Founders and
Entrepreneurs Hub

Helping you to build value, manage risk, and exit with confidence.

Commercial, pragmatic advice across your full business lifecycle.

Building a business is complex, and the decisions you make at each stage can have long-term consequences. Our hub brings together clear and practical legal insight to support you from initial concept and early growth through to exit and life beyond.

We work alongside founders and entrepreneurs to provide commercial advice that reflects the realities of running and scaling a business. By combining our Corporate and M&A services with our Private Client capabilities, we will tailor our advice to your unique circumstances to help you stay in control, avoid common pitfalls and make confident decisions that protect value and support sustainable success at every stage.

Explore the key stages of your company’s lifecycle below:

Inception and start-up

Scale-up

Exit planning

Exit

Post-exit

Inception and start-up

Whether you are pre-inception or a newly established business, this is a critical time for turning your ideas into actions. Resources can be limited, and decisions need to be made quickly.

From day one, we help entrepeneurs shape their ideas, understand legal obligations and, apply a pricing model that recognises the inevitable cost constraints under which start-ups operate, establish solid foundations for growth.

This section explores:

Key areas to consider when starting up
Growth planning
Access to our free legal documentation generator

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Scale-up

The decisions you make during your scale-up phase will shape your future. Growth brings new opportunities as well as different legal complexities.

You will need practical solutions and peace of mind that your legal requirements are covered, so that you can focus on growing your brand and scaling confidently.

This section explores:

Venture capital, venture debt and growth capital transactions
Commercial contracts
Protecting your IP and brand
People and incentives strategies
Governance and risk

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Exit planning

Exiting your business should be on your terms. Planning ahead will make your business more attractive to buyers and investors, maximise value for you and avoid nasty and potentially costly surprises.

Decisions at this stage are pivotal and can shape your legacy. You will need advice that focuses on preparing your business for exit and achieving the best outcome for you.

This section explores:

Legal mini-audit
Defining the transaction perimeter
Management succession
Tax and wealth structuring
Wills and LPAs

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Exit

Having built your business through years of hard work and dedication, any exit needs to be handled with precision and care, alongside advisers you trust.

Clear guidance on the types of exit available, finding the right buyer or investor and managing the risks are critical. If all of these areas are handled well, you will be able to exit cleanly with confidence and clarity.

This section explores:

Structuring your exit
Identifying the right buyer or investor
Managing your risk appetite

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Post-exit

Life after exit should be rewarding. Whether you are focused on reinvestment, philanthropy, legacy planning or new ventures, you will need advice that supports what matters most to you from advisers who understand both the tax and personal impact of your decisions.

This section explores:

Tax, succession and wealth planning
Reinvestment and new ventures
Charitable giving and legacy

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BScale

Our team offers practical, scalable legal support that grows with you, including access to automated legal documentation, at no cost, through our BScale platform.

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Our guides

Access our range of practical and informative guides with information for all stages of the company lifecycle.

Death & Taxes podcast

We discuss the latest developments and issues facing founders and entrepreneurs and their advisers. Throughout the series, we cover topics such as scaling your business, how to make a successful exit, succession planning and philanthropy.

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