Legal Services
We offer a range of legal services to suit any size or type of business.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Gunea has the expertise to assist you every step of the way and has advised public and private companies, institutional investors as well as private individuals. She is well versed in working on the initial stages of the M&A process from early discussions and documenting the key terms of the deal on to leading you through the process of due diligence, the detailed negotiation of the sale and purchase and disclosure documentation and several other aspects of the transaction. She can assist you in transactions such as share acquisitions, business and asset acquisitions, management buy outs, funding for acquisitions and buying or selling a business.
Start-ups & Growth
She is well versed to advise on all sizes of start-up and growing businesses, from initial friend & family fund raises, through pre-seed raises, seed,
series A, series B and beyond as well as advising on any type of fundraising from crowdfunding and angel investment to venture capital investors. She also regularly assists with connected matters such as forming a company, drafting partnership agreements, incentivising employees and drafting share option
agreements, advising on service agreements for founders and general company law advice including share splits and corporate governance.
Private equity
Gunea goes an extra mile to understand the objectives of the business as well as the objectives of the investment, which enables her to tailor practical solutions suited to the circumstances and needs.
She has the knowledge and depth of experience necessary to advise on private equity investments including venture and growth capital, pre-investment documentation, investment and shareholders agreements, articles of association, share incentive schemes and intercreditor agreements.
Joint ventures
Gunea has the expertise and experience necessary to get the detail and the intention of a written agreement just right for your business. She has experience in all types of business collaborations of varying scales and in different sectors and has regularly advised on shareholder agreements, joint venture agreements, consortium agreements, partnership agreements and limited liability partnership deeds.
Inward investment UK
Gunea is well placed to service overseas business entities and investors in offering high quality legal advice and expertise on acquisitions of UK businesses companies and assets, overseas individuals setting up a business in the UK, overseas companies setting up a subsidiary or branch office in the UK, international investments into UK businesses, accessing SEIS and EIS schemes, UK aspects of cross-border and multi-jurisdiction transactions and overseas investment into UK real estate.
Corporate restructuring
So, whether you are thinking of separating or rationalising different activities of your business, isolating a regulated activity from other parts of the business, removing real estate from a business, enabling former partners or shareholders to operate separate businesses if it is no longer possible for them to operate together, Gunea has extensive experience of all aspects of restructuring and demergers, from advising on solutions to meet your business goals to drafting the necessary agreements.
Commercial contracts
Gunea has worked with businesses of all sizes in assisting to prepare a variety of legal agreements for them, including start-ups that are putting contracts and agreements into place for the first time as well as long- established businesses that require on-going legal review. She provides straightforward, commercial advice on all manner of contractual requirements, from ‘heavyweight’ commercial contracts such as purchase and supply agreements, service level agreements, outsourcing contracts, and distribution agreements, to agreements and terms and conditions.
e-Businesses
With the e-Businesses on rise, the e-Businesses are more prone to legal pitfalls as they have to comply not only with their business regulatory requirements but also the e-regulatory requirements. Gunea can assist you in preparing and reviewing the necessary documentation such as terms &conditions of the business, website/app terms & conditions, privacy policy, cookie policy and eCommerce terms & conditions.
Franchising
Gunea can assist both franchisors and franchisees in a wide range of fields, including health and fitness, education, fashion, leisure, travel and food and drink. Gunea expertise and knowledge in her work for franchisors and franchisees includes reviewing and drafting franchise agreements, deposit agreements, lease and sub- lease agreements, buy-back and disclosure packs, advising on the scope of operational documentation, assisting clients in establishing a franchise network and developing an apt group structure,
Procurement
Gunea has extensive experience in this area, particularly within the healthcare sector and can assist you in all aspects of procurement, including reviewing procurement strategies, reviewing procurement documents including contract notices, selection questionnaires and invitations to tender, reviewing evaluation and award criteria, attending dialogue and negotiation meetings, setting up framework agreements and calling-off from them, advising on the negotiated procedure without notice & advising on modifications to contracts,
