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2004

SJ Berwin Advises on Wichford plc's Admission to AIM
13/08/04
SJ Berwin represented Wichford Plc ("Wichford") in respect of its recent admission to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and placing to raise £30m... Read more

SJ Berwin Advises on Acquisition by Pipex Communications plc of AccentUK Limited
12/08/04
SJ Berwin represented Pipex Communications plc in connection with its acquisition of AccentUK Limited, which trades as Nildram. ... Read more

SJ Berwin Advises on Nearly £3 Billion of Transactions Prior to Royal Assent
12/08/04
David Ryland, Head of Real Estate Finance at SJ Berwin and leading property finance lawyer, and his team acted on a total of 26 transactions which needed to be completed prior to Royal Assent of the Finance Act this year. ... Read more

SJ Berwin Advises on Musgrave's Purchase of Londis
27/07/04
SJ Berwin has advised the Musgrave Group on the acquisition, by Scheme of Arrangement, of the convenience store business of Londis... Read more

SJ Berwin Advises Laurel on Sale of 432 Pubs
15/07/04
SJ Berwin has advised the Laurel Pub Company - the leading pub and bar operator backed by private equity group Morgan Grenfell Private Equity - on the proposed sale of its neighbourhood estate for £654 million... Read more

SJ Berwin Advises on Innovative Funding Structure
14/07/04
SJ Berwin has acted for Dawnay Shore Hotels plc ("DSH"), the vehicle established by Shore Capital and Dawnay Day, on a £45m private equity fundraising... Read more

SJ Berwin is Named the World's Leading Law Firm for Private Funds Expertise
12/07/04
SJ Berwin is once again the number one firm in the world for private funds legal expertise... Read more

SJ Berwin Advises First Leisure on MBO of 22 Nightclubs
08/07/04
SJ Berwin has advised the management of First Leisure, one of the UK's largest nightclub operators, on the financing and property aspects of the management buy-out of its nightclubs business from the receivers of First Leisure... Read more

SJ Berwin Advises Universal Music on Sale of VIVA Media
02/07/04
Viacom Inc., a leading global media company, has informed VIVA Media that an agreement has been signed to acquire 75.8% of the shares in VIVA Media AG... Read more

SJ Berwin Advises Strathdon on Merger
02/07/04
SJ Berwin has advised its long-standing client, Strathdon Investments Limited, in connection with its merger with Invesco techMARK Enterprise Trust plc ("ITE")... Read more

SJ Berwin Awarded "Lawyer" Real Estate Team of the Year
23/06/04
SJ Berwin's Real Estate Team has been voted Real Estate Team of the Year by The Lawyer magazine in its annual Lawyer Awards... Read more

SJ Berwin Advises Brixton on £109 Million Part Disposal
22/06/04
Jon Vivian and Helen Sills (real estate), Peter Anderson and Eamon Devlin (corporate) and Nathan Briner (banking) acted on behalf of Brixton plc in the recent sale of 50% of its interest in two major Heathrow estates... Read more

SJ Berwin Advises Real Estate PLC on Acquisitions, Placing and Admission to AIM
14/06/04
An SJ Berwin team led by corporate finance partner Delphine Currie, assisted by senior corporate assistant, Jacqui Adams, acted for Real Estate Investors PLC ("REI") on two acquisitions of property owning companies... Read more

SJ Berwin Wins CEDR Award for Excellence for Mediation Article
11/06/04
SJ Berwin is proud to announce that an article co-written by Greg Lascelles, entitled Mediator Confidentiality - Conduct and Communication has been awarded the Best Article on ADR prize at the CEDR Dinner.... Read more

SJ Berwin Advises on £20 Million Biotechnology Spin Out
27/05/04
SJ Berwin advised a syndicate of private equity investors who have supported a £20 million spin out of the needle-free injection technology business from Chiron Vaccines... Read more