01
Term sheets
Getting the commercial architecture of the investment right before drafting begins.
Private Equity & Investments
Advising investors, founders and companies on investments that protect the downside without making the business unworkable.
Capabilities
What we advise on.
02
Investment structuring
Instruments, entities and capital structures that suit the round and what follows it.
03
Legal due diligence
Focused on what affects value, control, execution and post-closing exposure.
04
Investment and shareholder agreements
Economic rights, transfer restrictions, information rights and reserved matters.
05
Governance and protective rights
Board composition and consent rights that give oversight without stalling the business.
06
Follow-on rounds
Managing anti-dilution, pre-emption, consents and the interests of earlier investors.
07
Portfolio support
Ongoing advice on governance events, secondaries and post-investment developments.
08
Exits and liquidity
Drag and tag mechanics, sale processes, buy-backs and negotiated exits.
When we help
The situations we step into.
A
You are raising or deploying capital.
Terms need to reflect the risk being taken and the company's next few years.
B
Investor and founder interests diverge.
Control, dilution or strategy questions need resolving inside the existing documents.
C
The business has moved off plan.
Performance or risk has changed and governance and protective rights matter more.
D
Liquidity is on the table.
A secondary, buy-back or exit requires the paperwork and the economics to align.
How we work
Legal advice built around the decision.
- 01
Understand
Start with the business objective, the commercial context and the decision at hand.
- 02
Prioritise
Separate the issues that affect value or execution from those that can be managed.
- 03
Structure
Translate priorities into a clear legal and negotiating framework.
- 04
Execute
Keep documentation, stakeholders and next steps moving towards the outcome.
Connected advice
Problems rarely stay in one practice area.
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