Corporate

We have a vibrant and highly successful corporate practice, which has a very strong reputation for quality of corporate work and effective transaction handling which extends well beyond our region. This reputation was the principal original building block of our practice.

All our corporate lawyers have the essential characteristics to conduct corporate work, namely leading edge expertise, commercial pragmatism, and excellent inter-personal skills. We never underestimate the importance of transaction management. Our team is very experienced and highly motivated.

Our corporate clients come from across the whole commercial spectrum and vary from large international to family owned companies and include major financial institutions.

Approach

Our aim is to handle complex legal issues in a pragmatic, professional, cost-effective and client friendly manner. We pride ourselves on speed of response and our dedication to make deals happen on time.

Work areas

We handle all kinds of acquisitions and disposals and work closely on transactional work with colleagues in our property, employment, and IP / IT teams, enabling us to offer all round advice on corporate deals.

Key work areas include:-

• Business/Company Acquisitions and Disposals
• Own Share Purchases, Redemptions and Re-structurings
• Funding and Banking
• Corporate Finance and Venture Capital
• Shareholders’ Agreements and Joint Ventures
• Partnerships including LLPs
• Company Law and Company Secretarial Function
• Company Formations and Start-ups
• Share Issues
• Public Takeovers