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Corporate Structuring & Governance

Build the structure before you need it.
The right corporate structure is invisible when things go well and invaluable when they don't. We help founders and growing businesses build scalable, commercially intelligent frameworks — from first incorporation to shareholder exits — so ownership, control and value are protected before questions arise, not argued over after.

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Our Practice Areas

What we cover

Company formation and structuring
The right vehicle and share structure for your plans: founders' equity, share classes, group structures, and the decisions at incorporation that are expensive to unwind later.
Shareholder agreements
The document that matters most when co-founders disagree: decision-making, deadlock, leaver provisions, drag and tag rights, dividend policy and exit mechanics — agreed while everyone's still friends.
Share transfers and reorganisations
Bringing investors or partners in, letting shareholders out, and moving equity cleanly: share transfer agreements, buybacks and the approvals that make them stick.
Mergers and acquisitions
Support through buying or selling a business: heads of terms, due diligence coordination, sale and purchase agreements, warranties and completion mechanics — with advice that keeps sight of the commercial deal behind the documents.
Governance and directors' duties
Practical frameworks for boards and founders: directors' responsibilities, conflicts, minutes and resolutions, and the compliance obligations that now come with sharper enforcement — including Companies House's expanded identity verification and filing powers.
Founder and talent businesses
For creators and talent incorporating their brand: structuring the company that holds your deals, your IP and your income, and the agreements between you and your own business.
How we work

Structure follows strategy — we start with where you're taking the business, then build the framework that gets you there with the fewest surprises. Clear advice, commercially grounded, with fixed fees for most work agreed upfront and flexible arrangements — including ongoing support as your external general counsel — shaped around your needs.

Frequently asked questions

Do co-founders really need a shareholder agreement?
It's the single most valuable document a founding team can sign. Without one, you're relying on default company law — which says nothing about your expectations, your exit, or what happens if one of you stops showing up.
When should I think about structure — now or when we're bigger?
Now. Restructuring later is possible but costs multiples of getting it right early, and some early decisions (like who owns the IP) are painful to reverse.
Can you support us through buying or selling a business?
Yes — we support acquisitions and sales with advice that stays anchored to the commercial deal. For larger or regulated transactions, we'll tell you honestly where additional specialists should be brought in — and coordinate them.
I'm a creator — should I incorporate?
Often yes, once income and deals reach a certain scale — but the structure only works if your contracts, IP and brand deals are properly aligned with it. That alignment is exactly what we do.
What does it cost?
Fixed fees for most structuring and documentation work, agreed before we start. Transactions and ongoing support are scoped and quoted individually — see our Fees page.

Protect the value before
you build more of it

A free, confidential consultation — tell us your plans, and we'll tell you what the structure needs.

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