M&A Law Firm for Mergers, Acquisitions & Disposals Services
If you are considering acquiring or exiting a business, our multi-disciplined mergers & acquisitions team understand the importance of streamlining the process to reduce the stress and uncertainty associated with deals of this type. Our areas of expertise include:
Share sales and acquisitions
Business or asset sales and purchases
Corporate reorganisations
New group structures
Share-for-share swaps
Joint ventures
Get in touch by scheduling a discovery call.
or send your enquiry to ask@dragonargent.com
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Dragon Argent’s specialist team of mergers and acquisitions professionals advises private companies, institutional investors and individual shareholders.
We have considerable experience advising on mergers, acquisitions and disposals of companies and businesses across a broad range of sectors. We can advise on ownership structuring, tax considerations and transaction due diligence, as well as providing all the legal, financial and business support that you will need on either the sell-side or buy-side of the deal. We also provide a compliant solution for transferring employees during business sales.
How We Work
Firstly, we’ll invite you for a no-obligation consultation to discuss what it is you’re looking for. Once we have fully understood your situation, we’ll explain how we might be able to help in a clear and simple manner.
MEET OUR M&A TEAM
Commercial, proactive & pragmatic. When expert M&A advice is needed, we’re here for you. We can help navigate you through complex transactions to achieve your objectives.
Founder, Chairman & Head of Advisory
Corporate Finance Advisor & Non-Executive Director
Senior Corporate & Commercial Solicitor
Head of Tax
Head of Litigation, IP & Art Law
Head of Employment
LATEST MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS DEALS
Find out more about the businesses we have supported with mergers & acquisitions.
HEAR WHAT OUR CLIENT THINK:
“Very happy with the service delivered by Dragon Argent while they were supporting us with our most recent acquisition in the UK. Acquiring a new company in another country comes with its challenges but the help provided by Dragon Argent during our legal and financial due diligence was exactly what we needed. I recommend working with Dragon Argent and would decide to work with them again in the future if another M&A opportunity arises in the UK.”
Jurgen Verstraete | Founder, QbD Group
TALK TO OUR M&A EXPERTS TODAY
The Dragon Argent team are ready to support you with your acquisition or disposal. We can provide comprehensive, end to end support for the entire transaction or specialist guidance at a crucial stage across corporate law, employment law, accountancy support, tax advice, intellectual property, data & privacy or commercial due diligence.
Schedule a discovery call with one of our M&A advisors today.
Frequently Asked M&A Questions
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A merger is when two or more separate companies combine to form a new mutually beneficial entity in which ownership, control, and profit are shared. Most mergers are driven by commercial strategy to bring together resources and use one company’s strength to bolster the others’ weaknesses and vice versa.
An acquisition is where one company purchases another company or its business. This results in instant growth for the purchasing company and allows the selling company to either exit the business completely or do away with any unwanted parts of the business.
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• Share Sales
the buyer purchases all or some of the shares in the company being sold
• Asset Sales
the buyer purchases all or part of the business of the selling company in the form of assets and liabilities
• Vertical Merger
the combination of two or more companies which sit at different places in the supply chain of the same industry e.g. company A runs an online marketplace platform and company B provides online payment transfers.
There are many different ways that an M&A deal can be structured and which to use will depend on what is to be achieved. Dragon Argent is experienced in a multitude of deal structures and our advisory and legal teams work closely together to ensure that we always offer the best solution to our clients.
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Due diligence is one of the most important parts of the M&A process. Its purpose is to:
• uncover any risks inherent in the deal;
• enable the parties to limit any exposure to those risks;
• verify the nature of the deal; and
• asses the value of the deal.
In practice, it isn’t uncommon for sellers to have gone through their own due diligence process prior to coming up with the sale price as a financial examination of the company and/or its business, will assist in determining the market value. Accurate financial records are extremely important for this purpose.
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Usually, the total price will be arrived at by weighing up the value of any assets against any liabilities being purchased. Depending on what types of items are being offered for sale, a valuer may be used.
The price set at the outset is not always the price that will end up being paid - due diligence plays a vital role for the buyer in determining whether the price offered represents a fair value for the company or items being bought.
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One of the most crucial issues that an M&A transaction will revolve around in terms of process is how the transaction is likely to be funded.
Funding may take the form of:
• upfront cash consideration;
• deferred consideration;
• retention of equity;
• debt finance; or
• investment into a special purpose vehicle used to complete the transaction.
Our advisory team can discuss all of the options available with you and assist you in deciding on the most commercially appropriate way to fund the deal.
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Dragon Argent can guide you through the M&A process from beginning to end and beyond! The synergy between our tax, legal and advisory teams means that we are uniquely positioned to provide comprehensive advice and ongoing support from structuring and negotiation of the deal to integration post transaction.
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