Howard Kennedy partners are heavily involved, providing valuable insights and guidance at every stage. This level of partner engagement ensures that our legal needs are not only met, but exceeded.
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Advising entrepreneurs, family businesses, international businesses expanding into the UK and Europe, investors and family offices. We can help with you achieve your ambitions whether through acquisition, investment or exit.
Our team gets the entrepreneurial mindset and we always apply this to the way we work with our clients. We fit into the way that clients want to do business and we know that for an acquisitive client the way we conduct ourselves on a deal impacts their reputation.
We help entrepreneurs grow their businesses, prepare for sale and guide them through exit. We work closely with our Private Client team to ensure that our client's personal and family arrangements are also well looked after.
Likewise, privately and family owned companies come to us to support them with their succession planning.
We act for large corporates looking to M&A as part of their growth and innovation strategies. We are well versed in all aspects of M&A from the terms and structure of deals, negotiations, the strategic aspects of growth and exit planning – right through to execution.
We also help clients (working with their other advisers) to re-structure their corporate affairs, whether supporting on personal wealth or tax planning, change in business focus, or for reasons of family or business succession.
Many of our clients are international and turn to us for counsel on their UK and international deal making. We are also the UK member for the Meritas and Lawyers Associated Worldwide (LAW) alliances, giving clients access to leading international advice around the globe.
Advising on the £21m sale of a cocktail mixer business to AG Barr.
The sale of ASAP Print Limited to German printing group Onlineprinters.
Advising Furniture Holdings Limited, on the acquisition of Anglia Home Furnishings, the 19-store furniture chain from the Central England Cooperative Society.
Gate Ventures on the joint venture investment with Global Group Entertainment Limited in the production of 42nd Street.
Acting for KPMG as the administrator of HMV, on the administration and ultimate sale to Sunrise Records & Entertainment.
Lynx Equity on its second UK investment, the acquisition of specialist label printer Label Express.
The sale and multi-million-pound investment from Rutland Partners into the Aston Barclay Group.
Acting for SIRVA on the multi-jurisdictional acquisition of Team Relocations, including a hive-out of the Pickfords physical removals business in seven jurisdictions.
Advising Christian Nellemann, CEO and founder of XLN, on the disposal by ECI Partners of its stake to management.
Our Team
Working closely with you, we'll find the best way to get you quickly and easily from where you are to where you want to be.
