Corporate Commercial

Our Corporate Commercial Department advises private and public sector clients on a variety of domestic and international corporate, commercial, contractual and regulatory matters.

Portner advise business clients across a broad spectrum on their trading and commercial relationships, dealing with terms and conditions, agency and distributorship, franchise and joint ventures.

Corporate finance

Portner is experienced in buying and selling businesses, whether as a share or asset transaction, and across a wide range of industry sectors.

We also have significant expertise in finance and fundraising arrangements.

Portner routinely advises owners and directors on their rights and obligations in the business arena and on compliance issues.

We prepare and advise on partnership, member and shareholders’ agreements.

Portner has expertise in buying, selling and restructuring offshore prime property holding companies.

Commercial contracts

Portner advise business clients across a broad spectrum on their trading and commercial relationships, dealing with terms and conditions, agency and distributorship, franchise and joint ventures.

We have substantial expertise in property development arrangements.

International

Portner is experienced in dealing with a wide variety of cross-border transactions and commercial relationships.

We are familiar with corporate entities and arrangements in all the usual tax efficient jurisdictions, and have a wealth of reliable trust, administrative, financial and legal contacts.

Public sector

Portner has significant experience of advising public sector bodies on large-scale and complex contracts, outsourcings, co-operations, joint ventures and projects.

We are equally adept at advising private entities on their dealings with public sector bodies.

For more information, please contact Robert Gould at rg@portner.co.uk.

Cyber security alert

We have recently received notification that fraudsters have been e-mailing clients to provide false bank account details for our client account. The emails are purportedly from a domain name of “@potrner.co.uk”. Please be aware that these emails are not from this firm and therefore you must check the authenticity of any emails you receive requesting money on account and/or details of a particular transaction by speaking to the fee earner dealing with your case directly or a partner of this firm. Please also check the bank details you have for us directly using our main office number before remitting any funds to our client account.