Business Law Services
Business Sales and Acquisitions
Buying or selling a business, be it a company, a partnership or as a sole trader, can be a daunting prospect. More often than not it is the single biggest step you will have ever undertaken in your business life, and it will likely form a very important part of the future for yourself and your family. At Middleton Law our aim is to work with you at every stage, from making or receiving an offer to completing the deal, in order to make sure that we minimise, as far as we can, the stress levels clients often experience in such transactions.
Once you have agreed to buy or sell, our job is to make it happen. It’s what we do!
We have extensive experience of transactions across widely varying sectors of industry, values and complexity. No matter the monetary value of any deal, whether for millions of pounds or perhaps just a few, we appreciate that the deal is of the utmost value to you and that is how we will approach it.
We also work closely with other advisers, including business tax specialists, your accountants and corporate finance advisers, which enables us to provide a comprehensive and efficient client service.
Cost is always a major factor for a client, and rightly so. We will always provide transparency in relation to our fees and, where it is possible to do so, we can often agree a fixed price for all or some of our work at the outset. Where that is not possible, we will keep you up to date with costs as the matter progresses so that there are no hidden surprises!
Principle areas of our services under this heading include: –
- Asset or Share Sales and Purchases
- Restructuring
- Equity Investment
- Share Incentive Schemes and Share Options
- Management Buy Outs/Buy-Ins (MBO’s) including vendor initiated deals (VIMBO’s)
- Dissolution and winding up
- Bringing in new partners or shareholders
- Franchising
Partnership and Shareholder Agreements and Articles of Association
Whether embarking on a new business venture or simply looking to better regulate an existing one, it is important that all the stakeholders in the business know and understand how to regulate their relationships with each other and with the business. They should have a clear set of rules setting out how they will manage the business going forwards, including cooperation over forward planning and budgeting, transferring shares to others, admitting new shareholders or partners, finance etc.
All these headings are covered in an appropriately drawn agreement between the participators (a Partnership or Shareholders Agreement) and will also be set out in the Articles of Association of the Company – perhaps better described as its set of rules or constitution. Many businesses run into difficulty when owners disagree and do not have any written agreement or document that would otherwise offer a solution to resolve a problem. In some cases, this can even lead to a business failing.
It is likely that we would be able to offer a fixed price for this area of work.
Other Services
We can advise on most aspects of the structure of a business and its trading arrangements.
Services we can provide include:
- Commercial and trading agreements
- Preparing a business for sale
- Asset or Share sales and purchases
- Restructuring
- Share Schemes
- Terms and Conditions
- MBO’s and VIMBO’s
- Equity Investment and bringing in new shareholders
- Dissolution and Winding-Up
Contact form
Our Middleton Law team specialists are included below.
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Mike Dyer Consultant Solicitor – M&A, Corporate and Commercial Law0345 034 2478
Direct: 07768 453966
