Private Equity Lawyers
The Private Equity Firms We Work With
Our team of lawyers acts for a wide range of private equity firms, venture capital funds, private investors (on an angel and club deal or syndicated basis), institutional investors, portfolio companies, private equity sponsors, management teams, and companies on a full range of equity deals.
These transactions are typically fast-moving and complex, requiring agility, organisation, and a flexible approach from all parties.
Often there is a need to introduce a degree of formality to existing management and shareholder arrangements before the private equity investments can be executed.
Our team is adept at understanding the need to articulate the status quo prior to new shareholders joining the business in whatever capacity is contemplated.
Our Corporate Law team can also undertake this work separately from any third-party involvement where the growth of the business creates a need to protect parties’ interests in an increasingly valuable asset.
Where there is a wider transaction involved, the breadth of our experience is invaluable to our clients.
This is because our private equity lawyers are able to advise them based on our wider appreciation of the likely priorities and negotiating position of the other relevant parties.
For example, in an MBO scenario, our team has advised management, PE houses that back management, the exiting management, and incumbent and incoming shareholders and boards of the relevant company are the subject of the buy-out.
This broad experience and knowledge are vital to private equity clients looking to get the deal done in a timely manner with minimal disruption to the business objectives of the asset that is being backed.
We can bring this same approach whatever the deal, whether it be a straightforward MBO, MBI, equity investment, or more complex debt for equity and/or paper deal.
How Our Team Could Help You
Our corporate team has one of the strongest reputations in the region for working on management-related equity deals.
We have helped myriad clients navigate the life cycle of their business from pre-seed and seed to growth and series capital events, all the while maintaining laser-focus on the equity structures that always sit at the heart of such transactions.
Ultimately by looking after and paying very close attention to the equity documents, we can look after the interests of the parties relevant to those equity documents.
We understand that private equity deals are intrinsically complex for business owners to navigate.
We simplify these conceptually and can assist private companies and individual investors when drafting these into practical, client-facing agreements with understandable and transparent terms.
In particular, we focus on the principle that equity documents serve no purpose if they are not attuned to the practical operational realities of a business, its operations, and its decision-makers.
This helps us deliver to our clients what they need on an equity deal with minimum fuss, underpinning our reputation as leading private equity experts in this space.
Get in Touch with Our Private Equity Lawyers Today
Whether you are a large corporation, owner-manager or just starting your business journey, our lawyers are here to help. Our experts have years of experience in private equity so no matter your issue, you can rest assured that our team will be with you every step of the way.
To speak with one of our lawyers, call us on 0333 202 6433 or email us at [email protected].
