Glasgow—Dentons has advised Aliter Capital-backed engineering services business Edwin James Group, which is headquartered in Glasgow, on its acquisition of Jex Engineering, a subsidiary of listed manufacturing and specialist services business Redhall Group, which has been sold out of administration.

Jex is a full-service engineering business headquartered in Manchester and Redditch. As part of the acquisition, it will trade as Jex Process Services and will sit as part of the Process Services area of Edwin James Group.

The sale was agreed with Christopher Petts and Sarah O'Toole of Grant Thornton who were appointed joint administrators of Redhall Group plc, Booth Industries Ltd and Redhall Jex Ltd in June.

Derek McCombe, partner in Dentons' Corporate team in Glasgow who led on the transaction, said, "We were delighted to advise Edwin James Group on this acquisition, which is said to have saved 70 jobs, and look forward to continuing to support the business in the next stage of its growth."

Alongside Derek McCombe, the Dentons team included Corporate partner Brian Moore, Tax partner Lorna McCaa, Employment partner Alison Weatherhead, Banking partner Susan Kelly and Real Estate partner Colin Keenan.

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