Corporate

Who we are 

We are known for bringing clarity to complex deals and for our ability to navigate the commercial realities behind each transaction. Whether we’re advising on a fast-moving M&A deal or guiding a business through a shareholder dispute, we take the time to understand your goals, your pressures, and what success looks like for you. 

The team brings specialist expertise in a range of sectors, including professional services, technology, manufacturing, healthcare, veterinary, and hotels and leisure – combining legal insight with genuine sector understanding to deliver advice that really lands. 

What we do 

The firm advises on a full range of matters, such as: 

• Corporate transactions: 
  • Acquisitions and disposals of shares and assets 

• • Management buy-outs and buy-ins 

• • Joint ventures 

• • Shareholder and partnership agreements 

• • Refinancing and group reorganisations 

• Corporate governance  

• Compliance matters 

• Portfolio acquisitions and disposals  

• Managing multiple simultaneous transactions for the same client. 

How we can help you 

Our Corporate team is here to support you through the key moments that shape your business – from growth and investment to restructuring and resolving disputes. We work closely with a wide range of clients, from ambitious start-ups and owner-managed businesses to large national companies, both public and private. 

Examples of the team’s recent and previous experience  

• We helped HW Fisher LLP, Monahans Group LLP and Simmons Gainsford LLP successfully sell their respective accountancy and audit businesses to Sumer Group, a leading consolidator in the sector. 
• We guided the shareholders of McGills Limited through the sale of their entire company to Monahans Financial Services Limited, which is part of the Sumer Group. 
• We assisted the shareholders of The Charlesworth Group Worldwide Limited on the sale of the company to an Indian acquirer, Crimson Interactive Private Limited. 
• We worked with Melocity Holdings Limited on a complex restructuring that brought several other advisory companies into their group, improving their overall business model. 
• We advised KFH Private Equity BV (a Dutch private equity house) on its investment in Kitchen Project Solutions Limited. 
• We have assisted both Prosperis Holdings Limited and Greenways Wealth Management Limited with a series of bolt on acquisitions within the financial services sector.
• We helped the partners of Shorts Financial Services LLP with the sale of their business to Canary Bidco (Guernsey) Limited, a subsidiary of Shackleton Adviser Limited, a key player in the financial services sector.
• We advised Promedia Holdings BV (a Dutch entity) on its acquisition of the business and assets of WCN Publishing Limited.
• We have advised numerous individuals within the financial services sector on the sale of their companies to the key consolidators within the sector including, Amber River, Perspective, Ascot Lloyd, Attivo, Shackleton, One Four Nine Wealth and others.
• We help businesses create and update internal policies to comply with regulations around bribery and corruption, modern slavery, tax evasion, money laundering, health and safety, and environmental protection.