Corporate & Business Law

Corporate & Business Law

What can we do for you?

Chambers UK - A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession states under the heading of Corporate Finance 'This firm holds its own, market commentators said, adding that the expertise of its lawyers "puts them ahead in the market"'. With regard to insolvency/corporate recovery, the Guide states that the firm is 'a sizeable player and well-respected'.

Our extensive range of services in corporate and business law covers:-

  • Start-up
    We can advise on the structure and initial funding of a business venture or enterprise;
  • Development
    We can advise on the growth and development of a business whether organically and internally or by way of merger and acquisition;
  • Contracts and Agreements
    We can advise on and assist in the negotiation of all types of commercial contracts and agreements;
  • Funding
    We can advise in relation to all types of funding documentation whether by way of debt or equity;
  • Acquisitions and Disposals
    We can advise in relation to all acquisitions and disposal proposals including management buy-ins and buy-outs and institutional buy-outs;
  • IP and IT
    We can advise in relation to all intellectual property and information technology applications and protections as well as licensing and technology transfer;
  • Markets
    We can advise in relation to equity offerings and listings and the public markets generally;
  • Reconstructions and Insolvency
    We can advise in relation to all business and corporate reconstructions and all aspects of insolvency;
  • Energy
    We can advise in relation to the necessary documentation governing transactions in the upstream oil and gas industry;
  • Marine
    We can advise in relation to marine matters including shipping and vessel finance and securities;
  • Banking
    We can advise lender or borrower in relation to banking transactions, facilities and securities;
  • Competition
    We can advise on the competition law regime and the fair trading implications affecting businesses;
  • Employee Benefits
    We can advise in relation to the establishment and operation of pension schemes, share option schemes, long-term incentive plans and other employee benefits.