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Knights and Fletchers carve up £45m Moore Barlow in two-way takeover

David Beech

National firms Knights and Fletchers have carved up Moore Barlow in a deal that has seen the South East firm split into two and taken over.

Knights, which confirmed this March that it was in talks over an acquisition, has reached a deal which will see it pay £27m for Moore Barlow’s commercial and private wealth operations – representing 70% of the firm’s total business, or £30m of revenue.

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