Private equity

Private Equity Legal Advice

Private Equity is investment at way of share capital in a company. This will often take the form of a management buy out (MBO) or a management buy in (MBI). It could also involve a venture capital house investing in a company alongside existing shareholders to release a certain amount of equity to those shareholders (equity release).

Whether an MBO, MBI, equity release or other form of equity investment, existing management/owners will be faced with a number of documents concerning the investment such as a Subscription and Shareholders’ Agreement, new Articles of Association of the company and possibly new service contracts. At the same time, the company will probably refinance its debt borrowings and be the target of a sale to the newco private equity vehicle.

Our experience in private equity

The corporate and commercial teams are highly experienced in acting for all parties to a private equity deal (vendor, newco, VC and management), from small start ups, spin outs of companies and larger groups and public bodies to £200m+ MBOs. We have worked with most major VC houses on private equity transactions.

About our work in private equity

Our aim in every private equity transaction is to make the process as free from stress and jargon as possible, to establish focus on the key issues so that you make fully informed decisions. We work to highlight the pertinent issues, giving you commercially focused advice so that the deal runs smoothly.

Call us now on 0870 1500 100 to arrange a consultation, or use the links above to drop us a line.