Whether you are planning to sell your business, acquire a new company, or change the ownership and structure of your business, our team of legal experts can guide through the process and make sure that any actions are legally compliant and binding.
As an owner or shareholder in a company, you may have various statutory duties; you are obliged to run your organisation in accordance with current legislation, and avoidance or ignorance of these regulations could result in serious fines and other sanctions.
We’re here to provide that necessary legal insight, as and when you need it. Ours is a flexible law advisory service that has been designed to meet your needs and obligations, at costs that you might find more manageable.
Share/business sale
When the time comes to sell your business, whether it is due to retirement or other reasons, planning is essential. Our team of professional legal experts can help you to structure the organisation appropriately, ensure that you attract any necessary investment funding and ultimately find the right buyers at the best possible price.
Taking a strategic approach will help you to maximise the value of your assets, but you also need to be aware of the implications and consequences of any changes in ownership, so that the decisions you take will be in the best interests of those people you care about.
If you have a stake in an organisation, and wish to sell or re-distribute it, we’ll help you to understand your commitments and legal obligations. Our services include:
- Obtaining investment funding
- Structuring your business to sell it
- Attracting the right buyers
Maximising your selling price and getting the best value.
Share/business purchase
Whatever your motives and ambitions, buying a business requires meticulous planning, and a clear understanding of the necessary legal processes and procedures.
Our team of professional legal experts can help you to identify the right acquisition opportunity, ensure that you have undertaken the appropriate due diligence so that you know exactly what the purchase will offer, and put in place all the legal documentation to protect your interests and ensure that you get the very best value from the assets you acquire.
Taking a strategic approach will help you to get the best long-term value, but you also need to be aware of the implications and consequences of any changes in ownership, so that the decisions you take will be in the best interests of those people you have a stake holding in the business, including existing employees and existing shareholders.
If you wish to buy a stake in an organisation, we’ll help you to understand your commitments and legal obligations. Our services include:
- Assessing the purchase opportunity
- Guidance on due diligence
- Obtaining any necessary funding
- Processing all the necessary legal documentation and paperwork
Getting the best possible value.
Allotment/transfer of share capital
Whether you have new investors looking to acquire a shareholding in your company, or there is a need to re-structure or re-distribute your shares, reallocating or transferring shares requires careful thought, and a thorough awareness of the any taxation and ownership consequences, including the legal processes.
Our team will help you to understand the best way to proceed and guide you through the necessary documentation.
Taking a co-ordinated and planned approach will help you to give the best long-term value to all your stake holders, but you also need to be aware of the implications and consequences of any changes in ownership, so that the decisions you take will be in the best interests of all concerned.
No matter how the shares in your company are being re-distributed, we’ll help you to understand the regulations and any legal implications. Our services include:
- Clarity on your strategy and process
- Correct procedures around board resolutions
- Processing all the necessary legal documentation
- Guidance on insurance
- Ensuring that the new structure will be in the best interests of all concerned.
Joint Ventures
Bringing together two or more organisations in a JV partnership presents lots of challenges, not least those that involve the alignment of cultures and processes.
But there are also legal issues, so having someone alongside you who knows the ins and outs of joint venture partnerships from a legal perspective can be invaluable.
Our team will help you to understand the best way to proceed, and assist you with the necessary legal documentation.
Taking a planned approach will help you to ensure that the new joint venture gets off to the best possible start, and has the best possible chance of long-term success, but you also need to be aware of the implications, so that the decisions you take will be in the best interests of all concerned.
No matter what the purpose of your joint venture, we’ll help you to understand the regulations and any legal implications. Our services include:
- An objective assessment of your strategy
- Processing all necessary legal documentation and other paperwork
- Advising on any property and resource matters
Ensuring that the JV will work in the best interests of all concerned.
Partnerships & LLP
Creating any business partnership presents lots of challenges, not least those that involve the alignment of skills, personalities, attitudes and backgrounds.
But there are also legal issues, so having someone alongside you who knows the ins and outs of both traditional partnerships and limited liability partnerships (LLP) from a legal perspective can be invaluable.
Our team can help you to understand the best way to proceed and assist you with any necessary legal documentation.
We’ll help you to understand the regulations and any legal implications around your partnership agreement, including:
- An objective assessment of your strategy
- Processing all necessary legal documentation and other paperwork
- Ensuring that the JV will work in the best interests of all concerned.
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
Private equity deals or venture capital projects are often complex and require an experienced professional advisor to guide you through the intricacies, so having someone alongside you who knows the ins and outs from a legal perspective can be invaluable.
We’ll help you to understand the regulations and any legal implications around your project, including:
- An objective assessment of your plans
- Helping you identify sources of investment
- Helping you to understand what input is required from you, and what you might be giving away
- Acting as your account director on major projects
- Processing all necessary legal documentation and other paperwork
- Ensuring that the project will work in the best interests of all concerned.
Contact us on 020 4539 5800 or at legal@iconos-group.com for a free exploratory consultation.
