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Corporate Law

We offer comprehensive corporate and company law advice to a wide range of clients across both the public and private sectors, with a particular expertise in advising clients who operate at the interface between the two.

We harness our renowned public sector expertise to advise public sector bodies on the creation of innovative corporate structures for public sector service delivery, whether this is through the establishment of partnerships, mutuals, joint ventures, ‘Teckal’ companies or trading subsidiaries.

We can also offer advice to those private businesses looking to enter into relationships with public sector bodies.

Our corporate team can offer advice at all stages of a business’ lifetime, from formation through to an eventual sale or other exit – and it is our aim to become trusted advisers to the business throughout this journey.

We strive to provide advice that is robust, yet sensible and straightforward, tailored to the business or public body we have got to know. We can offer advice in relation to:

We can also offer a full range of company secretarial services, which offer businesses a cost-effective way to deal with their statutory filing obligations.

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Work highlights

  • Palace of Westminster: advising on the incorporation of the Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority Limited.
  • Advising an AIM-listed manufacturing business on the acquisition and licensing of intellectual property from a key customer.
  • Advising West Sussex County Council on its land development joint venture.
  • Supporting various early-stage companies on fundraising rounds.
  • Advising the seller group (including UK Government Investments) on the disposal of the entire issued share capital of an employment-placing business for disabled people.
  • Advising on a newly-incorporated joint venture company on its acquisition of an offender rehabilitation services business previously operated within the public sector.
  • Advising Bracknell Forest Council on the sale of a hotel and conference business.
  • Advising the seller group on the disposal of the entire issued share capital of a property holding company to a large developer as part of the compulsory purchase process for the Crossrail project.
  • Supporting a venture capital business on its multi-million-pound investments in a chain of restaurants and in a fast-growing gym business.
  • Guiding a large facilities management company on its capital restructuring.
  • Advising Hertfordshire County Council and Brentwood Borough Council on their limited liability partnership joint ventures to develop their surplus land assets.
  • Advising Southend-on-Sea Borough Council on its joint venture with a housing association to regenerate a large housing estate.
  • Advising a lead local authority in the South East on its collaboration arrangements for waste disposal.
  • Informing the incorporation of numerous housing companies for a range of public sector clients, including corporate structuring, commercialisation and vires advice.

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