Transaction Advisory

We work across the transaction: structuring it in a way that is legally and commercially workable, running or responding to due diligence, drafting and negotiating the transaction documents, obtaining the corporate approvals and regulatory clearances required, and handling the completion steps and post-completion filings.

A scheme of arrangement through the tribunal is a multi-stage process involving board and shareholder approvals, filings, notices to regulators and creditors, and hearings, so it is measured in months rather than weeks. A share purchase or business transfer is usually faster. We give you a realistic timetable at the outset based on the route chosen.

Most commonly: incomplete statutory registers and minutes, a cap table that does not reconcile to the filings, missing approvals for past allotments or transfers, unsigned or expired material contracts, and pending regulatory filings. A pre-diligence review lets you correct these on your own timetable rather than under deal pressure.

Yes. We advise on business succession planning — how ownership and control pass on, the constitutional and shareholder documentation needed to give effect to it, and structuring the transfer so that governance stays workable across generations.