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Yorkshire law firm Gordons celebrates record number of deals worth £350 million in 2014

Yorkshire law firm Gordons’ has had a strong start to 2015, after news broke that the firm’s corporate team advised on a record 36 deals in 2014 with a combined value of over £350 million.

The eight-partner team, led by James Fawcett, acted on a variety of multi-million pound transactions last year, including a number of the region’s most high profile deals.

The sale of Skipton-based civil engineers J N Bentley to global construction consultancy Mott MacDonald and Morrisons’ sale of online baby superstore Kiddicare to Leeds-based private equity house Endless were highlights of the year.

Gordons also advised Enact, the dedicated SME fund managed by Endless, on its first three investments.

The team also advised the management of recruitment company GatenbySanderson on their buy-out of the business, backed by Primary Capital, and the management of Blue Motor Finance on the investment by Cabot Square Capital.

James said: “2014 was a very successful year for the corporate team and indicative of confidence returning to the market in the region. We had a great mix of transactions which allowed us to demonstrate our versatility, strength in depth and ability to make things happen.”

“2015 has started where we left off last year and, looking at the deals we are already advising on, we are looking forward to another excellent year.”

Gordons’ successful year led to the expansion of the team with the recruitment of solicitors Rebecca Whitehouse and Jay Radley from Walker Morris and Addleshaw Goddard respectively. Amanda Hughes also joined the team after qualifying as a solicitor with Gordons.

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