We can understand the tendency to look to London firms for the best and smartest legal advice, particularly when it comes to company/commercial work. Some deals require teams of lawyers to devote weeks of their time to the exclusion of all other deals and in such a case we can understand the requirement for a 'magic circle' firm.
However Barker Gillette LLP have long experience in dealing with company and commercial matters where the level of input is suited to the resources of a West End practice.
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Private company share sales and sale of businesses deals account for a large element of such work transacted by the firm. We appreciate the intensity of commitment required from our clients to get the deals done. Also we appreciate the need to look at the individual circumstances of the company or business and to take a commercial point of view rather than spend disproportionate time on clauses and issues which are remote or irrelevant.
At the same time we know when to be robust in negotiating in the best interests of our clients and when to appreciate that there is a lot of common interest in getting the deal finished.
We also advise on joint ventures, shareholder agreements, and partnerships (whether involving the traditional form or the more recent LLP version). It is surprising how many variations to standard formats are required and we enjoy the challenge of finding imaginative solutions.
Commercial work is at the heart of enterprise and our clients dream up commercial ideas for which there is little precedent. In such cases we are ready to be at the leading edge of devising and drafting new documents from scratch.
