From choosing a legal structure and starting up a business, establishing corporate governance, enabling commercial transactions and protecting stakeholders, facilitating investment and growth right through to exit strategies, corporate and commercial law plays a vital role in the day to day operations and success of all businesses.
The corporate and commercial team at WHN works with a diverse array of businesses from family and owner-managed businesses and SMEs through to large corporates in Bury, Manchester and Lancashire whilst also attracting clients from across England and Wales. They also specialise in advising professional partnerships such as firms of accountants and surveyors.
Clients choose to instruct the team as trusted advisors in relation to day to day commercial as well as corporate transactional matters, benefitting from the team’s level of specialism in their area of law combined with the time and effort they invest into building a deep working knowledge of the business. This approach establishes a strategic and commercial understanding of the needs of the business, it’s directors and, critically, it’s objectives, providing a foundation for the provision of proactive advice to help achieve long-term success.
Team members hold experience within wider commercial contexts and have a working knowledge and understanding of funding requirements. They draw on that experience in working closely with owner managers and directors who treat them as an extension of their own management teams, ensuring legal support is used strategically to drive business growth and success.
The team specialises in drafting bespoke documentation for unusual corporate transactions and contractual arrangements and is valued by clients for the creative solutions it provides to help them achieve their goals.
Whatever your objectives, from starting up to building your business and exiting, our experienced team can help you.
How can we help?
Corporate
The team holds extensive experience and expertise in corporate transactions including in relation to company and business sales and acquisitions, share and asset sales and acquisitions, management buyouts, company reconstructions, shareholder agreements, joint ventures and partnership agreements.
All transactions are managed by a lead lawyer who will work closely with you but clients benefit from the wider strength and depth in the team where needed. This means the team can assist with corporate transactions of all sizes providing you with a tailored, responsive, value for money and expert led approach to completing your transaction as efficiently as possible.
Commercial
Ensuring the commercial documentation your company has in place is fit for purpose has never been more important. Having the right documentation can help your business to succeed and grow as well as give you protection from disputes.
In a world of ever-increasing regulation, the need to build solid foundations for your business to trade upon is critical to success. Whether you are operating in a business-to-business or business-to-consumer market, providing goods or services, you need the right documentation in place, including terms and conditions, which govern your relationship with your clients or customers.
Our team can advise across the full range of contractual areas including:
- B2C and B2B Terms and conditions
- Supply agreements
- Trading agreements
- Agency agreements
- Distribution agreements
- Franchise agreements
- Consultancy agreements
- Online trading agreements
- Website terms and conditions, privacy policies, cookie policies and acceptable use polices
- Data Processing agreements
- Equipment hire agreements
- Confidentiality/non-disclosure agreements
The team also undertakes constitutional work for clubs and associations (both incorporated and unincorporated).
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To discuss any corporate or commercial matter, please contact Paul Matthews or Justine Harris Hughes at our Bury office on 0161 761 4611.
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