Corporate

In an ever-changing world, businesses faced with consistently uncertain financial and economic conditions, with markets which are more competitive than ever before, need solid corporate legal advice. We’re responsive and connected – helping you manage relationships with key stakeholders, navigating your business journey and identifying potential risks.

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Key contact

 

Richard Wilkey

If you’re planning on buying or selling a company, looking to invest or seeking investment, or have any other issue related to running a business, let’s have a chat. I’m passionate about seeing businesses grow and develop, and I’ll provide you with commercial, proactive advice. I like to get involved with transactions as early as possible – that way, I can help you make important strategic decisions for your business or regarding an opportunity that you may not have considered.

Leading corporate advice for businesses

Whether you’re starting up or scaling up, facilitating mergers and acquisitions or making exit plans, we put ourselves in your shoes to give commercial, pragmatic advice at every turn. The award-winning team also work internationally as trusted advisers, following our clients wherever they go and facilitating deals globally through our network of contacts.

Our clients

From PLCs and healthcare organisations to family-run or owner-managed businesses, our experience extends across the board. We’re part of some of the most important moments any business faces. Working closely with our Banking and Finance team, we provide a variety of funding solutions, including venture capital and equity investments. We can also guide you through setting up employee ownership trusts, employee incentive schemes and corporate structuring and reorganisations.

Our clients are varied; from healthcare providers, angel investors and management teams to international business, private equity backed companies and pension funds to name a few.

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We’re consistently one of the top deal makers in the UK

HCR has consistently been ranked as one of the top three most active M&A advisors in the UK and RoI, for the last three years, according to Experian MarketIQ.

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Need due diligence advice?

Our BRICS service is a pragmatic, commercially-minded advisory service focusing on the key issues facing bigger businesses that can either hold you back if you get them wrong, or truly maximise your position if you get them right. We advise on Business Risk, Investigation, Compliance and Secretarial.

BRICS will:

  • Save you the headache of getting into hot water, by helping you avoid high-risk situations or noncompliance
  • Help you manage your liabilities
  • Maximise your position, by identifying opportunities and areas to exploit Make it easier for you to run your business day-to-day.
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Recognition of our work

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Legal 500 2026 – Top Tier Firm

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What our clients say about our Corporate team

Rachel Turner impressed me from the outset with her detailed knowledge of the process, her strong commercial acumen, and her ability to clearly highlight potential risks. Her structured and supportive approach throughout the deal was greatly appreciated. Rachel is laser-focused, highly responsive, and an outstanding communicator.

Client testimonial Legal 500 2026

They provide exceptional legal expertise, combining deep industry knowledge with a highly responsive and commercially focused approach.

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Martyn Davies – has a high degree of integrity, clarity of communication and an in depth understanding and appreciation of SME client requirements, concerns and needs. Martyn can be trusted to take commercial and pragmatic approaches.

Client testimonial Legal 500 2026

The team we had was fantastic, the process of selling a business was new to my business partner and I, and we could not have done it without the support, patience, knowledge of the team at HCR. I believe they went the extra mile to ensure deadlines were met and the whole process was explained in detail.

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Laurence Evans was extremely professional, knowledgeable and calm. I believe he got us the best deal possible and always seemed to be there when we needed clarification.

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Harrison Clark Rickerbys has dealt with my legal needs for many years. I am very confident when dealing with them that they have the wealth of knowledge to deal with my request. I cannot recommend them highly enough.

Client testimonial Legal 500 2026

The team at HCR is first class. They always deliver on time and to a very high standard, even during very challenging conditions. I cannot say enough good things about the team.

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Charlotte provides an amazing level of knowledge and assurance in dealing with complex matters. Victoria stands out for her practical support; she responded in a timely manner, and I felt totally reassured in the way she dealt with the various issues raised. Their backup contract team also did a really good job.

Client testimonial Legal 500 2026

Arpinder and the rest of the team are always available and will work any hours to get an assignment completed on time. Their knowledge and commercial acumen are exceptional.

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We principally work with Arpinder Dhillon. As a corporate partner, she leads from the front. She is the principal point of contact for us across the whole of HCR. She is efficient, attentive and extremely hardworking. We are genuinely grateful for her support during our transactions.

Client testimonial Legal 500 2026

On a day to day basis we dealt mainly with Matt Montgomery & Chris Sharp-Paul. They were very personable, conscientious, understood our feelings throughout the whole process and comprehended the enormity of what it meant to us as shareholders. Working well with our advisor team and also the buyer’s advisor team, they created a solid platform to resolve issues with our interests front of mind.

They have been patient, accommodating, honest, and kept us informed at all times. They have worked out of hours when required, have always been calm and collected and showed patience and understanding.

An absolute pleasure to work with. We would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone who was embarking on a similar transaction.

Shareholder Corporate Client

It was a pleasure working with James and Joe on this complex transaction. I relied on James’ experience for guidance on how to resolve certain conflicts in the negotiation process, and I relied on Joe’s minute attention to detail and overall management of the transaction to ensure that nothing was missed.

The communication with both has been smooth and efficient throughout the entire process, and turnaround times were to my highest expectations.

Stjepan Pavlek Posavec CEO, Koios Consulting Ltd

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