Legal services

Corporate Finance

Our varied experience in this area includes both public and private debt and equity. We advise clients on:

Private equity transactions.
All legal aspects of company equity funding and investment including development and expansion capital.
Initial public offerings and flotations. We have particular expertise in acting for nominated advisers, brokers and companies on AIM flotations.
Preparation of offer documentation including prospectuses and information memoranda.
Compliance with all relevant regulatory matters including the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA") and the regulations relating to offers of securities to the public in the UK.
Loan and security arrangements together with finance options.
Exit strategies.

We deal with the following:

Preparing companies for sale including undertaking due diligence work and legal auditing.
Preliminary steps including structuring issues, heads of terms and exclusivity and confidentiality agreements.
Business and share sales and purchase, both international and domestic for private or public companies.
MBOs and MBIs.

We act as a general corporate adviser and sounding board on day to day corporate matters including:

All aspects of company formation or restructuring.
Resolving shareholder disputes and advising majority or minority shareholders on their respective rights.
Investor relations.
Corporate governance.
Providing independent legal advice to individual directors, both executive and non-executive as well as advising on their duties and liabilities.
Acting as corporate adviser to companies and their boards.
Providing a comprehensive company secretarial and registered office service.

We advise on all aspects of partnerships and joint ventures including:

Whether a partnership or limited liability partnership is appropriate.
Formation of partnerships and limited liability partnerships.
Resolution of partnership disputes.
Partnership exits and restructurings.

We are able to assist on a full range of matters relevant to the trading and employment arrangements of companies encompassing:

Terms and conditions of business.
Bespoke commercial agreements including agency, distribution and franchising agreements.
All aspects of the creation, protection and licensing of intellectual property including copyright, patent and trademark issues.