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Corporate
We help businesses of all sizes navigate corporate transactions with clarity and confidence. Our corporate lawyers work across borders and sectors, guiding you through complex deals and strategic decisions so you can achieve your commercial goals efficiently and with certainty.
Overview
Our corporate lawyers advise clients operating domestically and internationally, including financial services organisations, technology groups, healthcare providers, property companies, retailers, and investors. We understand the commercial realities of your sector and bring this insight directly into our legal advice.
We collaborate with specialists across taxation, finance, compliance, employment, pensions, litigation, real estate, competition, procurement, IT, and intellectual property, ensuring your transaction is supported from every angle.
Whatever stage your business is at - growing, diversifying, fundraising, exiting, or reorganising - we structure and deliver transactions with a focus on achieving the right outcome. We act on deals of all sizes, from mid‑market domestic transactions to complex, multi‑jurisdictional deals supported by our international offices and trusted global partner firms. Our advice is proactive, pragmatic, and commercially grounded. We help you prepare for negotiations, identify risks early, and progress transactions smoothly and cost‑effectively.
Our expertise
We provide a complete corporate service, including:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Equity capital markets
- Joint ventures, LLPs, and co‑investment structures
- Venture capital and private equity
- Fundraisings
- Reorganisations
Corporate governance and advisory matters
Overview
Public market admission
Advising on a multi-million pound fundraising and public market admission for a listed business
Cross-border acquisition
Supporting an international buyer on a high value cross border acquisition of a UK based consumer facing business
Acquisitions with financing considerations
Guiding a major healthcare provider through the strategic acquisition of a digital health company, including associated financing considerations
Joint ventures
Advising stakeholders on a joint venture to deliver a multi- thousand home residential development
Multi-jurisdiction restructuring
Supporting the board of a global company through a complex, multi jurisdiction restructuring involving numerous creditors
Our sector expertise
Insurance
We advise insurers, brokers, and intermediaries on mergers and acquisitions across the insurance market, including acquisitions, disposals, and strategic investments. Our team understands the regulatory and commercial drivers shaping the sector and works closely with clients to deliver transactions that support growth, consolidation, and portfolio optimisation. We regularly act on broker acquisitions and related transaction structures, providing coordinated advice across corporate, regulatory, and transactional workstreams.Featured Experience
- Advising Brown & Brown Europe Ltd on the acquisition of specialist insurance broker, Weatherbys Hamilton LLP
- Advising Arthur J Gallagher in relation to various acquisitions of insurance brokers
- Advising the UK subsidiary of a European insurer on the acquisition by way of Part VII transfer of creditor insurance businesses
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Health
We support healthcare organisations, investors, and innovators on a wide range of corporate matters. Our experience includes acquisitions, disposals and strategic investments involving healthcare providers and digital health businesses. We bring a strong understanding of the healthcare landscape, helping clients navigate transactions involving regulated entities, data driven platforms, and evolving care models.Featured Experience
- Advising Nuffield Health on the sale of the Cancer Centre London to the Icon Group
- Advising Dolby Healthcare Limited in relation to its acquisition of the Lane Fox REMEO Respiratory Centre at the East Surrey Hospital from the Active Care Group
- Advising the trustees of The London Clinic in relation to its international collaboration with Northwestern Medicine based in Chicago
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Real Estate
Our corporate team works closely with real estate owners, operators, and investors on transactions across the property lifecycle. We advise on acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, and portfolio transactions, supporting clients involved in residential, mixed use and large scale development projects. Our approach combines corporate expertise with an understanding of the commercial drivers behind property led investments.Featured Experience
- Advising Landsec on the acquisition of the Liverpool One shopping centre
- Advising Quintain on the disposal of two BTR schemes at Wembley to funds managed by KKR
- Advising URW on the acquisition of a 25% stake in Edinburgh St James shopping centre including related JV arrangements
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Financial Services
We advise financial services clients on complex corporate transactions, including fundraisings, acquisitions, and strategic investments. Our experience spans listed and private businesses operating across banking, payments, and financial infrastructure, supporting clients through growth transactions and structural change. We work alongside management teams, investors, and advisers to deliver pragmatic, commercially focused outcomes.Featured Experience
