Kimberley Daley

• Advising Coats Group plc (LSE:COA), a leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business, on the disposal of its European crafts business to Aurelius.
• Advising Coats Group plc (LSE:COA) on its acquisitions of Gotex S.A. and Fast React Systems Limited.
• Advising Live Nation (NYSE:LYV) on its acquisition, via its joint venture with Gaiety Investments, of a majority interest in the Warehouse Project and Parklife Festival.
• Advising Ticketmaster, a division of Live Nation (NYSE:LYV), on its acquisition of Ticketpro, a leading ticketing business in the Czech Republic and Poland.
• Advising the shareholders of CitySprint, the UK’s leading technology-driven same-day distribution company, in connection with the secondary management buyout of the business (backed by LDC and Dunedin).
• Advising Synthomer plc (LSE:SYNT) on the acquisition of Hexion Performance Adhesive & Coatings.
• Advising the shareholders and management of Edenhouse on an investment by ECI Partners.
• Acting for the shareholders of the UK and Belgium-based Ntrinsic group, a specialist provider of independent, freelance Oracle consultants in Europe, on the sale of a majority interest to Japan-based Outsourcing Inc.
• Advising Zone Limited, a leading digital marketing agency, on its investment from BGF Investments, its acquisitions of Head London and Conversion Science and other corporate matters.
• Advising minority shareholders on the sale of their shareholdings in Iceland, the frozen foods company, to the now-majority shareholder Brait, a South African investment company.
• Acting for ABRY Partners LLP in relation to its purchase of a controlling interest in Thomson Online Benefits.
• Acting for United Technologies in connection with the sale of a UK security service business to Securitas.
• Advising Battery Ventures on the acquisition of Scottish company Gas Measurement Instruments Ltd. (GMI), a global leader in portable and fixed gas detection products.
• Advising on the recommended takeover, by way of a scheme of arrangement, of THB plc by a private equity-backed global insurance company, Amwins Group Inc.
• Advising Epidarex Capital on its series A funding round in Edinburgh University spin-out company.
• Advising Michelson Diagnostics on its Series A2 investment round, led by Octopus Investments.
• Assisting Bessemer Venture Partners on its successful investment in Russian online retailer KupiVIP, which was Russia’s largest ever venture capital investment round.
• Acting for J.K. Buckenham Ltd. in relation to its solvent scheme of arrangement.

Education

• College of Law, L.P.C., 2009
• The University of Nottingham, LL.B., 2008
• The University of Texas at Austin, LL.B., 2008

Admissions

• England and Wales, 2012

Services

• Corporate
• Private Equity

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