Company Commercial

Buying or Selling a Business

If you want to buy a company or a business, you first need to know what you are buying - warts and all. Only then will you know if the price is right. You will also want the right to claim against the seller if you get something you hadn't bargained for - like a piece of undisclosed litigation or a hidden tax liability.

Conversely, if you are selling, you want as little residual liability as possible so that you can use the sale proceeds for other projects without having to worry about claims by the buyer.

We will guide you through and advise you on all aspects of the acquisition or disposal of a company or a business, including:

• Any pre-sale or pre-acquisition reorganisations or hive-downs that are necessary
• Any financing and security issues
• Preparing heads of terms, exclusivity agreements and confidentiality agreements
• Assisting in the information-gathering and due diligence process
• Drafting and negotiating the sale and purchase agreement and ancillary documents
• Earn-outs, management buy-outs and private equity/venture capital investment

By providing a combination of top quality legal advice and balanced commercial input, we ensure the process is as smooth as possible, letting you focus on the issues that really matter.

Call Matthew Miller on 020 7288 4739 or email him at matthewmiller@boltburdon.co.uk