Offices: London, United Kingdom

Corporate & Commercial, Securities & Financial Services

McGuireWoods is regarded for its work in the areas of corporate finance and securities (AIM listings, IPOs and placings), private equity and venture capital, bank financing, and mergers and acquisitions. We provide a broad range of services for corporate and business clients, including intellectual property, information technology, telecoms, outsourcing distribution, licensing and franchising, media, corporate tax, employment, EU competition law, privacy, corporate restructuring and contentious negotiations. The firm has experience dealing with management of complex sourcing, construction and infrastructure projects, and coordinating transactions involving other advisers such as accountants, actuaries and environmental specialists, as well as through our well-established contacts with foreign lawyers in international transactions.

Representative Services

• Public and private takeovers, mergers and acquisitions of companies and businesses: contract negotiations, due diligence and associated transactional work
• Incorporation and structuring of corporate entities, joint ventures, partnerships and limited liability partnerships for UK and international clients, drafting memoranda and articles of association, shareholder and partnership agreements
• Private equity, primary and secondary fund, and direct investments: structuring, contract negotiation, due diligence and associated transactional work
• Corporate finance
• Equity and debt securities offerings and listings, global, private and registered offerings, and listings on the UK (including AIM and Plus) and other internationally recognised investment exchanges
• Bank financing
• Structured, acquisition and asset financing
• Financial services
• Commercial contracts
• Agency, distribution, licence, franchise and consultancy agreements
• Intellectual property
• Information technology and e-commerce
• Media and entertainment
• EU competition law
• Contentious negotiations, including resolving disputes among shareholders and directors
• Corporate recovery, restructuring and insolvency issues
• TMT, outsourcing