Demerging Your Business

We advise businesses, shareholders and management teams on the legal aspects of demergers and wider corporate reorganisations. Many demergers involve closely connected issues including shareholder arrangements, asset transfers, refinancing, employee matters, intellectual property, tax structuring and ongoing commercial relationships between the parties after separation.

Demerger projects are often commercially sensitive and can involve differing shareholder objectives, valuation issues, future control concerns and tax considerations. Timing, structure and negotiation strategy can therefore be critical.

Read our more detailed guide if you need to more about the underlying legal issues and requirements.

How We Help

We advise on:

• Company and group demergers

• Separation of trading divisions

• Shareholder restructures

• Business partition arrangements

• Asset and business transfers

• Corporate reorganisations before sale or investment

• Director and shareholder negotiations

• Demerger Agreements

• Shareholder agreements and revised constitutional documents

• Ongoing commercial arrangements between separated businesses

• Employee and management restructuring issues

• Transaction documentation and implementation

Contact Us

If you are considering a demerger, business separation or wider corporate restructuring, we can advise on the legal and commercial issues involved and work alongside your other professional advisers throughout the process.