Owner managed and family businesses

We understand the dynamic of a family-owned business. Our experts can give you all the commercial, personal and financial advice you need.

Owning and managing a family business can come with its own set of unique challenges, we offer both financial and legal advice in one place.

Understanding you and your business needs

We understand the dynamic of a family business, where personal and work issues can be connected for the individuals and between family members. Many of our owner managed business clients have been with us for generations. We pride ourselves on the strong relationship we have with our clients, and the detailed knowledge we have of their business. We have experience of multiple sectors, and will always give clear and jargon-free advice.

Business and personal legal support at every stage

Ongoing legal support from a trusted firm is an important part of business success. Our owner managed and family business specialists can help you at every stage from start up, to investment, buying and selling, mergers and acquisitions. We can also provide personal legal support with divorce, wills and succession planning.

Independent financial advice under one roof

As well as being a full service legal firm, we also have our in-house team of experienced independent financial advisers who can help you will all aspects of investment and wealth planning, including helping you to maximise profits from your business disposal, look at all pensions issues and help you invest for the security of your future.

The team at Tees have the diversity in knowledge that enable them to understand their clients needs. They operate with transparency and fairness.

Our expertise

The areas our owner managed and family businesses lawyers and financial advisers can help you with include:

  • Commercial contracts
  • Agency, distribution and financing
  • Outsourcing contracts
  • IT contracts
  • Intellectual property
  • Joint ventures and collaborations
  • Pension schemes and retirement planning
  • Employee benefits
  • Business protection
  • Succession planning
  • Protecting wealth – insurance
  • Wills
  • Trusts
  • Pensions and retirement planning

Legal and financial advice

Tees is a top-tier Legal 500 firm and our teams are experienced in all aspects of law, so you can be assured of a comprehensive and joined-up service. As well as legal expertise for rural businesses, we have specialists in employment law, property, litigation and finance.

We also have in-house independent financial advisers who work closely with our lawyers to deliver all the advice you need for your business.

Our independent financial advisers are regulated and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority, which means we are accountable for all the advice that we give.

We're here to help

If you’d like to meet one of our business experts for a confidential, no-obligation chat, please get in touch.

We have offices across Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire, but we can help you wherever you are in England and Wales.

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Frequently asked questions

The answers to many of your questions can be found here, please get in touch for further information.

I have been told my property has development potential. What do I do?

If you’ve been contacted by a developer or a land promoter regarding a potential development to your property, you may wish to consider granting an option agreement or a promotion agreement. An option agreement is made between the landowner and the developer, where it is intended that the developer will apply for planning permission and requires an option to buy the property. A land promotion agreement is used where a developer agrees to apply for planning permission and will market the property for sale on the open market once planning permission has been obtained. This is usually in return for a proportion of the net sale proceeds. The law on this is very complex and you will need specialist advice. 

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