Wednesday 15 June 2011

Rightmove founder brings legal service to London's junior stock exchange | Business | The Guardian

Rightmove founder brings legal service to London's junior stock exchange | Business | The Guardian

An online conveyancing service set up by Rightmove founder Harry Hill will become the first property-linked legal company to list on Aim today. In-Deed Online allows people buying or selling a home to track the legal process from instruction to completion. The website was launched by Hill, the former chief of estate agents Countrywide, and Peter Gordon, a former partner at private equity group 3i. Former Nationwide chief executive Philip Williamson and former Wall Street trader Boris Zhilin are non-executive directors.

The firm which has raised £2.9m in a pre-IPO placement is raising £1.6m by selling up to 3.7m shares at 42p to institutional and other investors. The business is set to join Aim with a market value of £8.6m.

Hill and Gordon will keep a stake of 10% each and are locked in to their investment for a number of years. Other investors include Octopus Investments and fund manager Henderson, as well as Andrew Black, the co-founder of Betfair. He invested in the pre-IPO round in May at 42p and owns nearly 3% of the company.

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