Corporate & Commercial Law Solicitors

Whether you are buying a business, raising investment, protecting shareholder interests, or planning for growth, practical legal advice can make a significant difference to the outcome. The right corporate and commercial law advice can also help avoid disputes and ensure that key business decisions are supported by clear legal documentation.

Our corporate and commercial Solicitors advise business owners, directors, shareholders, investors, founders, and SMEs throughout England and Wales on the legal issues that shape successful businesses. We support clients at every stage of the business lifecycle, from company and business formation and early-stage investment through to mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, shareholder relationships, joint ventures, commercial contracts, and succession planning.

Above all else, we pride ourselves on commercially-focused advice. In practice, that translates as clear and responsive legal support that reflects how businesses operate in the real world.

We work with accountants, independent financial advisers, corporate finance teams, tax advisers, funders, and other professional advisers where required so that the legal structure supports the wider commercial and tax objectives.

Corporate & Commercial Lawyers in London, Sussex & Surrey

LONDON: 020 4524 9436 | SUSSEX: 01273 956 270 | SURREY: 01252 471 211

Legal advice that supports business growth

Our corporate team provides strategic advice across a wide range of transactions and business matters. We regularly advise on:

Mergers & acquisitions
Shareholder agreements
Partnerships & Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)
Corporate finance and private equity
Corporate restructuring and governance
Commercial contracts
Business and shareholder disputes
Investment and growth transactions
Business sales, acquisitions, and disposals
Company law advice for directors and shareholders
Joint ventures and collaboration agreements
Terms and conditions, supply agreements, and service contracts
Exit planning, succession arrangements, and ownership changes

Mergers & Acquisitions

The structure of a transaction can significantly affect both risk and value. While headline purchase prices often attract the most attention, negotiations frequently focus on issues such as deferred consideration, earn-outs, warranties, indemnities, and post-completion restrictions. A carefully structured deal can help protect buyers and sellers from unexpected liabilities, future disputes, and uncertainty after completion.

Due diligence is equally important. Customer contracts, employment arrangements, intellectual property rights, regulatory compliance, and existing disputes can all influence how a deal proceeds and whether adjustments need to be made before completion.

For buyers, due diligence helps identify what is actually being acquired and whether the price and terms properly reflect the risks. For sellers, preparation before a sale can help avoid delays, strengthen negotiating position, and support a smoother transaction.

Shareholder Agreements

As businesses grow, shareholder arrangements are often tested by events that were never anticipated when the company was formed. Ownership structures change, additional funding may be needed, and shareholders do not always agree on the future direction of the business. Without a clear shareholder agreement, disputes over decision-making, share transfers, valuation, dividends, and exits can become difficult and costly to resolve.

Effective agreements address these scenarios long before they become problematic. Our Solicitors regularly prepare, review, and update shareholder agreements, ensuring arrangements remain aligned with both ownership structures and commercial objectives.

Partnerships & Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)

Without clear arrangements in place, uncertainty around profit-sharing, management responsibilities, and succession planning can quickly become problematic. This is particularly important where partners or LLP members contribute different levels of capital, time, expertise, client relationships, or management responsibility.

We advise partnerships and LLPs on their formation, governance, restructuring, and ongoing operation. Our goal is to create arrangements that support long-term stability and minimise the risk of future disputes.

Corporate Finance & Private Equity

We’re well aware that the value of an investment is only one part of the discussion. Board representation, voting rights, investor protections, future funding obligations, and exit arrangements can all have a lasting impact on the direction of a business. The legal terms agreed at the investment stage can affect control, dilution, founder rights, investor returns, and future fundraising opportunities for years to come.

Our corporate team can offer specialist guidance on investment transactions, fundraising, and private equity matters, ensuring commercial objectives remain protected throughout the process.

Corporate Restructuring

Changes in ownership, growth plans, acquisitions, or succession arrangements often prompt businesses to review their structure. In many cases, a well-planned reorganisation can improve efficiency and support future objectives.

We advise on corporate restructures, governance frameworks, shareholder matters, and directors’ responsibilities, helping businesses implement arrangements that remain effective as they continue to evolve. Our advice includes company law compliance, board and shareholder approvals, articles of association, directors’ duties, group structures, share reorganisations, and the legal documentation needed to implement changes properly.

Corporate Governance Procedures

Our Corporate & Commercial team can assist companies (and their directors/management) with their corporate governance procedures and requirements (often working in conjunction with our clients’ accountants to ensure that their statutory company books are appropriately maintained), including:

The preparation of Director and Board of Directors’ Resolutions and Minutes
The preparation of Shareholder approval resolutions
The adoption and amendment of Articles of Association
The issuing of new shares
Resolutions approving the entering into of business transactions, the sale and purchase of shares and other commercial matters
Resolutions approving the appointment and resignation of directors

Commercial Contracts

Our Corporate & Commercial team can assist clients with a broad range of
commercial matters, including:

Terms and conditions of business
Commercial contract reviews
Joint venture arrangements
Confidentiality agreements
Non-Disclosure Agreements

We also provide ongoing day-to-day legal support for businesses that require responsive commercial advice as they grow and evolve, acting as a trusted external legal adviser to management teams and business owners.

Business & Shareholder Disputes

Disputes between shareholders or business owners often involve more than a purely legal disagreement. Frequently, commercial relationships, business continuity, and long-term value are also at stake. Early advice can help protect the business and identify whether negotiation, mediation, injunctions, or formal proceedings may be required.

Working closely with our commercial litigation team, we advise on shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, and wider business conflicts, focusing on practical solutions that protect our clients’ interests. We assist with disputes involving unfair prejudice, breaches of directors’ duties, deadlock, exclusion from management, misuse of company funds, restrictive covenants, valuation disagreements, and shareholder exits.

Investment & Growth Transactions

Growth can bring opportunities, but it also creates important decisions around ownership and future strategy. The structure adopted today may influence the business for many years to come.

We support businesses on a wide range of growth transactions, helping them navigate expansion plans, investment opportunities, and strategic change. Our corporate and commercial solicitors help clients put in place the agreements, approvals, funding documents, and governance arrangements needed to grow.

Our Corporate & Commercial Team

Carl Robinson

R

Jeremy Saideman

Get in Touch

First Name*
Last Name*
Email*
Phone Number
Location*
Area of Law*
How Did You Hear About Us?**
Your Message*
Hidden
Enquiry Date
Hidden
Gender
Privacy Checkbox*
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
I am happy for you to contact me with the details provided. Privacy Policy
- YES
Hidden
EMAIL TO

Used for sending email to the right solicitor depending on custom_field
CAPTCHA