Our corporate team

Our corporate lawyers have years of experience of providing advice on a variety of M&A transactions in the UK and overseas. We advise corporate clients, financial institutions, management teams, private equity and business owners.

We also offer crucial support to management teams, advising on various financing options to help them secure the necessary funding for their buyouts and, together with their tax advisers, developing strategies to optimise the tax efficiency of transactions.

In addition, we can help with:

Cross border transactions

Acquisitions and disposals of private and public companies and assets

MBOs and MBIs

Joint ventures and other forms of collaboration arrangements.

Corporate reorganisations

Corporate governance and company secretarial services

Employee Ownership Trusts

Our corporate lawyers are fully supported by experts in all relevant fields, including banking and finance, tax, restructuring and insolvency, employment, real estate and private client/tax specialists. This enables us to provide the full spectrum of advice to clients regardless of size or sector.

Relevant experience:

Advising a football club on the interpretation and application of the EFL regulations 2025/26.

Acting for a national governing body in relation to an agreement to host the sport’s European Championship. This included advice on complex regulatory matters.

“I have worked with a number of the Partners and their teams over many years. The consistency in knowledge, quality of work and care for the client, exceeds many others that I have worked with! We continue to work as a team where viable to ensure best outcomes for clients and each other, as businesses!”

Legal 500 2025

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