“The Beyond team are a breath of fresh air”
Pimberly is a software provider which has the proprietary software in the most powerful flexible PIM solution in the world. It combines SaaS software with cloud based technologies to provide the world’s most powerful product information management platform.
The business is backed by Northedge Capital and NPIF. Beyond acted for the shareholders on the Company’s original acquisition and subsequently on its secondary buy-out by the current senior management team, and manages its day to day commercial legal needs.
New Care is a development-led care operator, established in 2009 with a management team that has more than 40 years of development experience. It is one of the fastest growing and highly regarded developers and operators, based in the North West but with a national reach.
Beyond’s corporate and real estate teams have acted for the Group since it was established, providing corporate structuring advice, executing more than £200m of fundraisings, dealing with everything from site acquisition to construction and development, together with regulatory and compliance advice.
“We trust them implicitly: they are our go-to advisors and they make transacting and executing an easy, comfortable and friendly process for us. More importantly the way in which they work with our funders, stakeholders and investors is hugely constructive to making sure we manage risk but can execute quickly.”
Dave Foran – Chief Financial Officer
Benchmark Capital is an international financial services group controlled by Schroders, and which operates financial services networks and a proprietary financial services platform. It has assets under management of £10bn, and Beyond undertakes M&A transactional work for the group within the UK.
“I’ve worked with the team at Beyond on many acquisition projects. They have provided excellent support and insight on a range of matters and have helped us scale our M&A capability by being responsive and flexible in a way I have never experienced from other law firm…
…their domain knowledge in the Financial Services profession is second to none. I would have no hesitation in recommending the team there for any M&A or legal engagement.”
Keith Hare Corporate Development Director
MDS Global is a leading BSS-as-a-Service provider. The company provides revenue management, business assurance, and analytics software to some of the world’s leading telecommunications service providers including British Telecom, Telefonica O2, Eir, ACN Europe, Telia, Post Office UK, TalkTalk and ID Mobile.
The team has worked with MDS on a variety of corporate and commercial engagements, more recently acting for its shareholders on its disposal to Volaris Group.
“They have worked closely with us on a number of commercial contract negotiations and M&A transactions, the latter including cross-border deals of some considerable complexity…
…it’s a relationship built on our confidence in their experience, down-to-earth delivery, enthusiasm, and a willingness to give strong and commercial advice.”
Russell Hunt Chief Finance Officer
Maltacourt is a global logistics provider which has seen huge growth, both organically and through acquisition in the UK and mainland Europe.
The team at Beyond have provided corporate, commercial and real estate services for the group for many years and has been hopefully instrumental in helping Matltacourt with that growth and success.
“The Beyond team are a breath of fresh air. They don’t do stuffy, slow or impractical, they don’t create drama, and they don’t waste time. We don’t like spending money on lawyers, but we have no problem investing in high quality business support which adds value and that’s what they give us, whoever we are dealing with in their team…
…indeed, we view them as an extension of our own team when we are taking our most important business decisions.”
Matt Beech CEO
Centriq Group, through its subsidiary Voiteq and with operations in France Germany and the UK ,delivers voice-oriented solutions across the full spectrum of warehouse activities that are built around its middleware product “VoiceMan”.
Together they allow workflows in a warehouse to be directed, measured, monitored, tracked, and reported, improving productivity and providing meaningful operational data.
The team at Beyond worked with the management team and shareholders on its multi-million pound disposal to Germany-based digital logistics provider Körber, in a pan-European transaction involving Centriq’s German and French subsidiaries.
Europe’s leading distributor of batteries, lighting, and vaping products, with a stable of household brands such as Duracell, energizer, 88vape and Puregym.
The teams at Beyond Corporate undertake a wide variety of corporate, commercial and real estate work for the Group, working closely – often daily – with its major stakeholders and management teams.
“We have a long-term relationship with the team which have dealt with all of our corporate and commercial needs for more than five years…
…with Beyond we get practical, sensible, cost-effective advice, technical expertise in plain English, and we feel like we are dealing with real people rather than suits…
…they take the trouble to understand our business, and never let us down. We hope to work together for many years to come.”
Sandy Chadha CEO
Paul Kennedy, CEO of Inprova, a multi-sector specialist procurement and technology service provider, has worked with the team for more than 10 years across a number of businesses,
and has instructed the team on corporate transactional work, fundraisings and issues in relation to investor relations, together with commercial and real estate work.
“I have worked with the team for over 10 years. The length of our relationships goes someway to demonstrate the high regard I hold for the quality of legal services they have provided over the years. They take the time to really understand the complexities within our business, which in turn enables them to deliver sensible and commercially balanced advice, guidance and counsel…
…they have a culture and passion to build long-term, meaningful commercial relationships, built on trust and service excellence. Ultimately, our long-standing relationship is a product of that passion – a real ‘business partner’ in the truest sense.”
Paul Kennedy CEO
Matt Hirst CEO of Utiligroup, a leading data management software and managed service provider, and its management teams, have worked with the Beyond team through several transactions, through the management team’s first MBO funded by North Edge Capital to its exit to Accel KKR backed Energy Services Group.
“I and my management teams have used the team at Beyond for a number of years, and keep doing so because they get it, commercially and technically. They know when to push hard and when to collaborate…
…importantly, for all of the teams I work with, they build genuine connection with clients which enables them to give the strong advice we are looking for, but do so minded of the people issues and human side of corporate transactional work.”
Matt Hirst CEO
The team at Beyond have worked with the management teams at Jigsaw 24, the UK’s leading Apple systems and solutions provider, working in the B2B space on numerous transactional mandates, acquisitions and both primary and secondary buyouts.
