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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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Our Joint Ventures and Corporate Reorganisations team delivers effective and highly commercial specialist advice across all stages of your complex transaction.

We appreciate the significant strategic importance of the business opportunities that joint ventures and corporate reorganisations present, including access to new markets, risk-sharing, and economies of scale. Our team ensures that your commercial and strategic objectives are achieved while protecting your interests.

We advise on all aspects of joint ventures and corporate reorganisations, from complex, multi-party joint venture arrangements and large group restructurings to intra-group transfers.

Our team collaborates with you and your other advisers to drive and ensure efficient project delivery, supported by our experience in schemes of arrangements, capital reductions, and demergers.

Drawing on expertise from specialist colleagues (including aspects of employment, tax, real estate and pensions law) we bring coordinated, sector-focused advice and insights tailored to your specific joint venture or reorganisation.

Our lawyers have extensive experience in structuring both domestic and cross-border arrangements, covering a wide range of sectors such as transport, defence, energy, and public/private joint ventures.

We advise on all forms and aspects of joint venture and reorganisation, both domestic and cross-border.

Services

Corporate joint ventures

Structuring corporate joint ventures to align with your commercial and strategic objectives and ensure long-term success.

Partnerships

Advising on the formation and management of strategic partnerships of all forms, ensuring mutually beneficial outcomes.

Contractual joint ventures

Structuring and advising on contractual joint ventures to meet commercial goals while minimising risk.

Strategic alliances

Supporting the formation of strategic alliances to drive innovation and growth across industry sectors.

Corporate reorganisation

Advising on group restructurings and demergers to improve efficiency and align with business and commercial strategies.

Shareholder agreements

Drafting and negotiating shareholder agreements and related constitutional agreements which protect interests and ensure effective governance.

Our team

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Examples of our work

Ascent

Advising on the UK Military Flying Training System PFI project, structuring a public/private joint venture to deliver advanced military training capabilities for the Ministry of Defence.

Babcock

Advising on a joint venture with Devon County Council to deliver educational services.

South West One

Advising a joint venture between public and private entities on providing shared services to enhance operational efficiency for public sector partners across multiple sectors.

Force Protection

Advising on establishing a UK joint venture and securing a £100 million contract to supply Wolfhound vehicles to the Ministry of Defence, enhancing military logistics operations.

Babcock and DHL

Advising the Babcock and DHL joint venture on their bid for the MOD Logistics Commodities Supply (Transformation) Project, ensuring optimal supply chain management for defence logistics.

RAC

Advising on joint venture arrangements with Nebula Systems to develop telematics solutions.

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What others say

“The team are excellent in maintaining a commercial approach to issues and highlighting where choices have to be made.”

Chambers UK 2023

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Insights

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