increasing use of “locked box” mechanisms in UK style share purchase agreements governed by English law.
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New identity verification requirements for directors and others
28 March 2024The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) introduces changes to UK company law to ensure the accuracy of information and to reduce the possibility of fraud, it is being implemented in stages.
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Lewis Silkin has advised Havas on its acquisition of Wilderness
Deal
27 March 2024Lewis Silkin has advised long-standing client Havas on its acquisition of social first marketing agency Wilderness.
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Pendulum swings back in favour of SMEs and the economy. Investors beware.
21 March 2024The ups and downs of the thresholds for being a high-net-worth investor or self-certified sophisticated investor
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Lewis Silkin has advised Fluent on its $7.5 million series seed investment round
Deal
19 March 2024Lewis Silkin has advised U.K. startup, Fluent on its $7.5 million series seed investment round led by Hoxton Ventures
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How would you like your justice served?... ...well done (outcome following full due process), medium, or rare (trial by media)
19 March 2024The FCA has recently committed to carrying out enforcement cases more quickly as it seeks to increase the deterrent impact of its enforcement actions.
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US/UK M&A: Risk Allocation
18 March 2024In our second article in the US/UK M&A series, we explore deal certainty, the different appetite for risk and measures that are used to apportion risk between the parties.
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EMI options: Top 10 mistakes uncovered on an exit – and how to avoid them
15 March 2024In this article we explore the key issues around granting Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) options, an extremely popular employee incentive mechanism for qualifying small and medium sized companies, thanks to their unrivalled tax benefits and the flexibility permitted around setting their terms.
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Lewis Silkin has advised Finboot on its latest investment round
Deal
13 March 2024Lewis Silkin has advised Cardiff-headquartered tech firm Finboot on its latest funding round. The latest round of investment has been led by strategic investment company SABIC Ventures together with the UK’s largest investment service Wealth Club.
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Lewis Silkin advises Seedlip founder’s latest venture on its first investment round
Deal
12 March 2024Lewis Silkin has advised non-alcoholic drinks start-up Pollen Projects on its first equity financing round.
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Lewis Silkin has advised Next 15 Group plc’s MHP Group on the acquisition of Studio La Plage
Deal
11 March 2024Lewis Silkin has advised Next 15 Group plc, the growth consultancy, on the acquisition of award-winning multidisciplinary agency, Studio La Plage, by MHP Group.
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Budget 2024: Into the Chocolate Factory
07 March 2024“There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination!” So sang Willy Wonka, in both his Gene Wilder and Timothee Chalamet incarnations – I have no idea about the Johnny Depp version, that one looked terrifying to me. And the Chancellor seems to have been infected with the same Wonkaesque, starry-eyed enthusiasm.