Ince & Co’s London corporate energy team advised Houston-based Newpark Resources, Inc. (NYSE:NR) on its acquisition of Oxfordshire-based Terrafirma Roadways Limited (Terrafirma). The transaction was completed on 13 December 2013.

The acquisition was through Newpark’s ‘Mats and Integrated Services’ division which provides leading-edge matting solutions and well-site construction services to enable temporary work sites and access roads.

Terrafirma was founded in 2001 to provide temporary roadway and worksite solutions to utility, construction, and event customers throughout the United Kingdom and Europe and has been the exclusive UK distributor of Newpark’s DURA-BASE Advanced-Composite Mat System since 2006.

“We are very pleased to have been able to help Newpark expand their geographical reach through this acquisition in the UK,” said partner Renaud Barbier-Emery (pictured above). “With our experienced corporate services team in London we were ideally placed to advise on this important deal.”

Renaud Barbier-Emery (partner) and Matthew Stratton (senior associate) led the Ince team which included Charlotte Davies (partner, personal injury and insurance), Nick Wilcox (senior associate, employment), Rachel Martin (senior solicitor, real estate), Mark Robinson (consultant, IP and IT), Clare Smith (consultant, tax), and Sheridan Steiger and Andrew McAdam (trainee solicitors).