HCR Hewitsons

HCR Hewitsons is a long-established player in the Cambridge market, and it maintains a strong bench of partners who advise both large and early-stage companies. Head of the Cambridge office Inger Anson leads the corporate practice, while Rebecca Quinn is head of the commercial team. Partners James Lawrence, who is a key adviser on corporate finance matters, and Laurence Evans, who frequently handles M&A deals, private equity transactions and venture capital investments in the technology sector, are highly regarded by clients and peers. Anson assisted Immaterial Ltd with its £13.5m Series A funding round, and Lawrence advised shareholders of Suttons Performance Packaging Ltd on the company’s £13.7m sale.

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Testimonials

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'Very personable team, yet professional at all times.'
'The members of HCR strived to build a meaningful relationship with everyone involved on our side to such a degree that, it would be fair to say, it often felt like we were one single team. The HCR team, whilst being continually professional, brought a level of personality to the process and appeared to strive to build relationship which benefited all involved.'
'Laurence Evans was the partner who most stood out working continually to see the sale moved smoothly and consistently forward. Most appreciated was his ensuring that all details were covered and brought to our attention. Appreciating that we are not legal people he seemed able to easily know where further explanation and discussion were required and would strive to ensure we understood what was happening.'
'The main quality that we value is the commercial and pragmatic advice that we receive, rather than a hard and fast legal opinion that may not be commercially possible in reality. Each of the HCR team are very easy to talk to and accessible, and the fast turn around of some tight deadline work has always been appreciated.'

Key clients

Springboard Pro Ltd.
Immaterial Ltd
Unum Aircraft Seating Limited
Dogtooth Technologies Limited
Zetta Genomics Limited
Quartix Technologies PLC
Northmore Associates Ltd
The Acteon Consultancy LLP
Tavistock Investments PLC
MBC Law Limited T/A Tandon Hildebrand
VKR Holding
Cromwell Business Systems Ltd
Openview Security Solutions
Spirol International Ltd
The Chesterford Group
Steinel UK Limited
Adcock Group Holdings Limited
Barcham Trees Plc
The Cambridge Arts Theatre Trust Ltd
Shareholders of Dartington Wealth Management
Caldera Heat Batteries Limited
Bf1 Systems
Shareholders of Lifesure Group Limited
TouchStar plc

Work highlights

Acted for the Shareholders of Springboard Pro Ltd, Cambridge-based product design consultancy, on the sale of the entire issued share capital to global manufacturing organisation, the Sanner Group.
Advised Immaterial Ltd on a Series A funding round, led by global giant SLB with participation from AP Ventures, Cepsa, Chevron Technology Ventures, Energy Revolution Ventures, JERA Co., TRIREC and Ultratech Capital Partners, as well as existing investors.
Advised Unum Aircraft Seating on a significant investment round led by the Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2).