Established in 1968, Lyndon Scaffolding has sales of approximately £50 million and more than 600 employees. Lyndon Scaffolding has worked on some the U.K.’s largest and most impressive projects, and its portfolio includes Jubilee Bridge at Runcorn, BBC Broadcasting House, Tate Britain, Severn Bridge, Birmingham Gateway Station, Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, and the Scottish Parliament Building. With locations in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Scotland, and Wales, Lyndon Scaffolding provides comprehensive access solutions for the commercial construction, industrial and infrastructure markets in the U.K. Lyndon Scaffolding is to be combined with SGB, a BrandSafway scaffolding and access unit of Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services UK, to become Lyndon SGB by BrandSafway.

Headquartered in Kennesaw, Georgia,  BrandSafway offers access, industrial services, and forming and shoring solutions in approximately 350 strategic locations across 30 countries and has 35,000 employees.

A cross-office team led by partner James Boulton (Corporate, Stoke) advised BrandSafway on the acquisition.

James Boulton commented “We are delighted to have worked with the BrandSafway team on this acquisition. Lyndon Scaffolding plc and Taylor’s Hoists Limited are excellent additions to the BrandSafway group of companies.”

The Freeths team comprised: James Boulton (Partner, Corporate, Stoke), Francis Dalton (Senior Associate, Corporate, London), Emily Pogson (Solicitor, Corporate, Sheffield), Sarah Beardmore (Senior Associate, Commercial, Stoke), Nigel Bolton (Partner, Pensions, Leeds) and Kim Jones (Partner, Pensions, Leeds), Paul Burnley (Partner, Corporate Defence & Regulatory, Leeds), Peter Gavin (Partner, Employment, Stoke) and Jake Wilkie (Trainee, Employment, Stoke), Adrian Hackett (Partner, Tax, Sheffield) and Claire Boyce (Senior Associate, Tax, Sheffield), Karen Hargrave (Senior Associate, Derby, Construction), Andrew Maxwell (Partner, Competition, London) and Leonia Chesterfield (Senior Associate, Competition, London), Emma Tattersdill (Partner, Planning & Environmental, Leicester) and Ian Wilson (Senior Associate, Real Estate, Stoke).