The work

Recent matters.

A running log of what we've closed lately — anonymised, no client names, but every one a real deal. Every engagement here started with a written fixed fee.

• Business sale

  November 2025

  Advised founder on the sale of a national trades group.

  Structured the share sale, negotiated warranties and indemnities, ran due diligence, and managed completion in under six weeks. Fixed-fee engagement from term sheet through settlement.

  • M&A
  • Trades
  • Fixed fee

• Capital raise

  October 2025

  Series A raise for a health-tech scale-up.

  Drafted the SAFEs, updated the shareholders agreement, coordinated the priced round documents and negotiated investor protections. Delivered on a fixed scope with two-week turnaround.

  • Startup
  • Capital raise
  • Health tech

• Fractional GC

  September 2025

  Embedded as Fractional General Counsel for a SaaS scale-up.

  Rebuilt the enterprise MSA stack, standardised the DPA, sat in on customer negotiations and reduced average contract turnaround from three weeks to 48 hours.

  • SaaS
  • Fractional GC
  • Contracts

• Shareholders agreement

  August 2025

  Fixed a founder dispute before it became litigation.

  Rewrote the shareholders agreement for a professional services firm with three founders — added vesting, drag/tag, deadlock and buy-out mechanics.

  • Founders
  • Governance

• Commercial lease

  July 2025

  Negotiated an incentive-heavy lease for a growing retailer.

  Secured six months rent-free, capped make-good, and negotiated an early break option — saving the client six figures across the lease term.

  • Property
  • Retail

• Acquisition

  June 2025

  Bolt-on acquisition for a professional services group.

  Asset sale structure, employee transfers, restraint negotiations, completion accounts and post-completion integration support. Two-partner deal team, no paralegal wall.

  • M&A
  • Professional services

• IP licensing

  May 2025

  Licensed a proprietary software platform into a JV.

  Drafted the licence, IP assignment and revenue-share deed. Retained the client's exit rights and preserved IP ownership if the JV unwinds.

  • IP
  • Joint venture

• ESOP

  April 2025

  Rolled out an employee share option plan for a 40-person startup.

  Plan rules, board resolutions, grant deeds and tax-effective structure. Also delivered an ESS statement pack for the team.

  • Startup
  • Equity