A Hill Dickinson team led by Craig Scott (Partner) and Michael Murphy (Solicitor) has advised long standing client Fishawack Communications and its management team on a £6m transaction, which has seen the medical communications agency expand its European foothold by acquiring Swiss company, Archimed Medical Communications.

The Archimed deal represents Fishawack’s first bolt-on acquisition since closing its recent £13m secondary buyout in March 2013 backed by investment from Growth Capital Partners (GCP), a provider of blended equity and debt to UK SMEs.

The acquisition is considered an important strategic expansion to support Fishawack’s existing Swiss business and will bolster Fishawack’s presence in Europe and establish the company as the largest medical communications outfit in Switzerland.

On the deal, Craig Scott, Partner, Hill Dickinson, said: “Having recently helped the management team successfully achieve its ambition of completing the secondary buy out of Fishawack with GCP in March, it has been pleasing to be able to use our extensive experience of managing cross border transactions to oversee the delivery of this latest key strategic acquisition for Fishawack. We look forward to continuing to assist Fishawack with its exciting plans to deliver future growth.”

Fishawack co-founder Oliver Dennis, added: “We have wanted to partner with the team at Archimed for some time and are delighted to be joining forces. It means we can offer our clients an expanded range of services, which they increasingly need.”

Craig Scott and Michael Murphy in Hill Dickinson’s Liverpool corporate team acted for Fishawack and its management team as well as managing the Swiss legal team at Vischer led by David Jenny. Ruth Percival and James Fieldhouse at BDO Manchester provided corporate finance and due diligence advice to Fishawack.

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