Freeths advises team.blue, a leading European supplier of digital solutions, on its acquisition of UK Dedicated Ltd.

UK Dedicated Ltd is a managed dedicated server business made up of 2 core brands, GURU and UKDedicated. With Freeths support, this successful acquisition has been one of team.blue's fastest to date.

The Freeths team was led by Lottie Hugo (Director, Corporate), who was supported by Charlotte Hartwright (Senior Associate, Corporate), Victoria Price (Associate, Corporate), Ben Treasure (Legal Assistant, Corporate), Coralie McKeivor (Managing Associate, Real Estate), Ben Moylan (Partner, Banking and Finance), Rebecca Sawbridge (Partner, Employment), Alex Angelides (Senior Associate, Tax), Luke Dixon (Partner, Data Protection), Lloyd Lane (Senior Associate, Intellectual Property) and Andrew Maxwell (Partner, Competition). In addition, Ballards LLP provided tax and finance support to team.blue (Martin Adams, James Maynell and Gina Gardner).

Comment from team lead: Lottie Hugo "It has been a pleasure to work again so closely with team.blue's internal legal and specialist teams. We were delighted to have supported team.blue on this acquisition which represents the next key step in their growth trajectory."

This acquisition follows the Freeths team being Highly Commended in the Corporate Law Firm of the Year category at this year's Insider South West Dealmakers Awards. The Bristol Corporate team was recognised for its rapid growth of more than 150% year on year since establishing the Freeths Bristol office in 2019.

Read team.blue's press release on the transaction here.