Expert Corporate Lawyers
We have a team of over 70 corporate lawyers who have extensive experience of advising on a multitude of areas for businesses ranging from entrepreneurs, SMEs and financial institutions to FTSE 100 companies.
Corporate expertise
We have a team of over 70 corporate lawyers who have extensive experience of advising businesses ranging from entrepreneurs, SMEs and financial institutions to FTSE 100 companies.
Our team of expert lawyers, operating from 13 major UK locations, provide advice and guidance on mergers and acquisitions, disposals, fundraising, private equity, equity capital markets, due diligence, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, reorganisations and demergers, corporate structures and governance.
In today’s competitive corporate legal market, technical expertise is a given, which is why clients look for more from their corporate lawyers. Businesses work with us because we pride ourselves in not only delivering technical legal advice but also recognising the importance of understanding their business, the sector in which they operate and the challenges they face on a day-to-day basis.
Our expertise includes:
- Accelerated M&A
- Business structures
- Competition
- Corporate deals
- Equity capital markets
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity
- Special situations
- Tax
Corporate transactions are by their very nature complex and often stressful. Using our wealth of experience and knowledge in creatively solving problems, we will guide you through each step of the transactional journey to ensure that it is delivered on time, on budget and on the right terms for you. Our role is not only to provide you with expert legal advice but to also minimise the disruption to you and your business.
Leon Arnold
Partner & Corporate & Commercial Services Division Lead
Jonathan Hambleton
Milton Keynes Office Managing Partner
Why choose our Corporate team?
- An award-winning Corporate team, recognised as one of the most active in the UK
- Reputation for building long term client relationships, allowing our clients to gain trust in us as a key strategic and operational partner
- A full range of service covering all specialist areas of the transaction
- In-depth understanding of the dynamics of a corporate transaction and current market trends
- Corporate knowledge across a broad range of sectors, both nationally and internationally
- Annually we provide corporate support to hundreds of businesses operating in various sectors including life sciences, technology, logistics, financial services, retail, drinks, hospitality and leisure.
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Some of our notable work
- Leading a team of more than 60 lawyers which supported the in-house legal team at Lafarge Tarmac on the sale to CRH plc, one of the world’s largest building materials suppliers. This was as part of a €6.5 billion worldwide acquisition of assets being sold by Lafarge SA and Holcim Limited to facilitate their global merger.
- Acting for a large private care home operator on the corporate aspects of its sale of a portfolio of 23 UK-wide residential and nursing care properties. The sale was to a US REIT for a £75.8 million sale and leaseback arrangement.
- Advising Travis Perkins PLC on various acquisitions, investments and disposals
- Advising the shareholders of Sleek Capital Limited, a fast-growing and popular high street makeup brand, on its sale to Walgreens Boots Alliance
- Advised Carlsberg UK Limited on the acquisition of London Fields Brewery
- Advising the shareholders of a leading uPVC cable management company, and the UK’s largest manufacturer of steel wire cable tray, on the sale of the company to Nasdaq listed acquirer. The transaction was completed in a very short time frame, requiring efficiency and direction from the outset.
- Advising Polestar Print Group on its administration and the hive out and subsequent sale of its Applied Solutions Business to Adare Group
- Leading the high profile multi-million pound buyout of Funeral Partners and continuing to undertake all of their acquisition work
- Acting on the sale of Heritage Automotive Limited, a 12 site franchised car dealership representing Audi, Peugeot, Skoda and Volkswagen and operating across the South West
- Acted for the founder shareholder David Shelton on the £200 million IPO (Initial Public Offering) of Motorpoint
- Advised LNT Group on the £100+ million sale of 24 care homes to Anchor Trust
- Advising the shareholders of Cuts Ice Limited, a leading e-liquid manufacturer, on a circa £14 million investment by LDC
- Acting for Thomson Reuters on the sale of the Extel Survey business and also separately on the sale of its European wealth and investment transaction processing business, BETA Global.
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We engaged Freeths to act for us on the sale of a business with very tight deadlines (6 weeks). We worked with Leon, Edward and Ben who were all ex...
Client testimonial
KS
We are extremely grateful for the consistently outstanding support given by Freeths to Tarmac. The team's dedication and professionalism has enable...
Katie Smart, UK Head of Legal,
Tarmac
ME
Thanks again for your immense help, we couldn’t have done it without you personally and the contribution of the wider Freeths team.
Martin Entwistle
Carlsberg UK
DPB
Once again, we would like to thank you all for everything you have done for us. We're really grateful for all of the support and guidance you have...
Dr Polly Branney, Founder of the Oxford ADHD & Autism Centre
"Freeths' Corporate team combines significant depth of resource with a highly commercial and pragmatic approach. The breadth of the team and the nu...
Chambers & Partners, 2027
"The team at Freeths were thorough, quick to respond and technically very capable. They were extremely knowledgeable and proactive, and calmly guid...
Chambers & Partners, 2027
"The team offers the perfect blend of robust legal knowledge, strong ethics and commercial pragmatism, ensuring the client is always fully advised...
Chambers & Partners, 2027
"Commercial awareness is a defining hallmark of Freeths, where lawyers consistently look beyond black-letter law to deliver strategic, real-world v...
Chambers & Partners, 2027
"Freeths is a committed, diligent and cost-effective practice. Their quality of work & timeliness is excellent. They are flexible around a client's...
The Legal 500, 2026
"The team at Freeths provides the perfect combination of top-tier legal advice with commercial acumen. Whenever a legal issue is identified, the Fr...
The Legal 500, 2026
"What make the team different and so valuable to us as an business is their ability and desire to be a natural extension to us as a team, providing...
The Legal 500, 2026
"Excellent technical knowledge, great in negotiations, broad range of experience appropriate for the various tasks required in a corporate transact...
The Legal 500, 2026
"The team are friendly and approachable, and offer pragmatic solutions to problems. They communicate very well within the team and so you don't hav...
The Legal 500, 2026
Meet our team
Leon Arnold
Partner & Corporate & Commercial Services Division Lead
Richard Beverley
Birmingham Office Managing Partner
Peter Crawford
Sheffield Office Managing Partner
Lisa Gilligan
Leicester Office Managing Partner
Jonathan Hambleton
Milton Keynes Office Managing Partner
Michelle Kirkland-Elias
Partner, Head of Hospitality & Leisure
Sushil Kuner
Partner & Head of Financial Services Regulation
Malin Svanberg Larsson
Partner
Emily Settle
Partner | Head of International
Elizabeth Cotton
Managing Associate
Henrietta Rendell
Managing Associate
Braydon Cordingley
Senior Associate
Christian Davison
Senior Associate
Shailen Hinglajiya
Senior Associate
Holly Lawrence
Knowledge Management Lawyer
Angelina Mikelova Szentpali
Senior Associate
Sam Salter-Galbraith
Senior Associate
Katherine Ferrari-Bradley
Associate
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