- Advising IDS on the acquisition of a 49% stake in Collect+ from PayPoint plc
- Advising Tavistock Wealth Investments PLC in relation to the sale of its financial advice businesses to Saltus Partnership Holdings
- Advising Quilter PLC on its acquisition of Dublin based investment advisory firm Gillenmarkets
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Technology
We work with technology businesses, investors, and founders on domestic and cross border corporate transactions. Our experience includes acquisitions, disposals, and investment rounds involving software, digital platforms, and technology enabled services. We understand the pace of change in the tech sector and provide corporate advice that supports scale up, consolidation, and international growth.Featured Experience
- Advising NEC Software Solutions UK Ltd on multiple acquisitions, including Meganexus
- Advising Jumbo Interactive Limited on its acquisition of Dream Car Giveaways
- Advising on the sale of Auto Integrate to Fleetio and its investors
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FAQs
We advise on the full range of corporate activity, including mergers and acquisitions, equity fundraising, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital investments, reorganisations, governance matters, and cross‑border transactions. Our multidisciplinary approach means we can draw on specialists across finance, tax, employment, regulatory, and IP whenever needed.
Yes. We regularly support cross‑border deals and multi‑jurisdictional restructurings. Our teams work closely with international offices and a network of trusted partner firms to ensure clients receive seamless advice wherever the transaction takes place.
Yes. Our corporate lawyers work alongside our restructuring specialists to support businesses and stakeholders through distressed M&A, restructuring plans, contingency planning and multi‑creditor negotiations. We provide practical, commercially grounded advice at every stage of the restructuring curve.
Related services
Banking and Debt Finance
We provide responsive, commercially focused and directional advice across domestic and cross-border financing transactions. Our banking and finance lawyers support borrowers, lenders, investors and corporates, helping you navigate complex loan structures and secure terms that align with your strategic objectives.
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Restructuring and Insolvency
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Mergers and Acquisitions
Our mergers and acquisitions lawyers help clients confidently navigate transactions across domestic and international markets. We advise on acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and complex group reorganisations, offering commercially focused guidance that supports your strategic objectives while managing risk and ensuring deals progress efficiently from initial discussions through to completion.
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Tax
Our expertise in commercial tax covers all aspects of UK tax, including corporation tax, income tax, NIC, and more. We specialise in managing tax impacts on commercial transactions, guiding you towards tax-efficient choices. Our vast experience ensures tailored solutions for diverse entities in the intricate UK tax landscape.
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Equity Capital Markets
We offer expert guidance for companies entering the UK public markets, with a particular focus on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).
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“The team is very responsive and uses good judgement when advising. Demonstrates strong expert knowledge…”
Client Feedback, 2026
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Who we are
Why choose DAC Beachcroft?
We’re a broad-based commercial firm serving a wide range of sectors with a strong heritage in insurance,
health and real estate. We combine excellent legal skills and cutting-edge delivery expertise to design
solutions that fit the needs of our clients – often involving clever uses of technology.
Insurance
DAC Beachcroft is recognised as a pre-eminent advisor to the insurance market, and we place a strong emphasis on the long-term relationships we build with you so that we can really add value to your business.
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Health and Social Care
DAC Beachcroft is regarded as market leaders in the provision of corporate, commercial and regulatory legal advice to healthcare providers.
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Real Estate
Our real estate lawyers support you through the full real estate development cycle, from acquisition to disposal. Working with clients in the private and public sectors, we deliver clear, practical advice that aligns with your commercial priorities and long‑term strategy.
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Financial Services
We regularly advise product designers and manufacturers, trade bodies, and retailers, distributors and venture capitalists looking to invest in the financial services sector.
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Technology
As long-standing and trusted advisers in the technology sector, we deliver pragmatic and innovative solutions that empower you to make informed decisions about how best to maximise your success.
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Industry Specialisms
We combine our in-depth sector knowledge with astute commercial awareness and global reach.
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