Our corporate lawyers marry the corporate, commercial and legal worlds, alongside our extensive network of industry connections and broad knowledge, to provide you with a formula that will guarantee your success.
With the push towards trust, transparency and compliance, your legal partner will quickly become one of the most powerful tools in your arsenal. With robust commercial processes, well-managed operations and a determined approach to business leadership and growth, there is no reason why businesses won’t just survive, but truly thrive.
How we work with you
We believe that the best partnerships are built on genuine connections. We are not a faceless organisation, we invest time in building a true partnership so that we become an extension of your team by tailoring our approach to your own culture and values and ensuring that our advice fits your commercial approach and risk profile.
We are passionate about the service we provide and we continually challenge ourselves to be the very best for our clients - meet our corporate lawyers.
Led by Duncan James, our strong multi-disciplinary corporate team are recognised in the Legal 500 2021 as a leading law firm and offer a range of corporate legal services.
"We make it our business to understand exactly how you operate and what your goals are both now and in the future. Our corporate lawyers are well connected, well versed and committed to making your corporate ambitions happen."
Our Q1 corporate deals in numbers
The shape of deals has adapted and businesses are resilient, in the first quarter of 2021, our corporate lawyers completed ...
In key sectors such as:
Our recent deals
5 Jul
Corporate & Commercial
US cultural exchange company broadens horizons with UK travel organisation acquisition
US-based travel company International Training & Exchange Inc (Intrax) has acquired UK youth travel […]
1 Jul
Corporate & Commercial
East Imperial just the tonic for Bermele PLC in £24 million deal
Bermele PLC has purchased branded premium mixer specialist East Imperial in a deal worth […]
18 May
Corporate
Corporate team hits £4 billion deals milestone
23 Apr
Corporate & Commercial
Lung cancer detection technology acquired in £21 million deal
9 Apr
Corporate & Commercial
Shakespeare Martineau supports multimillion-pound acquisition of financial coaching business
25 Mar
Corporate & Commercial
Shakespeare Martineau helps cyber security start-up secure investment
18 Mar
Corporate
Shakespeare Martineau supports overseas gold mining company’s £80 million listing on ASX and £43.5 million fundraise
What the directories say
"Always available and able to translate business issues into appropriate legal parameters and back again, so that we understand what is required. I have always found that I get straight answers, even if they are not what I want to hear, which is not always the case with solicitors. They have taken the time to clearly understand my business."
Legal 500, 2021
"Very helpful and responsive, takes the time to understand the business and specific issues and keep up to date on what is happening. Always offers a valued opinion and happy to help."
Legal 500, 2021
"The firm is always seeking to find the most efficient and sensible solution without overcomplicating the situation."
Chambers, 2020
"Technical heavyweights in their chosen sectors, they offer sensible, commercially driven advice."
Chambers, 2020
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