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Freeths corporate team has advised its client, Zertus UK on the acquisition of The Sun Valley Nut Company “Sun Valley” from the Hacking family, who founded the business in 1949, led by James Hacking.
South Oxfordshire based Boardman Hawkins & Osborne LLP has acquired four additional members of the team the last three months to expand their growing specialist team.
B4 Leader Interviews with Alison Haill of Oxford Professional Consulting. Interview 4: Sarah Foster, Managing Partner, Freeths
International fleet telematics company, Masternaut, was developing a technological solution for insurers which included claim management and fraud detection services. Their plan was to integrate standard telematics equipment with a hosted Software-as-a-Service application and an end-user app for drivers. They worked with a specialist developer/supplier which was to receive ‘milestone payments’ as certain technological milestones were reached.
1. Having left a firm after 20 years and joining Freeths during lockdown, you might think that this could pose a unique set of problems. Completely the opposite as whilst I have only very recently “physically” met my new colleagues after 3 months, the firm’s switch to online induction and the incredibly positive and warm welcome from all my new colleagues via Zoom; Teams; online drinks and quizzes, I have felt far more integrated within my new home than I ever thought was possible back at the end of March.
Freeths LLP has received outstanding reviews in this year’s publication of the Chambers High Net Worth Guide with five ranked individuals and fantastic regional rankings.
Freeths announced today a new management team, effective 1 April 2020, following the retirement of Peter Smith, Chief Executive, at the end of this financial year after 20 years in the role.
Andrew Katz, CEO and Head of Tech and IP at Moorcrofts has been appointed to advise on the licensing of an MHCLG funded project to help councils share code and data using Drupal.