Kimberley Wallace, Senior HR Consultant, at Nockolds HR was instructed by Hurst Point Group to provide HR due diligence project support for their acquisition of the wealth management and corporate solutions practice Helm Godfrey.
Kimberley Wallace and Helen Burrowes, HR Consultant, from the Nockolds HR team worked as part of the acquisition advisory group, leading on HR due diligence matters and working closely with the Group’s acquisition project team throughout. Their transaction preparation activities included:
- Employee liability information audit
- HR documentation audit including policies and contract documents for employees and self-employed individuals
- Strategic HR management / infrastructure review
- Employment matter checks and advice
- Summary report and advisory calls
The Group’s official press release detailing the acquisition can be found here. The transaction brings £1.5bn of assets under advice/management from Helm Godfrey to Hurst Point, which will bring the Group’s net assets under advice/management to approximately £8bn.
Tom Salt, Group Head of M&A at Hurst Point Group commented; “Thanks to Nockolds HR, we feel we had a really thorough understanding of the team at Helm Godfrey. Kim and Helen’s attention to detail and their counsel on various matters throughout the process gave us great confidence that the 65 members of Helm Godfrey would be a great cultural fit once they become part of the bigger Hurst Point Group.”
Darren Hayward, Managing Partner at Nockolds Solicitors commented ‘I’m delighted and very proud that Nockolds wider business services could provide support to Hurst Point Group for such a major deal. We wish Hurst Point Group and Helm Godfrey every success for the future’.
Nockolds HR provides deep-dive HR due diligence support to companies undergoing M&A and TUPE transactions to understand a target’s HR infrastructure and liabilities; to reduce risk and provide valuable insight for the business transaction.
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