The commercial team also provide day-to-day commercial advice in relation to the business’ on-going contractual arrangements and new customer acquisition.
“The work undertaken by Beyond Corporate, both on transactional and commercial matters, for Jigsaw24 and its shareholders has always been of the highest standard. The speed of response and genuine flexibility are qualities that run through…
…the firm and are traits I have always valued, particularly in Matt and Mark with whom we have worked over a number of years. We are always confident we are in expert hands.”
John Hughes COO
Corpacq is one of the most prolific, North-West based acquisition and investment companies, acquiring diverse and successful businesses with a light-touch management approach, creating supportive and close relationships with the management teams and stakeholders in all of its investments.
It is backed by Simon Orange, and the Group have worked closely with the corporate development and acquisitions and investment teams, undertaking a wide variety of corporate work from acquisition, fundraising and structuring for both Corpacq and its portfolio businesses.
Edina are a leading UK manufacturer, installer and distributor of CHP gas and diesel generators. The team at Beyond has worked with Edina for more than a decade, advising mainly on the drafting and negotiation of engineering and construction contracts.
They also work on dispute resolution and avoidance as well as general commercial, employment, real estate and corporate matters.
Beyond works on an almost daily basis with the Edina senior management team, as well as the commercial and operations teams, to deliver a full legal service for the Edina Group.
“In the past I’ve met many clever lawyers who obviously know their profession, but communication skills are often lacking in the more established “old fashioned” law firms…
…Beyond Corporate have a modern approach that fits well with Edina, enabling us to discuss opportunities and issues openly and getting responses that inform, advise and educate…
…Edina trust the Beyond team to work alongside us and they speak directly with our customers helping us finalise contracts, and in turn to grow our business, on commercial terms that meet the risks we’re willing to take.”
Chris Arrand Commercial Contracts Manager
McGoff Construction is a leading regional main contracting construction business, with a turnover in excess of £100m. Established in 1973, they were, and still remain, a family business run on the principles of their founders, but with a very modern and progressive approach.
Beyond work hand-in-hand with the McGoff Construction team at all levels within the business, from assisting surveyors with day-to-day queries to providing strategic advice at Board level.
“We have worked with the construction and wider Beyond teams for around 20 years now, and the length of our relationship indicates the value we place in their support and advice…
…”we work with the team across multiple work streams, but especially on advice on main contracts and subcontracts, and dealing with any contentious construction matters, corporate and financing matters…
…our Group has grown and changed hugely during the time we have known their team, but we continue to work side-by-side on a daily basis, as they are totally aligned with our approach and know what we want to achieve and how to help us achieve it.”
Dave McGoff Joint Managing Director
FK Group is one of the UK’s leading cladding and glazing contractors, with a turnover of £100m+ and operations including specialist cladding, glazing, roofing, manufacture, maintenance and general construction operations.
FK Group have worked with the Beyond construction team for approaching 20 years, dealing with contract drafting and advice and dispute avoidance and resolution.
“I have worked with the construction team and the corporate team at Beyond for many years, and deal with them on an ongoing basis across a range of issues, from contract reports and negotiation to drafting of standard contracts and dealing with the avoidance and resolution of disputes on our behalf…
…we always find the team approachable, responsive and professional, and use them as our first port of call on all legal matters. We work so closely together that they feel like a natural extension of our own FK team – and it is a relationship that we appreciate and value.”
Paul Bentley MD
Mulbury are a leading North-West house builder and developer, specialising in the development of social housing on behalf of registered social landlords, and the development of high rise build-to-rent and open market, city centre residential developments.
Mulbury have worked with the Beyond team for more than a decade, from their very first deal to more recent £30m+ city centre schemes.
“We have worked with the Beyond team for some time now and are always delighted with the professional and supportive advice they have given us on all aspects of our business. In particular they continue to undertake a considerable amount of construction work, corporate transactions, financial agreements, pension fund deals and real estate work…
…our work often includes complex land transactions or complicated funding structures with multiple parties to the agreements, but Beyond have always been effective in managing all aspirations and achieving our ultimate goals. They demonstrate a real attention to detail and we always feel protected as clients.”
Greg Mulligan Co-founder
Established in 1969, the Morson Group of companies (Morson Group) is the UK leading technical staffing organisation, with an annual turnover in 2018 of £867m.
Key sectors covered are aerospace and defence, rail, nuclear, oil & gas, and I.T. Morson has more than 40 offices throughout the UK and operates in four countries overseas. Morson Group is management owned, with the majority holding held by Ged Mason OBE.
“They are our first port of call for all corporate legal matters and over the years we have, with their assistance, sold and re-purchased the Morson Group, entered into successful transactions with VCs, been listed on AIM, undertaken a P2P and made many acquisitions of businesses and companies…
…our long-standing relationship is because the people at Beyond understand our business and our values, and we trust them to help find solutions that work for us.”
Paul Gilmour Chief Financial Officer
AO World plc is the largest online-only retailer of white goods and electrical in the UK. It was founded in 2000 and since 2014 has been listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Beyond’s employment team has provided bespoke legal advice to AO from its days as a start-up to the here and now when it employs more than 3,000 AOers.
That advice has covered the full range from the creation of employment documentation and extensive work on contractor status through to TUPE issues, and from practical help with disciplinary and grievance procedures to handling Tribunal claims.
“The Beyond employment team has an excellent understanding of employment law, but it is the commercial application that we really value…
…they are practical and pragmatic, really understand our business and culture, and offer creative and cost-effective solutions. We see the team as an extension of our in-house team.”
Julie Finnemore Director of Group Legal and Company Secretary