The process of acquiring, divesting, or merging businesses, or forming partnerships, involves many complexities. Our experts assist investors, corporations, financial sponsors, and various other clients in effectively carrying out and completing transactions such as acquisitions, asset transfers, mergers, and company reorganisations, irrespective of their scale or complexity.

A business sale or purchase can involve :

• Due diligence : Reporting on and investigating the risks and liabilities of the target business or company.
• Data room management : Populating and managing a data room can be a time consuming and an intensive process. Our experts can manage the data room making sure that the correct information is released at the right time to the approved recipients.
• Structuring advice : Every transaction is unique, whether because of complexities in the shareholding structure, restrictions in place, the type of assets being transferred, or tax issues to consider. We advise clients on innovative and efficient structures that best achieve their commercial goals.
• Negotiation and drafting : We support with negotiating the terms of a term sheet, arguing over warranties and indemnities, to drafting agreements which protect your rights and achieving commercial goals. Our team can draw on their deep local and international experience with similar transactions.
• Regulatory approvals : Depending on the industry and status of the business it may be necessary to integrate regulatory approvals as part of the overall transaction. We can draw on our actual experience to ensure that such approvals don’t end up becoming unexpected bottlenecks.
• Debt restructuring : Often an existing business has outstanding debt and liabilities owed to banks or shareholders. Transactions will frequently include a restructuring of such debt, through a process that needs to run in parallel to the transfer of the business.