Corporate & Commercial

We act for companies, founders and not-for-profits across the lifecycle of a business, from incorporation and the drafting of the documents that hold the early years together, through fundraising, joint ventures and acquisitions, to the governance questions that arise as a company grows. A meaningful part of the practice is fractional general counsel work, where we sit beside a founder or a board for the matters that require legal input but not a full in-house team. Anita Ng leads the corporate practice; she practised previously at Skadden and at Cleary Gottlieb in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, London and Brussels.

The work is practical. Founders need shareholders' agreements that survive contact with reality; investors need subscription documents that protect them without being so heavy they break the deal; charities need section 88 status and the governance to keep it. We also advise institutional clients — schools, charities, businesses with operations across the border — on amendments to articles of association, and on the everyday documentary work that keeps a company in good standing.