mergers and acquistions and disposals

Our role is to manage the legal aspects of the acquisition and disposal process to enable clients to achieve their objectives.  Our approach is to work in partnership with each client to ensure delivery of these objectives efficiently, to deadline and with minimum disruption to the businesses concerned.

We typically handle well over a hundred transactions in each year, predominately in the mid-market, representing individuals, corporates and institutions.  All aspects of work are covered, including:

• acquisitions
• disposals
• management buy-outs
• corporate restructuring
• joint ventures
• corporate goverance
• raising capital

Our transaction lawyers are supported by dedicated corporate support specialists, covering commercial property, pensions, intellectual property and technology, tax, regulation and competition, employment and environmental.  This is complemented by an in-house company secretarial resource.

Our lawyers also have specialist transaction expertise in the following sectors:

• healthcare
• transport
• technology and outsourcing
• bio-technology and pharmaceuticals
• university spin-outs
• retail
• Leisure and tourism
• food

Our clients include:

• Alcatel Group
• CVS (UK) Limted
• Hamworthy plc
• Imprint plc
• Kerry Group plc
• Premier Travel Inn Limited
• Somerfield