Wortley Byers provides advice on corporate law to a wide range of businesses operating in industry sectors as diverse as waste management, insurance, engineering, IT and estate agency.
We consider our clients' plans for the future and we are closely involved in the creation and development of their businesses. In particular, we are able to offer specialist help in structuring transactions including tax advice. Our early involvement can avoid many of the pitfalls in today's competitive market place.
The firm's corporate work ranges from company start-ups to mergers and acquisitions, management buy-outs, joint ventures, venture capital and financial restructuring. Our long experience in such matters including our negotiating skills are highly rated and a valuable contribution to the transactions.
With our high levels of expertise utilising relevant departments within our firm, we can offer a high quality service to individuals and companies at a reasonable cost. The range of services which we offer includes:-
Sole Traders
Partnerships
- Dissolution
- Partnership and members agreements
- Partner's responsibilities
- Partner's liabilities
- Retirement
- Starting up a partnership or limited liability partnership
Limited Companies
- Company formation
- Company constitutions
- Company sales and purchases
- Cross option agreements
- Director's service contracts
- Financial restructuring
- Joint venture agreements
- Mergers and take-overs
- Shareholder's agreements
- Shares and debentures
Where appropriate we can also advise on competition law aspects of any commercial transaction including:-
- Agency agreements and advice in relation to the Commercial Agents Regulations
- EU and UK competition compliance/risk management
- Handling investigations, including negotiating settlements of infringement actions
We are also able, if required, to advise on the taxation aspects of corporate transactions, including share option schemes. The Partner within our department dealing with tax is Nick Traill who is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
Health check for your company's statutory books
If you are running your own business it can be easy to put off the 'routine paperwork' such as keeping your statutory books up to date. A company's directors are responsible for ensuring that the statutory registers are properly maintained and an incomplete set of statutory books can cause delays in the future if, for example, you are trying to sell your company.
For a fee of £200 plus VAT and any necessary disbursements, one of our Corporate Commercial specialists can review your company's statutory books, provide you with a report citing any problem areas and suggest remedies where appropriate.
