Corporate transactions
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Contact our teamAt Moore Barlow, we understand that corporate transactions can be complex and time-consuming. That’s why our team of experienced lawyers is dedicated to providing comprehensive legal advice and support to businesses of all sizes.
Our legal team provides comprehensive support for corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings. We have the expertise and knowledge to guide you through corporate transactions processes and ensure a successful outcome.
- Successful corporate transactions benefit from a commercial as well as legal approach.
- It’s important your lawyers keep you advised throughout, and are proactive about meeting deadlines and regulations.
- We’ll ensure matters proceed efficiently, provide extra support from our legal teams in related areas and provide introductions that facilitate and enhance the outcome.
What are business and corporate transactions?
Business and corporate transactions refer to the process of buying, selling, or merging of businesses or corporations. These transactions can involve the transfer of ownership, assets, liabilities, and intellectual property. Business and corporate transactions are typically complex and involve significant legal and financial considerations.
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Helping transactions run smoothly
Corporate transactions are many and varied, but whatever yours involves, it will proceed more smoothly and swiftly when handled by lawyers with an in-depth understanding of your business and the ability to think commercially as well as legally.
This approach epitomises how the Moore Barlow corporate team works. Our clients are typically entrepreneurial businesses, often venture capital backed or listed on a junior market. They appreciate the value of a team that provides expert advice from the outset and throughout a project, deals with matters as they crop up and is proactive about ensuring a positive outcome.
We will put together a partner-led team that has extensive experience of your type of transaction, so you can be reassured they’ll meet critical deadlines and regulatory requirements, and achieve your objectives efficiently.
You’ll be kept in touch with every development, and guided through the due diligence and disclosure processes, with key documents clearly explained. We know you have other pressures and need to focus on your business, so we’ll minimise distraction.
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Why choose our business and corporate transactions solicitors?
We have expert business and corporate transactions solicitors are dedicated to providing exceptional legal services to our clients. With years of experience and a deep understanding of the complexities of corporate law, we are committed to helping businesses achieve their goals and navigate the legal landscape with confidence. We offer tailored solutions that are designed to meet the unique needs of each client, and our team of experts is always available to provide guidance and support throughout the entire transaction process. Choose us for reliable, efficient, and effective legal services that will help your business thrive.
How can our business and corporate transactions solicitors help?
By choosing our business and corporate transactions solicitors you have access to a team who can provide expert guidance and support throughout the entire transaction process, from initial negotiations to completion. We can assist with mergers and acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, and restructurings, ensuring that all legal aspects are properly addressed and risks are minimised. Our team has extensive experience in a wide range of industries and can provide tailored solutions to meet your specific needs and objectives. Let us help you navigate the complexities of corporate transactions and achieve your business goals.
We have offices in London, Richmond, Southampton, Guildford, Lymington and Woking and offer specialist corporate legal services to clients nationwide.
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Frequently asked questions
Why do corporate transactions occur?
Corporate transactions are conducted for various reasons, such as expanding business operations, acquiring or merging with other companies to gain market share, divesting non-core assets, raising capital, improving financial performance, or restructuring the company to enhance efficiency and competitiveness.
What are the legal risks and implications associated with corporate transactions?
Legal risks and implications associated with corporate transactions include potential litigation, regulatory compliance issues, breach of contract claims, intellectual property disputes, antitrust concerns, and financial liabilities.
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Moore Barlow provides great partner attention coupled with an objective approach to transactions. We have yet to encounter a situation where the firm cannot act and lead the process successfully.
Chambers and Partners, 2025
The firm’s partners are a key strength, as they are accessible, knowledgeable and pleasant to deal with. They have a strong grasp of all issues and are extremely commercially aware and responsive.
Chambers and Partners, 2025
Highly professional, personable and engaging, Moore Barlow brings deep subject matter knowledge to their application of the law. In technology, this is hugely valuable as it enables us to plan ahead and manage change with less risk and more control.
Legal 500, 2025
Moore Barlow boasts a solid corporate group that benefits from an extensive network of offices across the region. The firm offers counsel to a clientele of corporates and private equity sponsors in connection with domestic and cross-border M&A and corporate governance matters. Sector expertise encompasses technology and life sciences, among others.
Chambers & Partners, 2024
The Moore Barlow corporate team fulfils the classic criteria: small enough to care, big enough to cope. Partners are visible and add tangible value even on smaller transactions, and the team combines commercial acumen with a firm technical grasp.
Legal 500, 2024
Moore Barlow is a practice that focuses on providing a full service to their clients, led by partners that understand the need for legal practice to reflect and take into account the commercial drivers behind transactions. We have worked with Moore Barlow over multiple years because of their depth of knowledge, attention to detail, excellent project management and congeniality in front of clients.
Legal 500, 2022
Our family have used the lawyers at this firm for over 40 years. As such we have built a good relationship with key members of the team. As solicitors have changed over the years, the understanding of our business and our family have helped build a strong and reliable relationship. When I came to consider selling the business, the team helped me through every stage of the process. With an in-depth knowledge of our business and history, their advice and support were of critical importance to me.
Legal 500, 2022
Moore Barlow has a very useful practice for clients outside of Central London with a range of unique skills to support international business requirements.
Legal 500, 2024
Very approachable team of people who help you put practical solutions in place. Moore Barlow has become a one stop shop because they have a a very broad range of legal skills to accommodate all our business needs.