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expertise: corporate
We know how to provide a full range of corporate advice for public
and private companies, banks and building societies, venture capitalists
and stockbrokers, management buy-outs and buy-ins, universities
and other educational institutions.
Our heavyweight corporate group currently acts for a substantial
number of plcs as well as a growing number of owner and entrepreneur-managed
businesses for whom we offer a comprehensive corporate legal service,
including advice and guidance on:
- mergers and acquisitions
in which three core teams of lawyers provide the expertise to
ensure that transactions (for both private and public companies)
proceed smoothly towards the client's objective
- flotations on the London Stock Exchange, AIM and OFEX in which
we have the expertise to ensure that the company is successfully
brought to market
- public company take-overs - with particular reference to the
increasing burden on public companies to comply with the legal
regulation of FSMA and the Stock Exchange
- private equity for clients in the biotechnology and information
technology sectors
- establishment and operation of venture capital trusts, limited
partnerships, other unregulated collective investment schemes
and investment trusts
- joint ventures including the structuring of such arrangements
together with tax planning and tax planning advice
- management buy-outs and buy-ins where we have consistently demonstrated
our understanding of the financial and commercial pressures in
such situations
- partnership advice and restructuring - particularly the provision
of tax planning and compliance advice which is effective, clear
and jargon-free
- corporate compliance and governance
Our inter-disciplinary skills and cross-border
associations are particularly relevant. As a member of Multilaw
and State Law Resources, we
are able to call upon colleagues in law firms throughout the world.
And we work in close association with our own teams on matters relating
to issues such as: In the three years ended December 2003 we will
have advised on over 375 deals with a total deal value of in excess
of £3 billion. Publications: 
key expertise: Richard Wrigley
Partner
richard.wrigley@martineau-uk.com Ian Baker
Partner
ian.baker@martineau-uk.com
David Allison
Partner
david.allison@martineau-uk.com
Richard Baizley
Partner
richard.baizley@martineau-uk.com Roger Blears
Partner
roger.blears@martineau-uk.com Hugh Edmunds
Consultant
hugh.edmunds@martineau-uk.com
Dan Johnson
Partner
dan.johnson@martineau-uk.com
Andrew Stilton
Partner
andrew.stilton@martineau-uk.com Adam McGiveron
Partner
adam.mcgiveron@martineau-uk.com Richard Underwood
Partner
richard.underwood@martineau-uk.com
Kavita Patel
Partner
kavita.patel@martineau-uk.com
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