Buying or Selling a Business

Are you looking to expand, merge, or sell your business? These processes can be complex, challenging, and time-consuming. With us as your corporate law partners, you’re in capable hands.

Our commercially minded team takes a proactive, tailored approach to ensure your deal completes as quickly and efficiently as possible.  We can provide a full service, collaborating seamlessly with experts from our commercial property, employment, and dispute resolution teams. We also work closely with your other corporate advisers, particularly your corporate finance and accountants to cover all financial and tax aspects of the transaction.

We advise all types of clients—from local businesses to international corporations across various industries. This experience allows us to identify and manage potential issues before they arise, ensuring minimal interruption to the progress of your transaction.

Here are some of the legal aspects we can help with:

Nature of Acquisition: helping you identify precisely what you are buying or selling — whether it may be shares, physical assets, intellectual property, contracts or databases.

Structuring Your Deal: we’ll work with your other advisors to create a transaction structure that works legally and is tax-efficient, saving you time and money.

Agreeing Terms: we draft and negotiate heads of terms to agree key provisions upfront, avoiding costly delays later.

Due Diligence: we identify whether the business has hidden liabilities or unresolved legal issues, protecting your investment.

Contract Negotiations: our team drafts and negotiates sale and purchase documents, ensuring you understand your obligations and that your liability is limited wherever possible.

Support: we identify where you might need additional expertise from other advisors such as accountants, compliance experts or insurers and can make the necessary introductions, offering complete support.

When buying or selling a business, it’s easy to focus solely on closing the deal. However, missing crucial points can have far-reaching implications. Comprehensive advice and guidance is vital for a smooth transition of ownership in a business or share transaction.

Trust us to provide you with clear, concise, and accessible legal advice through every step.

For more information, please get in contact with our Corporate and Commercial Team.