We help businesses of all sizes across a range of sectors set up joint ventures, allowing our clients to enter or expand into new markets, develop new products or reinforce relationships between suppliers and customers. We are experienced advisers on transactions involving both local alliances and international joint ventures, together...

We are a leading legal adviser in the mid-market for mergers, acquisitions and takeovers of publicly listed companies. Our team advises UK and international organisations on all aspects of buying and selling public and private companies and businesses. Many of these transactions are cross-border and span a range of industry...

Our patent specialists cover the full range of technologies with particular expertise in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, semiconductors, mobile telephony, electrical engineering and computer-implemented inventions. We have acted in leading patent infringement cases, which have shaped the law. We have helped leading technology companies manage and enforce their patent rights...

Failing to comply with competition law can have severe implications. Restrictions, and even the contracts themselves, may be void and unenforceable. Fines of up to 10% of annual group turnover can be imposed. Injured parties can seek compensation and, in many countries, there is even the threat of personal penalties...

We provide transaction support to senior (including stretched senior and unitranche) and junior (including second lien, mezzanine and holdco PIK) loan financing parties and investors, and to a wide range of private equity houses, management teams and corporate borrowers in relation to business acquisitions, recapitalisations, management buyouts and refinancings. In...

Private clients need tax advice to navigate an ever more complicated world While the importance of having well-structured assets and succession plans remains for private clients, the past decade has seen a change in what is acceptable from a tax planning perspective and an increased focus on global transparency. Clients...

Our international team has considerable experience of advising a wide range of clients that are working with businesses in financial difficulty to, wherever possible, rescue those businesses, maximise realisations for stakeholders and mitigate risk. Our experience means that we are able to understand different perspectives and manage complex restructuring projects...

Our specialist real estate litigation lawyers excel in helping clients resolve all kinds of disputes ranging from landlord and tenant to complex and highly technical development disputes. We provide a cradle-to-grave service and have a wide range of experience, from advising clients on possible angles to exploit and add value...