Corporate Services
We have a dedicated team of three partners, two senior consultants and six other lawyers who work with businesses large and small across a wide range of business sectors. The size and shape of our experienced team enables us to focus on the specific needs of the client and deliver a professional service cost effectively.
Our clients tell us that we provide pragmatic and commercial advice in a way that minimises transaction risk. Whatever the issue, our team will always take the time to get to know you and your business. This helps us to provide advice tailored to your current needs, with a focus on you and your business’s future strategic objectives.
We offer the following corporate services:
Banking and finance – Our dedicated team of professionals acts for lenders and borrowers across the entire range of business finance. Our clients look to us for legal advice in relation to either lending or borrowing to fund working capital, acquiring or investing in additional or replacement assets or to provide additional capital to business.
Corporate advisory – Whether corporate, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture or sole traders, clients come to us to help them create, organise, develop and maintain their business structures.
Insolvency – Whether you are an insolvency professional, a director turning around a struggling business or a creditor seeking a return from a failed company, our Corporate Recovery team will identify and implement the best solution for you.
Mergers and Acquisitions – We provide legal advice that enables our clients (corporates and individuals) to buy or sell their business or businesses in an effective manner.
Private Equity – We have an outstanding reputation among Private Equity investors, businesses taking private equity or venture capital investment, and management teams investing in their business.
Public sector – We have a long and successful history of working with the public sector. We are also known for our work in the not-for-profit/charity sectors and for housing associations. We are proud of our track record in these sectors.
The legal and regulatory regime under which public bodies operate is far-reaching and rapidly evolving. It imposes constraints and restrictions not found in the private sector. The current cuts to budgets demand ever greater efficiencies by public bodies. At the same time, their decisions and actions are being increasingly scrutinised by those who are affected, whether they be members of the public, disappointed service providers or employees.
We help our public sector clients to navigate their way through the plethora of issues which they face on a daily basis, from Freedom of Information Act requests to IT contracts, Public Private Partnerships to public procurement and outsourcing agreements, and from maintenance and facilities management to equality and diversity policies.
We help our clients to develop robust internal and external facing protocols and procedures which explicitly address their legal and regulatory obligations in order to minimise the risk of costly and time-consuming challenges. If a challenge is pursued, we assist our clients in defending judicial review court proceedings.
We help public bodies operating in many different sectors but we have a particular specialism in infrastructure and transport projects, especially light rail systems, and have advised a number of UK local authorities on such projects.
If you’d like to talk to us about a public sector matter, please contact Steven Grant on 07788 970024.