Our team of Corporate Lawyers work with a wide range of businesses from small to large, offering expert legal advice on all types of corporate law matters including acquisitions, disposals, and numerous other types of corporate transactions.
The corporate law section of our website contains a wealth of information about the services we can provide for your business, under the following headings:
Starting a new business
At Lanyon Bowdler, our specialist Corporate Lawyers take the time to understand clients' commercial objectives so that they can provide practical, targeted advice to businesses.
Corporate work dealt with by the department includes:
Sales and purchases of companies and businesses
Management buy-outs and buy-ins
Reorganisations, schemes and demergers
Joint ventures
Company purchase of own shares
Private equity
Directors' duties and corporate governance
Shareholder issues and disputes
Succession planning
Setting up companies, LLPs, businesses and partnerships, and constitutions
Striking offs and Dissolutions
Partnerships and LLPs
Share Scheme and Employee Incentives
The Legal 500 has for many years recommended Lanyon Bowdler for corporate and commercial services in the West Midlands and the department has been recognised again in the 2022 edition, stating: A ‘regional firm with a surprisingly broad scope of capabilities’
A past edition of Chambers UK recognised the team, saying the department is known as being a "Respected local practice covering Shropshire and Herefordshire, with a strong base of agricultural clients. Practice specialisms include MBOs, joint venture arrangements and succession planning. Advises charities and non-profits, renewable energy companies and educational institutes''
Noted strengths
One client enthuses: "I really like the relationship I have built with them. Their document turnaround is quick and they've become a valuable part of my team."
Other sources say: "They've been able to tone down the legal jargon into layman's speak for shareholders - we feel like we are dealing with normal people who understand the legal side but are able to make it clear."
Put simply, we understand the important relationship between the legal and commercial aspects of a business.
The experience and knowledge of Lanyon Bowdler’s commercial law specialists is first rate, and having them onside to shoulder your legal burden is incredibly liberating, leaving you free to get on with making your business a success.
In order to keep our clients up to date with changes in corporate and commercial law, we produce a free quarterly newsletter, 'Update - Commercial News'. The newsletter, which you can sign up to here contains articles on corporate and commercial topics, which clients find valuable.
Give us a call or complete our online enquiry form, to see how our Company Law Solicitors can help. We have offices in Shrewsbury, Bromyard, Conwy, Hereford, Ludlow, Oswestry and Telford, so are able to act for clients all over Shropshire, Herefordshire, Mid and North Wales and across the Midlands.
We have one of the most well recognised teams of business lawyers in Shropshire, Herefordshire, Mid and North Wales, Birmingham and the Midlands. We offer a wide range of pricing options including fixed fees and service level guarantees.
As a leading national law firm, we regularly act for clients all over the UK on all manner of corporate law issues. We work closely with companies at all stages of the business lifecycle, whether you are in the early stages, scaling up, or exiting. We can represent you wherever you live in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.
For more information about how we can advise you on all areas of commercial law, speak to our experts today.
Please contact us by phone or use the online enquiry form and a member of the team will get back to you.
Lanyon Bowdler is a trading name of Lanyon Bowdler LLP which is a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales, registered number OC351948.
Lanyon Bowdler is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). SRA number: 534828.
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