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Corporate and M&A

Expert corporate and M&A advice, delivering tailored legal solutions across M&A and corporate governance.

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We deliver highly commercial tailored solutions to a broad range of clients, from multinational corporations and financial institutions to early-stage businesses, partnerships, co-operative societies, and high-net-worth individuals.

With extensive experience in complex private M&A and public takeovers, reorganisations and demergers, private equity transactions, and equity capital markets, our team provides expert guidance both in the UK and internationally. This includes advice on strategic matters, day-to-day company law, and regulatory issues for public and private companies.

We work closely with our clients, leveraging expertise from colleagues across the firm including on merger control/ NSIA, tax, employment and incentives matters to offer pragmatic, comprehensive and coordinated advice. For cross-border matters, we collaborate with international partners through our Preferred Firm Network, ensuring the best possible outcomes for your business.

Our Corporate and M&A team provides comprehensive support and guidance throughout every stage of your business’s growth and development.

  • M&A: Expert legal guidance on private M&A and public takeovers.
  • Private equity and venture capital: Comprehensive advice on private equity and venture capital investments, from structuring to exits.
  • Equity capital markets: Expertise in raising capital on the public markets.
  • Corporate governance and company law: Strategic advice on corporate governance frameworks and compliance with company law.
  • Joint ventures: Assistance in structuring and negotiating joint ventures.
  • Reorganisations and demergers: Helping clients manage corporate reorganisations and demergers to optimise business efficiency.
  • Corporate restructuring and insolvency: Strategic advice on restructuring, insolvency and distressed situations.

Our expertise

Mergers and aquisitions

Our M&A team delivers expert legal advice for mergers, acquisitions, disposals, demergers and other related corporate transactions, including complex and high-profile transactions as well as cross-border transactions.

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Corporate advisory and governance

Constructive and practical guidance to public and private companies and their boards on corporate governance and compliance.

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Emerging companies

Comprehensive legal and business advice for emerging companies and their founders, helping to create, protect and maximise value for you and your business.

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Private equity

Tailored legal solutions to meet the unique needs of private equity investors and businesses, supporting a range of complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions across a range of sectors.

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Equity capital markets

Our Equity Capital Markets team provides expert advice to UK and international clients on a wide range of equity capital market transactions, including IPOs and secondary fundraisings.

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Public M&A

Our Public M&A expertise means that no matter the complexity or challenge, we deliver tailored legal solutions for our clients to ambitious takeover transaction deadlines.

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Joint ventures and corporate reorganisations

We provide expert legal advice on joint ventures and corporate reorganisations for businesses operating in a wide range of industry sectors, helping you achieve your commercial and strategic objectives.

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Competition and merger control

Our competition and merger control team, with expertise in all areas of competition law as well as merger control and foreign investment review, provides pragmatic advice to ensure our clients achieve their commercial objectives.

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Venture capital

Expert legal solutions to guide venture capital investors and emerging companies through their life cycle from investment to exit.

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Our team

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Examples of our work

FirstGroup plc

Advising longstanding client FirstGroup on two back-to-back acquisitions as the Group looks to strengthen its First Bus division and expand its operational footprint in key UK locations.

Fasadgruppen

Advising Fasadgruppen on its first acquisition in the UK, which sees the company acquire Clear Line, a contractor in façades and façade fire remediation, for a total consideration of £119.9 million.

Biral

Advising Biral, a leading provider of high-precision meteorological sensors, and its shareholders, on the sale of the business to Senseca, a global innovator in measurement technology and environmental monitoring solutions.

The Openwork Partnership

Advising Openwork Partnership LLP, the 90% majority shareholder in The Openwork Partnership (Openwork), one of the UK’s largest financial advice networks, on a strategic investment into Openwork from leading global private investment firm, Bain Capital.

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What others say

“Burges Salmon were integral to us getting the deal that they worked with us on over the line, and within an extremely tight timeline. Without them, I do not believe we would have got the deal done. They were highly results orientated and focused on solutions not problems.”

Legal 500 UK 2025

“Burges Salmon's team are highly responsive, which was particularly valuable given that the deal was taking place across a number of time zones.”

Legal 500 UK 2025

“Burges Salmon continues to garner outstanding market recognition for representing large national and international clients in complex transactional matters. It has a deep bench of lawyers.”

Chambers UK 2023

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Insights

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