Advised Intelligent locker distribution company, Business Direct Group plc, has conditionally placed 4,548,333 shares, which will provide it with working capital of £1.36m.

Advised Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited on the placing and admission to AIM of Gemfields Resources Plc, a gemstone mine operator and gemstone prospecting company focused on Zambia. The placing raised £12.5 million and Gemfields was valued at £42.6 million on Admission.

Advised BNB Recruitment Solutions Plc, an AIM listed company specialising in recruitment solutions, consultancy and HR outsourcing, on a placing to raise approx. £5.1m.

Advised Chaco Resources Plc, an oil exploration company in South America, on it's placing to raise £5 million.

Advised Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited on a placing of shares on AIM to raise approx £3.7m for TEG Environmental Plc, an AIM listed company specialising in the design and production of specialised equipment for composting of organic waste.

Advised Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited on a placing to raise approx £1m for 121Media, Inc., an AIM listed US media and telecoms corporation.

Acted for SG Court Limited on its £6m acquisition of a South East based multi-outlet pharmacy operator.

Acted for cash flow solutions business provider, Bibby Financial Services Limited, in the purchase by its subsidiary Bibby Asset Finance Limited of the share capital of Leeds Leasing plc, the wholly owned equipment leasing subsidiary of Leeds Group PLC. The consideration for the acquisition was £3.7 million together with the assignment of an inter-company loan for £1.35 million.

Advised AIM listed African Gold Plc (now renamed Mwana Africa Plc) on its reverse takeover by pan-African mining exploration, development and production company Mwana Africa Holdings (Pty) Limited for a consideration of 110681366 new ordinary shares and readmission to AIM together, together with a placing to raise £4.35 million.

Acted for UFC Aerospace Corp in the purchase by its subsidiary Charco 1129 Limited (now BAS Aerospace Limited) of the aerospace fastenings business carried on by BAS Components Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of TT electronics plc.

Advised JM Finn & Co on a placing of shares in AIM listed Business Direct Group plc to provide working capital of £1.36m. Business Direct is a developer and operator of an intelligent locker distribution system.

Acted for Dolphin Square Trust in the sale of Dolphin Square by Westminster City Council and the Dolphin Square Trust to Westbrook.

Acted for Graham Scofield and John Sayers, the owners of RR Richardson Holdings Limited, in relation to the sale of the entire issued share capital in the company to Chaldean Group.

Advised Select Appointments on its purchase of Qualitair Aviation Group Limited.

Advised WH Ireland Limited on its institutional placing to raise approximately £1.25m for the AIM-listed gold and copper exploration company, Metals Exploration plc.

Advised Sirius Exploration on its AIM flotation and placing. Sirius is involved in a joint venture for copper projects in Macedonia.

Advised Deloitte Corporate Finance (a division of Deloitte & Touche LLP) as the nominated adviser on the AIM flotation of and offer for subscription to raise approximately £4 million for KP Renewables Plc, whose business strategy is to establish a leading position in the UK renewable energy sector by developing, building or acquiring a portfolio of renewable energy projects.

Advised Insinger de Beaufort on the AIM flotation of and placing to raise £2.4 million for Sanatana Diamonds Inc., a Canadian diamond exploration and development company with an exploration portfolio covering approximately 20 million acres in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada.

Advised Nabarro Wells & Co. Limited, Zimmerman Adams International Limited and Hitchens Harrison & Co. plc on the flotation on AIM of Jarlway Holdings Plc, the UK holding company for a Chinese manufacturer of construction engineering machinery. The flotation raised £1.25 million and is one of the first flotations of a company which has its primary business in the PRC.

Advising Afriore Limited on its AIM flotation. Afriore focuses on precious metals and has acquired rights to an area of highly prospective platinum ground in the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. It also has rights to a portfolio of gold projects in across Africa.

Advising Latitude Resources Plc on its AIM flotation and placing to raise £5 million. Latitude has five copper-gold projects and one copper-molybdenum project at the exploration stage in Chile, as well as a shareholding in North American gold development company, Western Goldfields and a mining finance business with a strategic alliance with Investec Bank (UK) Limited.

Acted for WH Ireland Limited on a placing to raise £2.7 million for the AIM listed oil and gas investment company Ascent Resources Plc.

Acted for Corporate Synergy Plc on the admission of Media Group Plc to AIM and a placing to raise £1.5 million. Media Steps Group is an advertising agency.

Acted for Charles Stanley & Co Limited on the admission to AIM and a placing to raise £3 million for Debtmatters Group plc, a debt solutions company.

Acted for BX and AIM Listed European Minerals Corporation, a mining and minerals company, on the UK aspects of its offer of units to raise C$ 97.5 million.

Advised Select Appointments (Holdings) Limited of the acquisition of 75% shareholding in Mandeville Recruitment Group Limited, a UK based provider of permanent recruitment primarily in the sales and retail sectors.

Acted for JM Finn & Co on the cancellation of Kiotech International Plc's Ofex listing and its admission to AIM, with a related placing to raise £2.2 million. Market capitalisation of Kiotech (a biotechnology company) was £4.6 million.

Advising Nutrinnovator Holdings Plc, a nutraceutical company on its reverse takeover of Provexis Limited and readmission to AIM together with a placing to raise £3.8 million.

Acted for the owners of Summers PVC Ltd and Summers PVC (Essex) Ltd in relation to the sale of the entire issued share capital in the companies to SIG Trading Ltd (a subsidiary of the listed insulation and roofing company, SIG Plc).

Acted for Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited on a placing to raise approximately £10.7 million for Aricom Plc, which has titanium interests in Russia.

Acted for Canaccord Capital (Europe ) Limited in March 2005 in relation to a private placing to raise £2.5 million for the AIM and TSX listed company, SouthernEra Diamonds, one of Canada's largest fully integrated diamond companies.

Acted for Zest Group plc (the music publishing and recording company) in March 2005 on its AIM admission and a related placing to raise £580,000, with placees obliged to subscribe for a further £580,000 by February 2006 at Zest's request.