Lewis Silkin advises Be Heard Group Plc on its acquisition of Kameleon Worldwide Limited

The £10 million capped deal sees Be Heard Group make further progress towards building a digital marketing services business that will deliver better, more cost efficient and more creative solutions to clients.

This deal marks Lewis Silkin's first corporate transaction with the AIM listed company and enhances their reputation of being one of the leading M&A practices in the advertising, communications and technology sector. The team has an enviable track record in buy and sell side transactions, advising advertising and marketing services businesses across the spectrum from creative agencies to data analytics and covering all forms of digital media, user experience technologies, media buying and planning and out-of-home.

The Lewis Silkin multi-disciplinary, Advertising & Marketing sector focused team was led by corporate partner Paul Rajput and supported by tax partner Matthew Rowbotham, corporate associate Susie Jarrold, employment associate Helen Coombes, brands & IP associate Sarah Lampard, tax associate Jia Xie and real estate associate Patrick Brown.

Paul Rajput, Corporate Partner at Lewis Silkin said:

We are very pleased to have advised Be Heard Group on a deal that will provide a number of strategic and operational benefits. This acquisition's success reinforces the firm’s reputation in the advertising and marketing sector and provides another example of the firm's market leading M&A advice to existing and potential buyers in the sector.

Robin Price, CFO at Be Heard Group said:

The strength of Lewis Silkin's reputation and expertise in the M&A field in the advertising & marketing sector is what attracted us to using them. Paul and his team provided the expert knowledge and commercial understanding of our industry that we needed to make this acquisition a success.