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O’Connors is delighted to have won the ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Law Award’ at the Liverpool Law Society Legal Awards 2017 which took place at Titanic Hotel in Liverpool last Friday evening. The award was in recognition of the firm’s support to the UK legal sector.

Loading systems specialist Joloda International has undergone a buy-in management buyout (BIMBO) that “underpins and secures” the company’s future.

The founders of a Manchester-based law firm Hall Brown Family Law have hailed its first 12 months in business as “nothing short of fabulous” having attracted a number of very high profile clients.

A Liverpool-headquartered property restoration specialist has repaid the investment made by funding provider Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF) three years ahead of schedule.

Heswall-based financial adviser Gee & Watson has acquired financial adviser McEwan Wallace Wealth Management in a multimillion-pound deal.

The Jackson Canter Group – one of the North West’s fastest growing law firms – has acquired Lees Solicitors LLP, signalling a major step towards becoming one of the region’s largest providers of legal services.

Key Capital Partners (KCP) has first closed on a new £80m fund which aims to invest in high growth SMEs through management buyouts, equity release and development capital deals.

Jackson Canter Group, one of the region’s fastest growing law firms, has acquired Cope & Co, a boutique commercial law firm with offices in Manchester and Liverpool.

O’Connors has advised global clinical and medical affairs outsourcing organisation and consultancy Tardis Medical on its sale to Publicis Healthcare Communications Group, the largest healthcare communications network in the world and part of Publicis Groupe.

A ventilation specialist, which is hoping to employ up to 140 staff by 2017, has relocated its head office from Hertfordshire to Liverpool.