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Davenport Lyons advises Snoozebox Limited
14 Jul 2011
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Davenport Lyons completes second deal for Evans Randall
19 May 2011
West End law firm Davenport Lyons has completed its second company disposal for funds advised by investment and private equity group, Evans Randall. More >>

Davenport Lyons represents Côte Brasserie in Bluewater
6 Jan 2011
Davenport Lyons has advised longstanding client Côte Restaurants on their latest opening of a new restaurant in the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent. More >>

Deals of the year Q&A - UK
5 Jan 2011
In the latest edition of Lawyer Monthly, Jeanette Gregson, Davenport Lyons’ corporate partner, discusses the deals of 2010. More >>

Davenport Lyons advises Compact Media Group Management Team
25 Oct 2010
Davenport Lyons advises leading independent rights administrator and distributor of secondary TV and film rights revenues on private equity deal. More >>

Davenport Lyons advises Millwall on ambitious share consolidation
12 Oct 2010
Davenport Lyons has advised Millwall Holdings Plc, the company behind the Championship football team, on perhaps one of the most ambitious share consolidations in English legal history. More >>

Davenport Lyons advises Barclays Corporate on financing of Searcys' management buy-out
11 Oct 2010
Davenport Lyons has advised Barclays Corporate on its financing of Searcys’ management buy-out, the catering and hospitality organisation. The firm advised the bank on the facility and security documentation. More >>

Davenport Lyons advises HarperCollins in its successful attempt to publish the autobiography of “The Stig”
1 Sep 2010
Law firm Davenport Lyons has successfully acted for publishers HarperCollins in the case brought against it by the BBC to prevent the publication by HarperCollins of the autobiography of Top Gear’s The Stig. More >>

Davenport Lyons advises on the acquisition of manufacturers of clockwork radio
6 Aug 2010
The transaction was the acquisition by Euro Suisse International of the “Freeplay” business and assets from the administrators of Freeplay Energy UK Limited by way of a “Pre-pack”. More >>

Davenport Lyons advises on the acquisition of Athletics Weekly
24 May 2010
Davenport Lyons has advised new client Athletics Weekly Ltd on its acquisition of the pre-eminent sports title Athletics Weekly from its previous publishing house Descartes Publishing Ltd. More >>

Davenport Lyons advises B&S Healthcare in acquisition of the trading assets of Colorama Pharmaceuticals
29 Mar 2010
Defying the current market conditions, Davenport Lyons has advised on the financing and acquisition of the trade assets of Colorama Pharmaceuticals by Laxmi BNS Holdings which also owns B&S Heathcare. More >>

Davenport Lyons advises British Food Icon Delia Smith in Commercial First
9 Mar 2010
Davenport Lyons has advised Delia Smith on her very first commercial endorsement of Waitrose plc. More >>

Davenport Lyons advises on the acquisition of Kelly Services
13 Mar 2009
Davenport Lyons acted on behalf of Hexagon Staffing Solutions Limited trading as Interaction Recruitment on their purchase from Kelly Services of 31 commercial staffing branches in England. More >>

Best Foot Forward
9 Mar 2009
Davenport Lyons advises on the purchase out of administration of The Shoe Studio Group. More >>

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