Picton Howell LLP's corporate and commercial team helps clients doing business in the UK or under English law.

The group specialises in corporate transactions. We advise upon, structure and negotiate company acquisitions, sales, mergers and joint ventures. Our lawyers are particularly experienced in managing the sale or purchase of mid-tier UK businesses (£1 million to £100 million) being acquired by overseas purchasers.

We assist our clients to identify potential acquisition targets or potential purchasers and to carry out thorough due diligence investigations (commercial, financial and taxation as well as legal), we give tax structuring advice, and we project manage and negotiate transactions for our clients. We also assist with the legal and commercial issues that arise, post acquisition, in integrating a newly acquired business with the purchaser's existing business.

Our commercial legal services fulfil all of the usual requirements of a business operating within the UK, including company incorporation, administration and compliance, registered office services, taxation, employment/labour law, franchising, intellectual property (including trademark registration), technology licensing, and preparing and negotiating commercial agreements.

Our senior lawyers are retained to provide expert opinions on English law for foreign court proceedings.

Picton Howell LLP has close associations with specialist lawyers throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US to assist with foreign law issues and transactions.

Our clients include international corporations, banks and financial institutions, private equity providers, fast growing technology companies, lawyers and other professional practices, governments, governmental and non-governmental organisations.

If we can help you please contact Teja Picton Howell, Elinor Poole or Alexander Egerton.