Corporate/Commercial Ventures and Investments
Bill Annan, our Practice Chairman, leads the corporate team advising sports clients on all aspects of corporate law.
We advise sports businesses and sportsmen on a full range of corporate matters including:-
- Business formation, shareholders agreements and investment and exit strategies
- Business structuring, joint ventures, merger, disposal and acquisition of sporting companies, undertakings and assets
- Corporate finance and securities
- Negotiation of all transaction documentation and due diligence
- Company law and corporate governance
Examples of recent practice include advising a number of leading sports personalities in relation to their investment strategies, advising a leading sports retailer on a number of share acquisitions and providing business critical advice relating to banking and security arrangements for a number of sports and leisure organisations.
Bill often works closely with Tris Moore on sports business projects for the firm.




