Integrated, multidisciplinary legal and tax expertise designed around your business goals.
Our mergers and acquisitions practice covers the full spectrum of transactional work: negotiated and contested mergers and acquisitions; sales and purchases of assets, subsidiaries and divisions; election contests and dissident shareholder proposals; tender and exchange offers; going-private transactions; MBOs; spin-offs; anti-takeover defences; special committee, fairness opinion and corporate governance matters; and related transactional and M&A advisory engagements.
We represent buyers, sellers, investors, shareholders, boards of directors and special committees, financial advisors and investment banks, broker-dealers and lenders — across large, mid and small cap companies, as well as privately held businesses.
Our Corporate and M&A team has deep experience in private equity and venture capital investments, secured finance transactions and debt restructurings. We also advise on all aspects of corporate governance, capital restructuring and a broad range of commercial agreements, including distribution, agency, franchise and joint venture arrangements.
Tax considerations are central to virtually every significant business decision. Our tax practice provides comprehensive, integrated advice across Dutch, US and international tax law.
We are frequently engaged to structure and negotiate acquisitions and dispositions by multinational companies, planning for tax-efficient structures from both non-US and US business and tax perspectives. Typical issues include stock versus asset purchases, the manner of ownership and the appropriate legal form of business entity.
In today's dynamic business environment, companies may need to reorganise their worldwide tax and legal structure for a variety of strategic reasons — a merger or acquisition, a global realignment, a planned listing or spin-off, or a divestiture of operations. Our advisors have the expertise to guide you through these transitions with clarity and precision.
Commercial law governs the legal framework within which businesses operate and trade — nationally and internationally. Contract law forms the backbone of this practice: the freedom to agree, within clear legal parameters, on terms that best serve your business relationships.
Whether you need guidance on commercial contracts, supply arrangements, e-commerce, IT or telecoms agreements, data protection, manufacturing, advertising, sponsorship, consumer sales, software licensing, outsourcing, or sales, agency and distribution and franchise agreements — our advisors steer you towards the best business outcome.
Our lawyers excel both in drafting contracts and in litigating when parties cannot reach agreement. We take a transparent, project-based approach throughout.
The private equity landscape has evolved substantially, and Hill Smith King & Wood has evolved with it. Acting for both small investors and large institutional conglomerates, the breadth of our experience sets us apart.
We advise private equity, real estate and other alternative investment funds and co-investment schemes, as well as buy-outs, reorganisations, compliance matters, corporate governance and transaction structuring.
Our advisors have built a substantial practice assisting leading private equity firms, entrepreneurs and emerging companies on the unique tax challenges associated with venture financings, initial public offerings, joint ventures, leveraged recapitalisations and mergers and acquisitions — including the specific tax aspects of fund formations and early and later-stage investments.
The Fintech market presents significant opportunities — but with opportunity comes risk, and the need to understand the legal, regulatory and compliance landscape within which the technology operates.
Regulators and legislators are actively responding to rapid changes in the sector. Businesses looking to capitalise on these innovations must stay ahead of a complex and fast-moving legal and regulatory environment.
Our Fintech and regulatory practice combines deep global technology experience with specialist regulatory and financial services knowledge — advising at the intersection of innovation and compliance.
Whether you need a specialist team or a single trusted advisor, we'll ensure the right person gets back to you promptly.
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