Major matters include:

• acting for the principal shareholders of Accurate Software in the sale of their shares to Nasdaq-listed Checkfree Corp for a consideration of £29.5m
  
• the acquisition by PHS Group plc of well over 100 companies and businesses at prices ranging from a few hundred thousand pounds to £30m
  
• the disposal by BP Chemicals and BP Oil of various businesses at prices ranging from £9m to £37m. In all cases, we were involved throughout the process, and in particular we assembled and managed the data room and Q&As from the bidders and rehearsed the management team in its presentations to bidders
  
• the acquisition by Vanguard Response Systems Inc (listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange) of PW Allen Holdings Limited for a consideration of approximately £15.3m