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Business restructuring
Whatever the reason for changing your business structure, our legal experts will smooth the way.
110+
years of service
30
experienced partners
200+
advisers and growing
Business restructuring made easier with expert legal advice
Why do businesses restructure?
All businesses consider restructuring at some point. Whether they want to streamline, prepare for sale, merger or de-merger, change their financial structure, refinance or saving costs. Sometimes this takes place under the pressures of changing economic conditions, poor performance or to make a business more tax efficient.
How can Tees help you restructure your business?
Restructuring involves a wide range of legal issues, requiring expert advice and action. These include dealing with refinancing, moving or acquiring assets, reducing outlays and renegotiating contracts. Our specialist restructuring lawyers will assess your current business model and offer advice on the best way forward to deliver the objectives your restructuring is aiming to achieve.
"There is a depth of knowledge in the team, with a variety of specialist practitioners." Legal 500 2027
Close and long-standing client relationships
Many of our clients have been working us for years, and we pride ourselves on knowing their business, and their long-term objectives. Our corporate restructuring teams will ensure they understand all your long- and short-term goals to help you towards success in the most direct and cost-effective way.
Our expertise
Our business restructuring lawyers can support and advise you on a range of issues including:
- Mergers and demergers
- Purchase of own shares
- Capital reduction
- Intra group transfers
- Group re-organisations
- Management buy-ins and buy-out
Legal and financial advice under one roof
Tees is a top-tier Legal 500 firm offering joined-up legal and financial services. We have our own independent financial advisers (IFAs), who work closely with our lawyers.
Our advisers provide holistic financial planning, and as we are not connected to any one provider, we can offer a whole-of-market approach for the range of products we can advise on. We can also give independent advice for a whole range of insurance products to protect you and your family. Our IFAs are regulated and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority, which means we’re accountable for the advice we give.
Get in touch today, we’re here to help
Our business restructuring solicitors provide expert legal advice to help you adapt your business structure to changing circumstances and future ambitions. We help you navigate reorganisations, protect your interests and implement effective solutions that support your business objectives.
We have offices across Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire, but we can help you wherever you are in England and Wales.
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What our clients say
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“Client communication is excellent. Over a period of time, we have built good relationships with the personnel in the firm who have a good grasp of our business and its needs. Calls are always returned quickly, and discussions are kept concise and to the point. There is an understanding that we want to keep opinions commercial and ‘on message’. We feel that the team has grown with us.”
Legal 500 2027
Corporate and commercial
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“The team at Tees is fantastic: knowledgeable, technically skilled, commercially astute, and always goes the extra mile for their clients. They know how to prepare a case and provide commercial and legal advice that is exceptional.”
Legal 500 2027
Firm wide quote
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“The standout partners for us are Lucy Folley, who handles the bulk of our commercial business, and Robert Whitaker, who efficiently handles employer-side HR legal problems with commercial wisdom.”
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