Corporate
Whether you are a start-up looking to expand, an ambitious growth business preparing to list, or a multinational enterprise undertaking major acquisitions, complex corporate law issues span the entire lifecycle of any business.
Such challenges as selling your lifetime business, negotiating your next rounds of investment or your shareholder rights or your next key acquisition, structuring your employee incentives, understanding governance issues and a raft of regulations and guidance form the mainstay of our corporate practice. Each requires different skills and specific expertise from a range of legal practice areas as well as real insight into nuances of the industry in question. We bring all of this together in one team.
Our team is supported by the full range of legal skills. Our engagements commonly involve and require us to work closely with our employment, tax, intellectual property, data and real estate colleagues.
Unlike many corporate advisers, we are by no means purely transaction-focussed although it’s a large part of what we do. We often play a far more strategic role for our clients, driven by lasting business relationships and a partner-led, personalised service.
You can view our latest 2 Corporate blog posts below and our full blog here.
Recent transactions
- Lewis Silkin advises the majority shareholders of Waste Holdings on its sale to Keywords Studios
- Lewis Silkin has advised the shareholders of Event Communications on the sale of the Event group to Chargeurs
- Lewis Silkin has advised 365 Retail Markets LLC on its acquisition of Spoonfed
- Lewis Silkin advises Sideshow Group on its acquisitions of Access and Reddico
- Lewis Silkin advises The CLV Group through a jointventure to create Waiv Global
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Lewis Silkin has advised the shareholders of Cooper Projects Limited, the parent company of DVS Limited, on its acquisition by Midwich
12 January 2022Lewis Silkin has advised the shareholders of Cooper Projects Limited, the parent company of DVS Limited (“DVS”), a UK based distributor of video security products, on its acquisition by Midwich, the UK's leading trade-only distributor of technology solutions.
Lewis Silkin advises the majority shareholders of Waste Holdings on its sale to Keywords Studios
12 January 2022Lewis Silkin has advised Visar Statovci and Mike Petricevic on the sale of digital creative marketing agency Waste to Keywords Studios.
Lewis Silkin advises The CLV Group through a joint venture to create Waiv Global
22 December 2021Lewis Silkin is pleased to continue its relationship with The Customer Lifetime Value Group, advising the transformation consultancy on its latest business venture. The CLV Group has partnered with Peter Trembling Consultancy to launch Waiv Global, delivering a revolutionary approach to global fan engagement and monetisation.
Lewis Silkin has advised the shareholders of Event Communications on the sale of the Event group to Chargeurs
20 December 2021Lewis Silkin has advised one of the global leaders in museum planning, design and delivery, Event Communications, on the sale of the Event group to Chargeurs Museum Solutions, part of the Paris listed Chargeurs group.
Lewis Silkin has advised 365 Retail Markets LLC on its acquisition of Spoonfed
20 December 2021Lewis Silkin has advised leading provider of self-service commerce technology to the foodservice industry – 365 Retail Markets, based in Michigan (USA), on its acquisition of Spoonfed, a Glasgow-based company whose software is used by global contract caterers, restaurant chains and independent caterers across the US, UK and western Europe.
Lewis Silkin advises Sideshow Group on its acquisitions of Access and Reddico
17 December 2021Lewis Silkin has advised Sideshow Group, the award-winning independent digital agency, on its acquisitions of two further digital agencies, Access and Reddico. Together with the acquisitions of TRGT, Catch and Widerfunnel, Sideshow have announced five acquisitions since Waterland Private Equity made a significant investment in February. These acquisitions demonstrate that the Sideshow Group is following through on its ambitions to become a global challenger in digital experience and marketing services, and we are delighted to support those ambitions.
National Security And Investment Act 2021
08 December 2021The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (“NSI Act”) provides the UK government with new powers to scrutinise investments on national security grounds. The regime set out in the NSI Act will come into force on 4 January 2022, although it also contains powers that can be exercised retroactively in respect of transactions completed back to 12 November 2020.
Directors and their general duties
02 December 2021English law imposes on company directors high standards of behaviour and they must put the interests of the company before their own. Their duties are derived from both statute and case law. In addition to general duties, there are extensive specific duties. This is an introductory guide to those general duties.