Prior to the sale of R&R Ice Cream plc by Oaktree Capital to PAI Partners for EUR 850 million (including a EUR 253 million payment-in-kind toggle note), Paul Wilkes and Kit Hobbs were instructed by Linklaters in London to assist with the purchase by the R&R group of Fredericks Dairies for GBP 49 million (subject to competition clearance).  The deal involved due diligence, a site visit and review of documents under or relating to Guernsey law.

Collas Crill acted for the JTC Group in its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Ardel Fund Services Limited, a fund administration provider based in Guernsey. JTC Group is a leading independent provider of private wealth, corporate, employee benefit and fund administration services, with established businesses in Jersey and Luxembourg. This acquisition significantly boosts JTC's numbers in Guernsey and forms part of JTC's broader international expansion plans. 

Collas Crill also advised IPES Guernsey (Holdings) Limited and its shareholders (of which RJD Partners Limited represented the largest proportion) in the sale of IPES for £50 million. IPES is one of Europe's leading providers of fund administration services; it employs 130 members of staff and administers in excess of $50 billion of assets from four European offices (Guernsey, Jersey, London and Luxembourg).

Sean Cheong and Kit Hobbs acted in relation to providing advice and documenting a dividend of undisclosed amount from a Guernsey subsidiary to a UK operating company of a large energy and utility group listed on Euronext.

Paul Wilson and Chantelle Foster acted for one of the partners in a joint venture which was established to develop buildings at a site based in the UK.  They produced an investment and shareholders' agreement and ancillary documents.

Paul Wilson acted for the Jersey Football Association in the incorporation of a company to take over the running and regulation of the Association's business.  The Association was previously an unincorporated association, and Paul Wilson drafted the Loi sur l'Association dite "The Jersey Football Association" (Repeal) (Jersey) Law 2012 which came into force in November 2012.  This law provided for the dissolution of the old unincorporated association upon the incorporation of the new company. Chantelle Foster assisted with a review of the new company's memorandum and articles of association and new rules.

Paul Wilson and Chantelle Foster acted for the sellers of a Jersey based haulage business, including drafting the share purchase agreement and ancillary documentation.

Paul Wilson was instructed by a national UK firm to provide advice on the Jersey law aspects of the sale of shares in a Jersey holding company whose subsidiary is involved in the manufacture and supply of tools.  Chantelle Foster assisted with a review of the disclosure letter and other ancillary documents from a Jersey law perspective.

Chantelle Foster provided legal advice to a Jersey based franchisee of a global organisation relating to the termination provisions and the post-termination restrictive covenants contained within the franchise agreement.

Chantelle Foster acted for a Jersey based shareholder in the transfer of the shareholder's entire interest to a business partner in exchange for all sums owing to the company, which was involved in a hairdressing business.

Paul Wilson and Chantelle Foster acted for the sellers of the Key Trust group, a trust and corporate services provider to Hawksford, including negotiating principal agreements and leading commercial negotiations between the sellers and the purchaser.　

Particular issues included lengthy commercial negotiations with the purchaser, dealing with a multitude of regulatory and cross-jurisdictional issues, and co-ordinating a closing that related to over a dozen companies.

Paul Wilkes, Kit Hobbs and Alex Wickens acted for a local trust company in researching and providing bespoke advice on a discrete and rarely encountered section of the Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 which they followed up by issuing draft board resolutions and related ancillary documents.

Kit Hobbs acted for a local fiduciary in negotiating its company administration and payroll services agreement with the Guernsey subsidiary of a FTSE 100 international services group with a market capitalisation of over GBP 2 billion.

Ian Kirk and Kit Hobbs acted for a local fiduciary licensee in relation to an approach relating to cross-border business carried on by the client covering the exchange of commercially sensitive information.

Kit Hobbs acted for Blue Diamond Limited, now Britain's third largest garden centre group, in the acquisition of and lease arrangements for the Grosvenor Garden Centre in Cheshire. The centre's current annual turnover is £6 million.