what we do

Our core areas of legal advice and assistance services cover business law aspects and issues relating to:-

+ Mergers And Acquisitions (‘M & A Deals’) – Plus Other Business And Corporate Structure-Based Transactions

Extensive involvement with both domestic and cross-border focussed business transactions, including public and private company acquisitions, sales/disposals, takeovers, mergers, de-mergers, reorganisations and various other corporate actions (on the buy, sell and intermediary side).

+ Private Securities Finance (Venture Capital & Private Equity) And Joint Venture Arrangements

Wide-ranging involvement in all aspects of legal work relating to venture capital and private equity funds, including (in particular) the making, management and realization of their seed, early, growth (and development) stage investments; together with their leveraged/management buy-out transactions.

We also regularly act for management teams and investee companies in receipt of such finance (especially crowd-funding, and ‘business-angel’ investments under the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), as well as from Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and venture capital/private equity funds .

In addition, we have considerable experience in the formation, evolution and dissolution of joint venture arrangements (using a wide range of structures and methodologies – as utilised both in EGYPT and various other worldwide/international jurisdictions).

+ Business Ownership, Management & Governance And Profit Share Structuring (And Restructuring) Arrangements

Comprehensive involvement with all forms of business-related structuring arrangements, including Shareholders Agreements (plus Articles of Association and other formats of business bye-laws), plus Share Option Schemes (Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) Plans, and Other Share-Based Staff Incentivisation Schemes and Arrangements),

Legal advice upon and assistance with Partnerships, Limited Partnerships (LPs), Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) and all other forms of business entities – Formed (and existing) both under British and other jurisdictions.

+ Public Securities And Markets Finance (Plus Financial Services Regulation)

Considerable involvement with flotations, IPOs, secondary fundraisings and other arrangements for the admission of securities to trading on public securities markets (both in EGYPT and on other global stock exchanges); together with on-going regulatory and transactional advice and assistance to participants in such financial markets (of all descriptions).

+ Debt Finance (Including Banking) And Security Arrangements (Plus Restructuring And Insolvency)

Significant involvement with a range of structured finance facilities (with related security arrangements) on behalf of lenders and other debt finance providers (of all types) – Plus extensive experience of acting for borrowers.

In addition, we frequently advise clients upon business (& related personal) insolvency and restructuring issues.

+ Commercial Agreements And Mercantile Arrangements

Major ongoing involvement with preparing, reviewing and amending business contracts of all manner and description, including agreements covering myriad areas of trading and commerce, including Advertising and Marketing, Agency, Bailment and Leasing, Betting and Gaming, Competition, Confidentiality, Consumer, Consultancy (& Service Agreements = Employment), Data Protection, Distribution, E-commerce, EU-law, Exclusion of Liability, Franchising, Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Life Sciences, Media, Outsourcing, Preliminary Agreements (‘Heads of Terms’), Supply of Goods and Services, Telecoms, Terms of Trading and Trade Finance.

+ Taxation and Taxes (Primarily Business Related And Also Covering Interested Party Individuals)

All-encompassing involvement – Usually in close co-operation clients’ established tax advisers – Upon the taxation implications of the transactions and other arrangements in which we are involved.