Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses

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Provided by Slater Heelis

The corporate services include:

• Business formation and structure
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts
• Commercial advice and disputes
• Commercial property, including leases
• Corporate governance
• Corporate finance, including mergers and acquisitions
• Due diligence
• Employment law
• Funding and venture capital
• Intellectual property
• Insolvency
• International trade and expansion
• Litigation
• Shareholder agreements
• Tax planning

Corporate client case studies include:

Pot Kettle Black

Pro-rugby league player turned business owner Mark Flanagan opened Manchester’s speciality coffeehouse, Pot Kettle Black (PKB), back in 2014 with co-founder and former teammate Jon Wilkin, and we’ve been on that journey with them.

As the business's legal advisor, our team has guided them through opening new premises, resolving contract disputes, and protecting their intellectual property. Pot Kettle Black continues to grow and expand, and we’re incredibly proud to be a part of it.

Blueberry Therapeutics

Dr John Ridden has decades of experience developing biotechnology, having previously worked at Pfizer and AstraZeneca.

In late 2011, John set up Blueberry Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical firm developing medicines for some of the world’s most common diseases. From the start, we supported John and Blueberry Therapeutics, helping them secure funding, negotiate contracts, perform due diligence, and more – the list of services is growing.