| Alon
graduated from Manchester University with a BA (Honours)
in Economics. He became a Partner at Davenport Lyons
upon joining in 1998, having previously been a Partner
at Franks Charlesly & Co. Alon’s practice
is focused on corporate, commercial and banking advice.
His expertise and selected recent client experience
includes:
- Acting for AIM listed Netb2b2 plc on placing of
shares and waiver of Rule 9 of the Takeover Code.
- Acting for AIM listed company, Netb2b2 plc,
on its capital reorganisation as well as on various
acquisitions including its £2.5m acquisition
of Fernhart New Media Limited.
- Acting for Arthur Shaw & Co Plc (fully quoted)
in regard to a placing and open offer, the
conversion of loans into shares and a capital
reorganisation and reduction.
- Advising on company sales including the sale
of Gourmet Pizza to Pizza Express as well as the
owner manager sales of Lowe Broadway Ltd and English & Pockett
Ltd to the Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc (involving
complex “earn-out” arrangements).
- Advising purchasers of companies including Guardian
Media Group Plc (GMG) on its £25m successful
bid for Scot FM from the Wireless Group Plc
and its recent acquisition of Saga Radio, as well
as the Mobius Group acquisition of Capitol Films.
- Advising on acquiring/disposing businesses including
acting for Macmillan on its acquisition of Kingfisher
Books, for Centaur on various acquisitions, for Theo
Paphitis and Peter Jones in purchasing the Red Letter
Days adventure experience business and acting on the
recent disposal of the Serpents Tail publishing business.
- Advising on venture capital type funding (including
under the EIS scheme).
- Advising on project finance including numerous corporate,
partnership and other joint venture structures especially
in the property sector (including acting for CIT in
relation to various large investments) and media sector.
- Advising on Rights Issues and bringing companies
to the Alternative Investment Market and PLUS.
- Advising on start-up situations and shareholder
agreements.
- Advising on shareholder disputes and procedures
to remove directors.
- Advising banks (including Arbuthnot Latham & Co,
National Bank of Kuwait, National Bank of Canada
and Transamerica Business Capital Corporation)
and borrowers on secured lending, refinancing
and rescheduling arrangements.
- Advising Royal & Sun Alliance Plc on insuring
repayment of $56m of loan notes by the Knightscove
Group to finance a children’s TV and film
production operation.
- Advising on partnership establishment and dissolution
situations. (Alon is noted in Chambers directory
as an expert on partnerships.)
- Advising on executive service contracts and engagement
terms.
- Advising on distribution, franchise and agency
arrangements as well as standard terms and conditions
and other commercial contracts.
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