M&A

We are M&A specialists. We advise on a wide range of UK and cross border transactions including acquisitions and disposals, holding and investment structures, mergers and demergers and management buy-outs and buy-ins, all within a broad range of sectors.

Deal planning and design is key to the overall success of every transaction. At the very outset behind every transaction, we work closely with our client to understand the investment decision. Our focus, once we have structured the best deal for our client is to get the Completion in the most timely and cost effective manner.

We pride ourselves in interacting closely and playing a key role with the client’s UK, and where applicable overseas, professional and management teams to ensure the tax, operational and legal objectives behind every transaction are aligned.

Completion of the transaction is never the end for our client relationship. We enjoy developing long-term relationships.

Corporate Finance

We help companies raise finance, whether seed capital to help the company bring a product or service to market, or expansion capital to help scale the business globally. We can help structure the investment in the best possible way, and within attractive tax structures.

We work also with angel investors, VC’s, private equity funds and mezzanine funders to secure the  issue of equity or debt on the right terms.

Restructurings

Our Corporate team has extensive experience in strategic and operational restructurings and work closely with our insolvency team. We have a particular expertise in acting for insolvency practitioners in relation to the sale of insolvent business assets.

Our Corporate Team also works very closely with the Commercial Real Estate practice, advising on all manner of corporate real estate transactions, and the Private Client team, advising high net worth individuals on managing their wealth and investments.