Corporate law

Corporate transactions and company structures can have significant legal, financial and commercial implications for businesses, shareholders, investors and management teams. Whether a business is growing, restructuring, taking investment or preparing for sale, careful legal advice and transaction management can be critical.

We advise businesses, shareholders, directors, investors and management teams on a wide range of corporate law matters and transactions, including acquisitions and disposals, shareholder arrangements, investment transactions, restructures and wider strategic corporate projects.

We act for owner-managed businesses, SMEs, larger companies and investors across a range of sectors.

Why Clients Instruct Us

Corporate transactions are rarely simply legal exercises. They often involve wider strategic, financial and operational considerations, together with negotiations between shareholders, investors, lenders and management teams.

Clients instruct us not simply to prepare legal documents, but to help structure transactions, negotiate terms, manage risk and deal with issues as they arise throughout the process.

Our work regularly involves:

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating transaction documentation

• Coordinating with accountants, tax advisers and lenders

• Managing negotiations between stakeholders

• Advising on shareholder rights and protections

• Assisting with acquisitions, disposals and investment transactions

• Supporting restructuring and growth strategies

Our approach is commercial, pragmatic and focused on helping clients complete transactions efficiently while protecting their longer-term interests.

Drafting, Reviewing and Negotiating Documentation

Corporate transactions often involve extensive negotiation and legal documentation, particularly where there are multiple shareholders, investors or advisers involved.

We regularly draft, review and negotiate documents including share purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, investment agreements, articles of association, joint venture agreements and wider corporate documentation connected to acquisitions, investment and restructuring projects.

Our role is not simply to prepare documents, but to ensure the legal arrangements properly reflect the commercial deal agreed and remain workable in practice as the business develops.

Transaction Management and Commercial Solutions

Timing is often critical in corporate transactions. Delays, unresolved issues or poorly managed negotiations can affect deal certainty, funding arrangements and relationships between the parties involved.

Experience can be particularly important where transactions become stalled during negotiations. We regularly assist clients in finding commercially workable solutions to move transactions forward, including revised deal structures, deferred consideration arrangements, minority protections, management retention arrangements and other practical solutions designed to overcome obstacles without undermining the wider commercial objectives of the transaction.

Acquisitions, Investment and Restructuring

We advise on a broad range of corporate transactions and projects, including:

• Business sales and acquisitions

• Share and asset sales

• Private equity and investment transactions

• Shareholder agreements and governance arrangements

• Group restructuring and reorganisation

• Shareholder exits and ownership changes

• Joint ventures

• Management buyouts and buy-ins

These matters often involve close coordination with accountants, tax advisers and lenders to ensure the wider commercial objectives are properly addressed.

Contact Us

If you require advice on a corporate transaction or wider corporate law matter, please contact our team to discuss how we can assist. Early legal advice can often help identify risk, improve negotiating positions and ensure transactions are structured effectively from the outset.