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Martineau Johnson - Best EIS Legal Advisor

01/02/2008

We are delighted that we have won the award of 'Best Enterprise Investment Scheme Legal Adviser' for the second year running at this years Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA) Awards ceremony held at the House of Commons.

The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) was set up by the government to offer tax advantages to high net worth investors in fast growing entreprenuerial companies. The EISA works to stimulate interest and investment in the UK growth company economy through the EIS and similar tax efficient schemes.

Our Senior Partner Roger Blears, who heads our Investment Funds and Growth Companies team also presented the award of 'Best EIS Promoters' to the Foresight Group for the over subscribed launch of the £22.7m Foresight Sustainable EIS Fund, one of the largest EIS funds ever raised. The Team acted as the legal adviser to the Fund which will invest in growth companies operating in the sustainable sector, for example companies making wind turbines, reprocessing waste or developing biomass facilities which will generate heat and energy.

Our retention of the title of Best EIS Legal Adviser highlights our high level of activity within EIS and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) sectors.

For further information please contact Roger Blears on roger.blears@martjohn.com