Mergers, Acquisitions & Takeovers

Our commercial solicitors have a wealth of experience from advising clients on a wide range of business acquisitions and disposals.  Our specialist Solicitors can provide all the advice you need about mergers, acquisitions, disposals and takeovers.

Tailored service

We can deliver a service, tailored to fulfil all your business’s needs.  Our experienced solicitors deliver, highly specialised and commercially focused advice to assist you achieve your commercial objectives.

Our commercial team

Our team have helped a broad variety of business and corporate clients through the complexities of buying or selling companies.  As well as businesses including owner-managers, management teams, financial institutions, individual shareholders, SMEs and large established corporations and listed companies.

Our team have advised on a broad variety of corporate and Merger & Acquisitions, including:

• Management buy-outs;
• Management buy-ins;
• Private equity deals;
• Share purchases and sales;
• Business purchases and sales;
• Joint ventures and collaboration agreements;
• Shareholder and director exits;
• Bank funded transactions;
• Cross border mergers & acquisitions.

How we can help you

Our team take a multi-disciplinary approach to the transactions we work on, involving colleagues from our commercial property and regulatory teams where necessary.  We also work closely with your other corporate advisers, in particular your accountants to ensure that the financial and tax aspects of the transaction are properly covered off.

We leave no stone unturned. As well as handling the technical legal aspects of the transaction, such as document preparation and execution. We can provide clear, pragmatic advice about the full implications of the merger, acquisition or takeover including:

• Conducting buyer due diligence and establishing secure online data rooms to share information;
• Corporate financing;
• Tax considerations;
• Competition;
• Commercial property and planning;
• Health & safety;
• Data protection;
• Licensing and regulatory compliance;
• Corporate decision making;
• Corporate dispute resolution.

Our team take great care in tailoring our approach depending on the experience of our clients. Some have bought (or sold) businesses several times before and are familiar with the processes and issues which arise. For others, it is their first time and it is important for us to be able to guide our clients appropriately.

 Complete commercial law services

In addition, our Mergers, Acquisitions and takeovers service our commercial legal team provides commercial legal advice and services for:

• Commercial property management
• Commercial leases
• Contracts and Commercial

For advice and support, get in touch with our specialist Commercial Lawyers in Chelmsford.  You can call 01245 493959 send an email or complete our online form