Family businesses

Specialist family business solicitors

Combining business and family is a delicate balancing act.  That is why having a trusted legal adviser looking out for your commercial and personal interests can prove invaluable. Clarke Willmott’s multi-disciplinary team of solicitors has extensive experience of providing expert legal advice to high growth, small and medium sized family businesses from a range of sectors, particularly those going through significant changes.

This broad and varied experience gives us a deep understanding of the issues faced by family business owners and enables us to provide expert, practical and timely advice that reflects the evolution of the business and the family dynamic over time. Our family business specialists can help with all aspects of commercial, corporate, private client and family law.

Our expertise in advising family businesses

Our knowledgeable and highly experienced solicitors can advise family business owners on all areas of law including but not limited to:

• Corporate transactions and investments
• Commercial contracts and agreements
• Governance
• Business sales
• Family business agreements
• Dispute resolution
• Commercial debt recovery
• Property transactions
• Intellectual property
• Employment and HR
• Divorce and family law including pre and post nuptial agreements
• Business succession planning and retirement
• Wills, trusts, probate including lasting powers of attorney
• Tax and estate planning

What our family business clients say about the Clarke Willmott team

“Whatever we do next can I ask for Helen Wong as my “wingman” she seems to be very commercial and logical.” Client

“Very good and efficient service and advice” Client of Carol Cummins