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RBG Holdings PLC

Market Cap (£m) 35.1
Listing AIM

Company Description

London-based RBG Holdings plc is a legal and professional services group, which incorporates two of the UK's leading law firms, Rosenblatt and Memery Crystal. RBG was incorporated as a holding company in February 2018 to acquire Rosenblatt, one of the UK’s leading litigation practices focused on contentious law and dispute resolution, and subsequently listed on AIM in May 2018. The group changed its name to RBG Holdings Plc in 2019 to reflect its increasingly diverse nature, having acquired sell-side corporate finance boutique Convex Capital. The acquisition of Memery Crystal (MC) in 2021, a specialist in non-contentious, corporate and real estate, added significant scale and breadth to its legal services division.

Investment Summary

RBG is a unique professional services group with a diversified revenue base. The transformational acquisition of Memery Crystal (MC) in 2021 broadened the revenue base with a better balance between contentious (Rosenblatt) and non-contentious (MC) work. RGB Legal Services enjoys high margins and strong cash generation with superior returns from dispute resolution and litigation, with industry leading KPIs. The more traditional profit-share approach has been replaced by the issue of equity, which closely aligns management with shareholder interests. We see further scope for bolt-on deals in higher-margin areas and with ‘buy and improve’ potential. RBG acquired the high-margin, cash-generative, sell-side corporate finance boutique Convex Capital in 2019, which has an excellent track record, consistently delivering good valuations and multiples. RBG is looking to exit LionFish, its third-party litigation finance arm launched in May 2020, which could free up capital for further M&A.

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Company Management Team

  • Jon Divers

    Chief Executive Officer

    Jon Divers joined RBG Legal Services (RBGLS) In February 2022 as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this role in Professional Services, Jon held a variety of senior management and Managing Director roles in the transport and logistics sector. He has strong focus on organic revenue growth and margin through cost control and believes all businesses have an opportunity for improved efficiency. Jon's background in industry has given him a broad range of experience working with the international and time sensitive supply chains, union wage negotiations and demanding clients. He believes that these commercial skills transfer well into Professional Services as a sector that is transforming and changing rapidly and is excited by the opportunities that lie ahead.

  • Suzanne Drakeford-Lewis

    Group Finance Director

    Suzanne has worked in both finance and business support roles in a variety of industries. She has spent the last fifteen years in the legal services sector and prior to this worked extensively for multinational corporations in the FMCG and technology sectors. Her recent roles include Financial Controller at BDB Pitmans LLP, Interim Finance Director of the Personal Systems Division of Hewlett Packard UK and Financial Planning and Analysis Manager Roles at Xansa plc and Black & Decker UK.

  • Keith Hamill

    Chairman

Key Dates

Jun 2020
18th
AGM
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Jul 2020
9th
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Sep 2020
16th
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Jan 2021
28th
Q4 TU
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Feb 2021
24th
CMD
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Apr 2021
20th
Finals
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Jun 2021
17th
AGM
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Jul 2021
16th
Q2 TU
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Sep 2021
15th
Interims
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Jan 2022
28th
Q4 TU
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Apr 2022
20th
Finals
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Jun 2022
23rd
AGM
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Jul 2022
18th
Q2 TU
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Sep 2022
13th
Interims
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Dec 2022
5th
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Jan 2023
31st
Q4 TU
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Mar 2023
28th
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Jun 2023
23rd
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Jul 2023
18th
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Sep 2023
13th
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Dec 2023
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Jan 2024
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