Corporate law

Our ability is to close deals on the best terms and timetable achievable.  We also offer additional specialist skills in tax, technology and employment law.

We are geared up to be able to handle large or small corporate transactions, with a flexible team which can handle smaller transactions as well as the larger transactions.

Company law services

With a focus on private companies and their shareholders we manage:

• Corporate transactions – deal values start at £150,000.00.
• Management Buy Outs – working with either the management team or the shareholders leaving the business.
• Company law advice.
• Business sales and purchases – specialist experience in the buying and selling of business, companies and assets all types.
• Joint ventures
• Share buy backs
• Advice on shareholder disputes
• Shareholder agreements and articles of association.
• Shareholder rights
• Directors duties and issues between shareholders and directors.

Company law advice

The vast majority of our work is for private companies so we are dealing with all aspects of company and commercial law every day. Transactional and project work is very varied and just a few examples of the specialist work we do include :

• Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) legal advice – whether for joint ventures, tax or other legal or strategic reasons.
• Corporate restructuring or splitting of business – implementation of demergers, spin offs and reconstructions of businesses.
• Private Equity Investment and venture capital agreements  –  experienced and specialist legal advice for private investors or businesses seeking venture capital.
• Taxation – corporate or share transactions including the provision of shares and options including EMI options to employees.
• Start up legal advice – company law advice especially for  high growth businesses creating valuable IP which needs to be protected.

Some examples of our recent work

Bedlow are just a few examples of recent instructions and case studies for corporate and commercial law work :-

• Recent business sales
• Management Buy Out
• Sale of a technology business

Corporate law specialists

Our lawyers work to your time-frame and have the resources to respond quickly. The service is flexible and can be scaled up or down depending upon requirements.

Your matter will be run by a partner who will be your contact throughout. We do have junior lawyers but they do the prep in the background to fulfil the function of reducing your overall costs.

For advice on any aspect of company law, a transaction, a contract, an investment or corporate issue, please do give us a call or email.