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Russell-Cooke advises Shurgard UK Limited on £30m acquisition of two storage facilities

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By Chris Barkley, Aashay Knights, Rachael Taylor Verified, Laura Kennedy
| Russell-Cooke Solicitors
News The transaction comprised two elements: the first, a share purchase in respect of one site, which is to be redeveloped and provided as a ‘turn-key’ facility later in 2026; and the second, a business asset purchase in respect of the other site. The asset purchase completed on 22 October 2025, with the share purchase exchanging on 14 October 2025 with completion to follow on conclusion of the development.
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Explaining asset purchase agreements

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By Satinder Johal, Ben Voller, David Webster, Chris Barkley
| Russell-Cooke Solicitors
In this article, associate Satinder Johal looks at the structure of an asset purchase and how it is typically documented. Introduction Unlike a share purchase, where the buyer acquires the company as a whole (including all assets and liabilities), an asset purchase allows the buyer to select which assets to acquire and which liabilities, if any, to assume.
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Fiction: A rising novelist travels to a remote island at the invitation of his reclusive mentor

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By Chris Barkley
| Scroll.in Verified
The Furnivall mansion was in the stomach of the island. It rose from the bottom of a deep glen, gurning against the wind which assaulted its crenellated walls. Through the windscreen, I watched the mansion rise before us – turrets, arches, cornices, arranged in a recursive order. Every time I visited, it arrested my attention and so, my conversation with Lewis subsided while the mansion interrupted us with its language of angles.
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