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We advise companies, partnerships and investors on all aspects of English corporate and company law. Assisting companies and groups to deliver their strategic acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures, supporting buy-and-build, long-term preservation of value, organic growth and commercial refocus across all sectors. Providing support to family offices and high net worth individuals to deliver sensitive and personal advice in managing their UK assets, with particular focus on working where there is a strong interface with UK real estate.

We advise across multiple sectors to deliver and support our clients’ investment strategies including joint ventures, acquisitions and disposals.

Our advice is provided with a strong commercial focus and delivered on time with strong deal management capabilities to guide owners, management or family offices through even the most complex of transactions.

We focus on delivering excellence, working with our clients to prioritise their strategic objectives. We acknowledge that while a client’s business interests are often sophisticated, there is an overriding need to maintain clear, robust and straightforward advice when legal structures and implementation are concerned. We build skilled teams, across borders if needed, to support the client journey and ensure that best in class service is deliberately selected to meet the needs of the client.

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We provide end to end transaction management, streamlining advice and execution and ensuring client deals are delivered on time. We work with you to ensure risks are managed adequately and proportionately. We provide systematic deal and document management, integrating deep experience and practical solutions.

Strategic counsel in relation to:

Corporate wrappers on real estate deals including investor/shareholder financing
M&A including cross border deals
Debt and equity investments and divestments/refinance including management incentivisation and reorganisations
General commercial contract risk management and advice

“Her expertise and commitment have been an invaluable asset in deals and legal negotiations over the years. She works closely with our leadership teams and network of associates, with a focus on delivering excellence in legal services, executing across sectors such as football clubs, health, real estate, general corporate work and fund formation.”

General Partner, US Health and Sport Fund

“A very reassuring presence on transactions which have repetitive features or cycles, or particularly where structuring for growth/expansion. A highly competent lawyer, she fully gets it. A keen eye to discern, and to protect and involve her client throughout. She forms part of the team. I highly commend her both as a person and as a skilled professional.”

London based UHNW and serial real estate investor

CORPORATE FINANCEPRIVATE CAPITALDEVELOPMENT AND REAL ESTATE INTERFACECROSS-BORDER

Advised investors in Cayman Fund in UK Real Estate, on structuring of property fund and related matters.

CORPORATE M&ACORPORATE AND COMMERCIALDOMESTIC

Advised sellers in relation to sale of FMCG company to FTSE 100 group for mixture of debt, equity and cash >£25m.

CORPORATE FINANCECORPORATE FAMILY OFFICECORPORATE AND COMMERCIALDOMESTIC

Working with ultra-high net worth individual to arrange his estate and his business interests appropriately - assets >£10m.

PRIVATE CAPITALCORPORATE FAMILY OFFICECORPORATE AND COMMERCIALDOMESTIC

Advising a family office on the recapitalisation of a family investment company and its complete reorganisation.

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