Corporate and M&A

Our London Corporate Group draws on our lawyers’ deep, collective experience and partners with clients to develop and deploy effective, practical legal, regulatory, and business strategies at every stage of the corporate lifecycle. We emphasize a partnering approach, handling mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions of all sizes and levels of complexity, including share and asset acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, and domestic and cross-border corporate reorganizations.

Helping businesses achieve results

Our corporate and M&A practice in London supports international and domestic public companies, mid-size and emerging businesses, investment firms, and high net-worth individuals on a wide range of M&A, equity financing, and other corporate matters. The group routinely advises on business formations as well as establishing and expanding operations in the UK, reorganizations, company secretarial and compliance issues, and more. Much of our work is cross-border, with a particular focus on matters involving business alliances, operations, and investments between entities located across the UK and the United States, Canada, and continental Europe. The group primarily focuses on:

• Corporate finance and securities
• Emerging companies and venture capital
• Corporate governance and compliance
• Joint ventures and strategic alliances
• Private equity and family office investments
• Public and private mergers and acquisitions

London focus, global perspective

A number of our transactional lawyers have in-house experience at major corporations and all have trained and worked with some of the world’s leading corporate law firms, advising on large and extremely complex deals. We bring this high-quality experience and business acumen to bear on every matter, ensuring clients’ objectives are understood from the outset and helping to anticipate issues and find solutions. The group is experienced across a broad range of industry sectors, with particular strength in commercial technology, FinTech and financial services, health care, insurance, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, and shipping and logistics.

We understand the inner workings of foreign markets, how to navigate the processes and priorities of UK and foreign regulatory agencies and other governmental authorities, and how to engage with stakeholders so the right deal is presented and brought to closing swiftly. Our comprehensive services include:

• Transaction planning and structuring
• Due diligence
• Preparation and negotiation of transaction documentation
• Counselling boards of directors and corporate housekeeping/cleanup
• Preparation and review of disclosure letters and schedules
• Antitrust and other governmental approvals and clearances
• Deal closing and post-transaction integration

As part of a global, full-service firm, the London Corporate Group works closely with our Crowell colleagues across numerous practice areas and jurisdictions—as well as select lawyers outside the firm—to ensure clients receive the best possible advice where they do business.