Commercial Legal Services

Buying or selling a business is one of the biggest decisions you'll make. The legal side shouldn't be the thing that goes wrong.

We guide businesses and directors through acquisitions, disposals and mergers, making sure every deal is properly structured, every risk is understood, and your interests are protected throughout.

Free · No commitment · Honest advice

Overview

M&A deals are complex. The legal work needs to match.

Whether you’re acquiring a competitor, selling a business you’ve built, or restructuring through a merger, the legal framework underpinning the deal matters enormously. Poorly drafted agreements, missed liabilities, and inadequate due diligence can turn a good deal into an expensive problem.

 

We work closely with business owners and directors to make sure the transaction is properly structured from the outset, and that when issues arise during the process, they’re resolved on your terms, not the other side’s.

We’re direct about risk. If we identify a problem during due diligence or negotiations, we’ll tell you clearly, what it means, what it could cost, and what your options are. You make informed decisions, not ones based on optimism.

What we do

End-to-end M&A legal support.

Due diligence

A thorough legal review of the target business, contracts, liabilities, disputes, regulatory exposure. We identify what you’re actually buying before you commit to buying it.

Deal structuring

Share sale or asset deal? Each has different legal and commercial implications. We advise on the right structure for your situation and make sure it’s documented correctly.

Negotiation and documentation

We draft and negotiate the transaction documents, heads of terms, share purchase agreements, warranties, and indemnities. The detail here is where deals are won or lost.

 

  • Share purchase and asset purchase agreements

 

  • Heads of terms and letters of intent

 

  • Warranty and indemnity negotiation

 

  • Management buyouts and buy-ins

 

  • Post-completion disputes and claims

What our clients say

Peter and his team have represented me in my capacity as a liquidator of various companies for more than 10 years. I am continuously grateful for their depth of knowledge and experience in fraud and company law matters as well as their willingness to take innovative approaches to novel problems. I have no hesitation in
Declan de Lacy
Michael and I would like to thank everyone at Peter Boyle Solicitors for their excellent work, professionalism, kindness and understanding especially on those occasions when we must have asked what could have been construed as pretty ‘silly’ questions. At a time when things were very stressful and anxious, we always felt that however busy Peter
Michael and Edele Finn

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