MBM Commercial advised Humio Limited and its founders on a US $9m Series A investment from venture capital firm Accel. Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm with offices in Palo Alto, San Francisco, London and Bangalore that has invested in companies like Atlassian, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Etsy, Facebook, Slack, and Spotify. The multi-million investment will allow Humio to grow the company's ability to fulfil demand across global markets and expand the development of its unique technology platform. MBM Commercial’s team included Tracey Ginn , Partner, Alexander Lamley , Senior Associate, Gavin Smith , Associate, and Tom Middleton ,...

On Saturday 8^th December 2018 over 25% of MBM’s workforce took part in a nationwide sleep out to end homelessness in Scotland, which was being run in 4 Cities across one night with over 12,000 people taking part.

Thinking of selling to a US buyer? If so, read on… As M&A becomes increasingly international, historic differences between UK and US practice are diminishing but several key distinctions remain. Recognising these can help to bridge the transatlantic gap in negotiating terms of purchase agreements. Some of these key differences include the following: Deal Certainty: US purchase agreements typically contain more conditions to a purchaser’s obligation to complete the transaction than those in the UK. Regulatory approvals and financing conditions, allowing the buyer to withdraw from the deal if it has failed to obtain the necessary financing, are common in...

This winter has seen the start of our Doing the Deal series of events.  We kicked it off with an Angel Investing Workshop with Galvanise and Kingston Smith supporting some insight delivered by Stuart Hendry , our Senior Partner.  Galvanise is a nation-wide angel syndicate whose focus is on angel investments, and along with Kingston Smith and MBM, we had a great panel of experts in this field. Angel Investment in UK businesses is estimated to be in the region of £1.5bn per year and is fundamental to the UK being one of the places where high growth business attract...

Since 1 September 2009, as a result of the coming into force of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, sales of alcohol are only legal in Scotland if carried out from a licensed premises and if authorised generally or specifically by a Personal Licence Holder (PHL).  While Premises Licences could run indefinitely, Personal Licenses are conditional on the PHL undergoing refresher training every 5 years and must be renewed every 10 years.  With an estimated 30,000 plus Personal Licences falling to be renewed by 1 September 2019, and only a 9 month window for applications for renewal to be made and...