The corporate team at Laytons ETL are delighted to have advised Planit Testing, an Australian headquartered global leader in quality engineering and application testing services, and part of the Toyko based NRI Group, on its acquisition of Shift Left Group, a Yorkshire based quality specialist.

Following this acquisition, Planit is now contending for the second spot amongst specialist quality engineering service providers, worldwide.

Commenting after the acquisition, Mike Weale, CEO of Planit, said: “All things in life are about people and relationships and we’ve unearthed a really mutually beneficial partnership with the team at Laytons from day 1…we would not hesitate to engage with you for future support services both here in the UK and Europe”.

The Laytons team was led by Corporate Partner, Paddy Kelly and Associate Partner, Kathryn Beasley together with assistance from Corporate Solicitor, Carmen Yong, Tax Partner, Marc Selby, and Employment Partner, Nicholas Lakeland.