Macfarlanes is advising office2office plc in connection with the recommended offer by EVO Business Supplies Limited, a company owned by funds managed by Endless LLP, to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of office2office plc.

The transaction is to be effected by means of a scheme of arrangement and is subject to regulatory, shareholder and Court approval.

The Macfarlanes team is led by corporate M&A partner Howard Corney.

Howard Corney commented: ‘This is an important transaction for our long-standing client office2office plc.   We have worked with the company since acting on their IPO in 2004 and have enjoyed assisting CEO Simon Moate and the management team in securing this transformational deal’

office2office plc is a major provider of business supplies and outsourced business solutions, primarily to large private and public sector customers.  It is expected that the scheme of arrangement will become effective in late October 2014.