Mergers and Acquisitions / Disposals

Tilly Bailey & Irvine’s corporate team have extensive experience in dealing with corporate mergers, acquisitions and disposals, including dealing with banking, mezzanine and venture capital funding arrangements. Our lawyers regularly act in transactions valued in the region of GBP2m to GBP10m and have the skill, legal knowledge and commercial acumen to guide you every step of the way to acquiring or disposing of shares or assets.

Tilly Bailey & Irvine’s corporate team work hand in hand with the lawyers in other commercial teams to achieve the best possible outcome for the client and ‘get the deal done’.

Management Buy Outs / Buy Ins

Tilly Bailey & Irvine is aware that the prospect of a management buy out for the managers of a company often offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire and develop the business they have worked hard to build. These are exciting times, but Tilly Bailey & Irvine is also very aware of the stress, time and distraction from core business that the acquisition process can cause.

Tilly Bailey & Irvine’s corporate lawyers have advised on numerous successful management buy outs and can re-assure you at every step, managing the crucial legal aspects of the deal to make the acquisition as painless as possible.

Tilly Bailey & Irvine’s lawyers have extensive experience and knowledge of working with a variety of financial investment sources including banks, angels, venture capital and local, national and european funding programmes.

Joint Ventures

A joint venture involves participants with a common aim but not necessarily common interests in the business vehicle chosen to bring about that aim. There are numerous problems and issues that the managers of both participants will face to enable the joint venture to succeed.

A successful joint venture can allow a company or business to grow, expand and develop using the diverse talents each participator brings to the table . Tilly Bailey & Irvine’s corporate lawyers have the ability to structure a joint venture to balance the contributions and rewards of each participator.

Business Acquisitions and Disposals

Business acquisitions and disposals range from the multi million pound deals that are splashed across the national press to deals that involve a much smaller entity and a more modest price. However, the smaller deals are often as complex as the larger deals to document “get done”.

Tilly Bailey & Irvine has extensive experience and expert lawyers who are well versed in dealing with business acquisition and disposals valued at tens of thousands of pounds through to millions of pounds. Whether it be a small local business, a family owned business or a large internationally operating corporate wanting to dispose of part of its business Tilly Bailey & Irvine has the experience and ability to advise on the deal and progress matters to a satisfactory result for all concerned.

Refinancing and Restructuring

At certain times throughout the lifespan of your business it may be necessary to create additional capital or to restructure the organisation. This could be for a variety of reasons. Whether it is the issue of additional shares in a private limited company or the repurchase of shares by the company, Tilly Bailey & Irvine’s corporate lawyers have the legal knowledge to guide you through the minefield of complicated legislation and tax traps that exist to regulate these areas.

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