Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Lawyers
Our mergers and acquisitions lawyers provide expert legal advice on all aspects of M&A transactions for a range of corporate clients across the UK.
M&A transactions, in one form or another, form the bulk of the work for our Corporate + Commercial team, who typically complete around 50 transactions a year. We work with various sectors and industries, with clients spanning the full range from first-time buyers or one-off sellers looking to retire, to well-established corporates looking to make a bolt-on acquisition or dispose of one part of the business.
How our mergers and acquisitions lawyers can help
Our specialist M&A solicitors advise on a broad range of matters; from helping an owner-managed business on a small and relatively simple sale or purchase transaction to advising corporate clients on more complex M&A deals such as a sale involving some pre-sale restructuring for tax purposes or a management buy-out requiring new shareholders’ arrangements to be agreed as part of the deal.
M&A transactions can include numerous technical considerations. Our team understands how time-consuming and complex corporate transactions can be, and we aim to ensure the process runs smoothly, and in line with your commercial goals. Our mergers and acquisitions lawyers work closely with our Employment, Commercial Property, and Commercial Disputes teams to provide a comprehensive service for your M&A deal.
We also work with various external experts such as Accountants and Tax Advisors to ensure that advice across legal, financial and tax matters is provided in a coordinated and streamlined manner.
We take the time to listen to your requirements and provide legal solutions that are tailored to your business needs.
Our M&A expertise
Our mergers and acquisitions lawyers have experience across many business sectors, including children’s nurseries, dental practices, waste management providers, financial and professional services, and general manufacturing and industry services and products.
The typical value of transactions tends to range from £500,000 to £10 million in deal consideration, however, our M&A lawyers can adapt to smaller transactions, providing a tailored service proportionate to the size. We can also draw upon the breadth and depth of experience within the team for transactions of over £10 million.
Our Corporate + Commercial team is known for providing a pragmatic, personal and proactive service to clients, with senior lawyers supported by trainees and paralegals where required.
Our corporate lawyers don’t take a cookie-cutter approach to M&A transactions, but instead take the time to get to know our clients and their background and experience up front, so they can deliver a tailored and value-added service appropriate to that client and that deal.
In addition to advising on M&A deals, our corporate lawyers have expertise in:
- Business terms and conditions
- Commercial contracts
- Construction
- Corporate governance and advisory work
- Loans to businesses
- Shareholders’ agreements and partnership arrangements
“George is a pleasure to work with. She has great attention to detail and is thorough and attentive. I would highly recommend her for any M&A work.”
– M&A client
“Every aspect of the service provided was extremely good. George Bryant and her team communicated with me brilliantly throughout the sale and were always responsive. They also collaborated superbly with the other advisers connected to the sale.”
– M&A client
“Rob and Georgina were absolutely amazing guiding me through the sale of my business; nothing was too much trouble and when thing became very stressful and tense they were there to help. I even had glowing reviews from my selling agent, telling me that they were one of the best legal firms that they had dealt with. Couldn’t recommend them enough!”
– M&A client
Our M&A deals
- Recognised expertise in advising sellers and buyers in the children’s nursery sector
- Advising on multiple purchases of IFA client books for expanding financial services firm
- Advising on the sale of research agency, Blue Marble to established group, EMB-Group
- Advising on the sale of a leading engineering company specialising in lighting systems
- Advising on the sale of a bathroom installation company to a large national operator
- Advising on the purchase of a letting portfolio business
- Advising on the sale of an English language school to a private school
- Advising on the demerger of nursery business
- Advising on a management buy-out in the construction sector
- Advising ongoing commercial clients on bolt-on acquisitions in the construction sector
- Advising on the sales of accountancy practices to consolidator/larger regional firms
- Advising on the sale of part of a waste management business
- Advising on the sale of an industrial machinery design and installation company
- Advising on the sale of a waste disposal company
- Advising on the sale of a commercial cleaning business
Case study | Barcan+Kirby’s nursery experts advise buyer on rare opportunity
Contact our mergers and acquisitions lawyers
For common sense, practical advice from our M&A lawyers, call us on 0117 325 2929 or fill out our online enquiry form and we will be in touch.