Corporate projects demand legal advice at the speed of business.

They deserve the support of an experienced and capable team, well versed in a wide range of transactions, businesses and sectors, who will take the time to understand your ambitions, how you like to work and tailor their approach accordingly.

Often it’s time to collaborate and identify joint solutions. Occasionally it’s time to negotiate hard or uphold a stakeholder or industry stance. Your advisers should be alongside you agreeing the approach and standing shoulder to shoulder with you on execution.

Why choose Foot Anstey

We work hard to tailor services which help deliver our clients’ ambitions at every stage of a company’s journey – from incorporation to initial rounds of debt and equity fundraising, commercial and corporate partnerships and joint ventures, growth capital, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and takeovers, solvency, restructuring and re-investments.

We have the capability and experience to advise beyond the legals and regularly help clients with their goals from owner managers to strategic planning for portfolio businesses, buy and build strategies, sourcing and managing local counsel on cross-border projects and bespoke services for management and General Counsel.

Whatever your needs, goals or ambitions, our team seeks to understand what you value and then creates services which are personal to and integrated with your team, delivered at the speed of business by real people with genuine interest and expertise.

You will have our full attention. Do we have yours?

Our Corporate and Private Equity teams work with and advise on a wide range of deal activity, including mergers and acquisitions, investments, management buyouts, reconstruction and demergers.

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Our experienced lawyers are key to driving the momentum of transactions, creating value and generating fee efficiencies.

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Restructuring and Insolvency

The pace of change in today’s world is disrupting businesses. Markets are increasingly volatile. Industries are evolving at a pace not seen before sometimes resulting in financial distress and challenge for businesses

With the ability of our team to innovate and think creatively, we will support you in determining your restructuring and insolvency options and how to manage your risk.

Tax

The modern legal landscape has produced an increasingly complicated tax regime against a background where even modest tax planning is becoming an area of greater HMRC challenge and scrutiny.

No matter if you are looking from an individual or an organisation point of view, we understand that obtaining the right actionable advice is key to simplifying an area which pervades every aspect of your business and working lives.

Entrepreneurial Private Companies

Throughout all stages of the business life cycle for entrepreneurial and private companies we understand there is great opportunity and reward that comes hand-in-hand with great pressure and risk points.

By being more than about pure transactions, we can help any EPC in every sector and every industry.

Employment

Having the right people in the right place, displaying the right behaviours through the right processes can be just as hard as it sounds.

Our experienced team of experts are able to provide you with timely, commercial advice for day-to-day advice to project support.

General Counsel Services

Life as a General Counsel can be tough – balancing dealing with a wide range of proactive and reactive legal issues and risk management on behalf of your organisation, while also dealing with the operational side of the role such as running a team, supplier management, systems, processes and technology.

Our General Counsel services model takes a unique approach to working with you and helping you to address these challenges.

Management Advisory

We have extensive experience in advising Private Equity-backed portfolio companies and their management teams public and private companies covering the whole spectrum of different stages of development of a business, from complete start-ups, through to seed capital, VC rounds and private equity primary and secondary investments to IPOs and secondary fundraisings on public markets.

We know our way through all of these issues and can offer unconflicted, specialist independent advice.

Restructuring and Insolvency

The pace of change in today’s world is disrupting businesses. Markets are increasingly volatile. Industries are evolving at a pace not seen before sometimes resulting in financial distress and challenge for businesses

With the ability of our team to innovate and think creatively, we will support you in determining your restructuring and insolvency options and how to manage your risk.

Tax

The modern legal landscape has produced an increasingly complicated tax regime against a background where even modest tax planning is becoming an area of greater HMRC challenge and scrutiny.

No matter if you are looking from an individual or an organisation point of view, we understand that obtaining the right actionable advice is key to simplifying an area which pervades every aspect of your business and working lives.

Entrepreneurial Private Companies

Throughout all stages of the business life cycle for entrepreneurial and private companies we understand there is great opportunity and reward that comes hand-in-hand with great pressure and risk points.

By being more than about pure transactions, we can help any EPC in every sector and every industry.

Employment

Having the right people in the right place, displaying the right behaviours through the right processes can be just as hard as it sounds.

Our experienced team of experts are able to provide you with timely, commercial advice for day-to-day advice to project support.

General Counsel Services

Life as a General Counsel can be tough – balancing dealing with a wide range of proactive and reactive legal issues and risk management on behalf of your organisation, while also dealing with the operational side of the role such as running a team, supplier management, systems, processes and technology.

Our General Counsel services model takes a unique approach to working with you and helping you to address these challenges.

Management Advisory

We have extensive experience in advising Private Equity-backed portfolio companies and their management teams public and private companies covering the whole spectrum of different stages of development of a business, from complete start-ups, through to seed capital, VC rounds and private equity primary and secondary investments to IPOs and secondary fundraisings on public markets.

We know our way through all of these issues and can offer unconflicted, specialist independent advice.

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Private Equity

The private equity market in the UK continues to see record levels of activity. Funds continue to be raised, new investments made and exits realised. Foot Anstey’s award-winning and highly commercial Private Equity team is focused on advising Private Equity backed portfolio companies and their management teams.

Islamic Finance

Islamic finance already attracts huge investment to the UK – investment which grows by the day thanks to the UK’s progressive attitude toward shariah-compliant structures. It’s an exciting time for Islamic finance in the UK. We can help you be part of it.

Private Wealth

Every decision you make about your personal affairs has the potential to affect not only you and your assets, but to have wide-ranging consequences for your family and your employees. We are able to truly offer you advice, over options and added-value, over added confusion and stress.

Real Estate

The world of real estate is changing fast. The way we construct, operate, invest in and use property has been transformed. At Foot Anstey, we have the in-depth understanding to help you navigate this rapidly changing market.

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