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Our entrepreneurial services are tailored to protect the interests of your start-up in the long term.  Our concise, clear, and jargon free advice will help you to identify and address any issues you may have, and support your new enterprise in reaching its full potential. 

We have extensive experience of acting for owner managers seeking to exit their businesses. Whether it is a full or partial exit, our team prides itself on providing specialist legal and commercial advice to ensure maximum value and minimum risk. 

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Ashan Arif

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+44 118 960 4651
Stuart Mullins

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+44 118 960 4672

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  • 22 January 2025
  • Corporate and M&A

Deal Announcement: Clarkslegal’s Corporate team advise founder on exit from Bristol based hospitality business

Clarkslegal is pleased to have advised the exiting shareholder and director of a hospitality business in the South West on the sale of their shareholding and termination of their employment.
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  • 16 January 2025
  • Corporate and M&A

Business Asset Disposal Relief: Changes to CGT Relief and the Consequences for Business Owners

Developing a robust cybersecurity strategy is essential to ensuring value retention, securing sensitive data, minimising risks and a seamless transfer during and after the merger or acquisition.
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  • 13 January 2025
  • Corporate and M&A

Preparing your business for exit – London Seminar

Join Stuart Mullins, Partner at Clarkslegal, and Nicky Goringe Larkin, Managing Director at Succession Planning, for a seminar on preparing your business for exit at Goringe Accountants London office.

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  • 09 January 2025
  • Corporate and M&A

Business Owners: Reflecting on 2024 and what to expect from the New Year

In this article, we reflect on some of the changes made in the past year and look forward to what business owners might expect for the year ahead.
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  • 10 December 2024
  • Corporate and M&A

The Business Boardcast: Company Secretarial Updates

Join Stuart Mullins from Clarkslegal and Nicky Goringe Larkin from Goringe Accountants and Succession Planning as they discuss helping business owners and directors stay compliant with key company secretarial updates.
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  • 10 December 2024
  • Corporate and M&A

The value of cyber security for mergers and acquisitions

Developing a robust cybersecurity strategy is essential to ensuring value retention, securing sensitive data, minimising risks and a seamless transfer during and after the merger or acquisition.
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“We are very pleased with the support and advice received from on the recent acquisition by BMW Group UK.  With clear, concise and timely advice and management, Ashan and his team helped us navigate through some complex arrangements and seamlessly bridged the gap between the legal and commercial issues”

Amit Kotecha, Senior Legal Counsel – BMW Legal Affairs UK & Ireland 

“I was impressed with the speed, turnaround and frequency of communication in my dealings with Clarkslegal’s corporate team led by Stuart Mullins, in concluding my share purchase.” 

Nigel Keene, Managing Director – Whiteknights Estate Agents

“Ashan Arif is central to our working relationship – we have a high degree of trust and confidence in his work. He was interested in our business from the outset, clear about the firm’s capability and focus, and has provided high-value and cost-effective support.”

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