Company Law
We advise companies, and their directors and shareholders, on buying and selling companies and businesses, corporate finance and fund raising, joint ventures, restructuring, and shareholder arrangements and agreements.
We prepare the necessary agreements and other paperwork, being involved in the negotiation of the documents as required. Although legal agreements by their nature have a certain structure and contain legal language, we endeavour to draft documents in a straightforward way so that they are readily understandable.
Examples of recent work include:
During 2010
- advising the shareholders of Avisa Aviation Safety Systems Limited, a Sussex based airwothiness management and safety company, on the sale of the company to Swiss based private equity company, Enex Group SA
- advising the shareholders of Insulated Tools Limited, an East Grinstead based company involved in the manufacture of insulated tools for live line working, on the sale of the company to its US agent
- advising the shareholders of Waviatech Limited, a Gatwick based company specialising in the management and scanning of aircraft records, on the sale of a majority shareholding to Dutch Group AerData BV
- advising an East Sussex based manufacturing company on its acquisition of a home counties based wholesaler and distributor
- advising Waviatech Limited during its successful contract negotiations to provide its aircraft record management and scanning service to easyJet
- advising on a s110 Insolvency Act reconstruction to effect the demerger of two South East based based manufacturing and wholesaling companies
- advising a London based advertising agency on its acquisition of a digital marketing agency
- advising two South Eastern based aviation support companies on their joint ventures in the Gulf with UAE partners
- advising on shareholders agreements for companies including a recently formed advertising agency, and a company developing mobile phone technology
During 2009
- advising the shareholders in the sale of their fire protection business
- advising the board of a retailing company on the company’s refinancing and private equity investment
- advising on the management buyout of a UK subsidiary of a New Zealand company
- advising a financial services firm on its corporate restructuring
- advising shareholders in the reverse AIM takeover of an advertising agency
- advising an internet retailer on its initial and second stage fundraising.