Our specialist expertise
We are a multi-disciplinary team of 95+ internationally minded professionals. Working together, we bring diversity of perspective, expertise and experience to deliver creative, practical and responsive advice.
As a specialist law firm, we partner with leaders, entrepreneurs and investors to make smart, informed decisions. We know what it takes to make a fast-growing business thrive and succeed, mature and evolve.
We assemble interdisciplinary teams of the brightest people, with deep specialist expertise, and excellent communication skills, to best fit each client mandate.
The majority of our transactions and services involve a cross-border element – whether overseas buyers, investors or shareholders, or advising companies with non-UK subsidiaries.
Corporate
Full range of corporate finance and capital markets work, private equity, venture capital, M&A, debt and equity public markets, listed and unlisted funds, as well as bank lending work.
Active deal flow of national and international corporate acquisitions, disposals and investment work.
Regular instructions for corporates, institutions, management teams, directors, NOMADs, brokers and banks.
UK company incorporation and business set-up services for international corporates and institutions.
Tax
Specialists in corporate tax issues on all corporate transactions - M&A transactions, private equity acquisitions and exits, reorganisations and restructurings.
UK taxation including EIS, SEIS, business asset disposal relief and investor’s relief, and international taxation.
Tax advice on financing transactions.
Formation, operation, and investment in private investment funds.
Incentive arrangements.
Banking and Business Restructuring
Extensive experience across corporate lending spectrum.
Specialist skillsets in restructuring and insolvency, finance and asset-based lending.
Broad lender and borrower client base, active across multiple industry sectors.
Commercial and IP
Our licensing, technology, IP & IT teams handle a wide range of matters for clients ranging from start-ups and early-stage businesses to significant global brands.
Work regularly forms part of a wider corporate transaction where we advise buyers, sellers and investors.
We provide specialist advice to both technology businesses and businesses using technology solutions and understand the challenges and issues faced by both.
Disputes
Active in arbitration, ADR and emergency court applications.
Full range of litigation work, including enforcing leaver provisions, insolvency, corporate, arbitration, employment, IP disputes, domain name and internet issues, fraud, asset tracing and all aspects of injunctions.
International and off-shore capability.
Real Estate
Clients include investors, owner occupiers and tenants. The team acts for a number of companies in relation to their leasehold requirements.
Full range of real estate transactions including developments, joint ventures, planning and environmental matters.
The team closely works with the corporate practice in relation to M&A, private equity and financing transactions.
Employment
Clients include corporate employers and individuals in all sectors.
Full range of employment law (including share options, incentives, redundancy, tribunal and TUPE matters).
The team works closely with the corporate practice to provide specialist advice on M&A and private equity transactions.
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