Corporate

All companies at some stage of their development are subject to strategic change. Whether the business is at an early stage and requires start up funding and investment, or is a multinational public company looking to grow through merger or acquisition, our international corporate group is ideally placed to advise you. We can help you achieve key objectives whether it is change of ownership, growth in dynamic markets, partnership or divestment of non-core business.

We are able to draw upon considerable resources, enabling us to act in a co-ordinated way with small companies and multinationals alike. Bringing together specialists in corporate finance, private equity and equity capital markets, the group allows our clients to benefit from a multidisciplinary approach through a single team.

Our understanding of the issues facing businesses through our sector-focused approach allows us to offer commercial and pragmatic advice to help you achieve your objectives.

Through a network of teams we are able to advise international clients on their strategic objectives across multiple jurisdictions.

Working with clients to create shareholder value

We are well-placed to advise clients on all their corporate legal needs, including:

• Strategic Transactions – public takeover, M&A, and company disposals
• Public Markets – IPO and Secondary Issues on the UK Official list, AIM and other international public markets
• Private Equity – working with institutional private equity, venture capital investors and management teams
• Alternative Investment Vehicles - Investment Funds 
• Regulatory - Financial Services 
• Managing Corporate Structures – company secretarial support, company structures
• Directors Obligations – development and training for company directors
• Partnering – Joint Venture agreements and strategic alliances with key trading partners

To find out more about how we can help you - call or email Gareth Edwards.

The following are examples of our client successes:

• Advising Abbot Group plc, a FTSE 250 listed leader in oil and gas drilling equipment and services, on its £906 million sale to First Reserve, the US private equity group via the acquisition vehicle Turbo Alpha.
• Advising Aker Solutions ASA on the acquisition of approximately £100 million of shares in Qserv Ltd, a leading provider of well, process and pipeline services in the North Sea and International markets.
• Advising Wal-Mart on the sale of Gazeley Limited Group, the property development subsidiary of ASDA, to Economic Zones World, a Dubai World company.
• Advising Shore Capital, on the US$110 million (£55.65 million) private placing and flotation of Da Vinci Capital Management's CIS Private Sector Growth Fund on the Specialist Fund Market (SFM). This is the first vehicle to list on the SFM, the London Stock Exchange’s public capital market for alternative investment vehicles. 
• Advised Englefield Capital LLP and Cognetas LLP (formerly Electra Partners Europe LLP) on the acquisition of Morrison plc, a utilities services business.