Corporate & Finance

Approach

Our Corporate & Finance team is one of the most active and dynamic in the region and is recognised for delivering high levels of client service, with an attentive and dedicated approach to each transaction.

The broad range of experience shared between our solicitors allows us to deliver effective and innovative solutions throughout the life-cycle of a business, providing tailored and commercially practical guidance.

Our solicitors invest time into understanding you and your business and then use this knowledge to guide you through transactions, focussing on what is commercially important to you and minimising risks.

Corporate & Finance

Experience

Our Corporate & Finance team has over 30 years’ combined experience of advising business owners, directors and other shareholders on a range of growth and financing strategies.

With an enviable international client base, we frequently advise on all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder relations and finance, with typical deal values ranging from £5m to £100m. We are also often instructed as project managers to lead due diligence and transactional teams from all relevant fields and jurisdictions.

In the 2019 edition of The Legal 500, the team were noted for their “commercial approach, exceptional service and fast response times.”

Services

We can help you with

Acquisitions and disposals Banking and finance Joint venture agreements Management buy-outs and buy-ins Reorganising and restructuring a business Secretarial support and governance

Find a Legal Expert

Key contacts

Martyn Brierley

Partner & Head of Corporate & Finance

Rachel Bennett

Partner

William Bowler

Senior Associate

Oliver Peckham

Solicitor

Our Clients

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Knowledge

The latest from our experts

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Advising Peak Packaging on its acquisition of Liqui-Box’s bag-in-box business

Our Corporate & Finance team has advised Peak Packaging on its acquisition of Liqui-Box’s UK bag-in-box business.

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Supporting an aviation software developer with their disposal to an international software organisation.

We have advised on the sale of Communications Software (Airline Systems) Limited (Commsoft), to Montreal-based Valsoft Corporation Inc (Valsoft).

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Buy-in management buy-out at leading UK caravan and motorhome parts wholesaler

We advised on the buy-in management buy-out of the UK's largest wholesale distributor of caravan and motorhome parts and components.

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Advising on the sale of Ingram Hawkins and Nock to the Aston Lark Group

We provided corporate finance legal advice to the shareholders of Ingram Hawkins and Nock Limited, on their sale to the Aston Lark Group.

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Advising on the sale of First Hosted Limited to RSM UK

We have advised the sellers of First Hosted Limited on their sale to audit, tax and consultancy giant, RSM UK.

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Advising HSKS Greenhalgh on the acquisition of a Wollanton-based accountancy firm

We assisted HSKS Greenhalgh in acquiring Cobb Burgin & Co.

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Advising Interface Polymers on a £2m investment from 24Haymarket

We advised technology innovation firm, Interface Polymers Ltd, on a £2m investment by a private capital partner, 24Haymarket.

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Advising WFF (York) on their sale to York Group

We provided legal advice in the sale of WFF (York) to York Group.

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Advising Banner Plant on their acquisition of Premier Plant and Tool Hire

We are pleased to have acted for Sheffield-based Banner Plant Limited, a subsidiary of Henry Boot PLC, on its acquisition of Premier Plant and Tool Hire Limited

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Advising Arbo on their sale to a New York Stock Exchange-listed company

We advised Arbo in their sale to New York Stock Exchange-listed company CCM Europe for an undisclosed sum.

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Advising Altrad Group on their acquisition of Star Events Group

We have advised the Altrad Group on their acquisition of leading event scaffolding and eating provider Star Events Group.

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