Jodele McConnachie, Associate

Speak to your advisers as early as possible. It is important to ensure you have received appropriate tax, financial and legal advice to ensure the transaction is structured and proceeds in a way that meets your needs.

Organisation is key. When preparing for sale it is good think of the detailed due diligence process a buyer is likely to undertake; so if you can readily locate documents and information about your business to feed into this process it will make it run more efficiently.

How much will it cost?
We are transparent on costs from the outset and will provide an estimate tailored to your specific scope of work. If this needs to be revisited we will discuss this with you at the earliest opportunity.

How long will it take?
We will try to give a reasonable time scale at the outset of a transaction, and work with you to ensure that realistic timeframes are met. Sometimes outside factors can impact on the timing of a transaction. For example, the responsiveness and reasonableness of solicitors on the other side.