Corporate Law

Whether you are a business in need of corporate finance or a lender ready to provide it, the one thing that will be common is that your contract should be watertight, with terms which are fair, fitting your financial objectives to a tee.

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Our lawyers know the art of negotiation and will be able to help determine the best terms. It is very much an art-knowing just when to try to negotiate a better term and when to fold them, so to say. Above all, most important, though, our goal is to get the best deal possible for you.

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The first step in the litigation relating to these kinds of deals is an agreement in principle on a draft set of heads of terms. These would cover key items including but not limited to the size of investment, the size of any preferential dividends, the control rights, the definition of good and bad leavers, restrictive covenants, employment of the owners/management team.

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Once heads of terms are agreed upon, formal due diligence is conducted by the investor in areas such as commercial, financial, and legal due diligence. Due diligence might be extended to key management personnel.

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We can assist in due diligence on borrowers and lenders respectively, advise on negotiation, re-negotiation, and documentation of deals, appropriately structure financial solutions, conduct regulatory checks, ensure compliance, draft and review agreements with due minute detail to the final production of documents. We will guide you with security through the process of Corporate Finance at whatever stage it may be.

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It includes most of the areas of financial strategy planning, including capital structure optimization, mergers and acquisition finance, financial banking consultancy, financial modeling services, debt and equity financing, and capital markets advisory.

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More so, we specialize in business funding: small business loans, start-up financing, venture capital investments, crowdfunding campaigns, debt financing options-these all form part of our procedures when dealing with an angel investor.

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We also cover protection of shareholders' rights, equity ownership agreements, dividend distribution plans, preparation of exit strategies, out-of-court dispute resolutions in shareholders' matters, protection of the rights of minority shareholders, and restrictions on the transfer of shares. Besides that, our services extend to structuring joint ventures, joint venture partnership agreements, profit and loss sharing, governance structure of joint ventures, joint venture exit, cross-border joint venture law advisory, and joint venture due diligence.

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For any corporate finance-related legal advice, please get in touch with us at any time to smoothly progress your matter.