Corporate & Commercial Solicitors · Est. 1986

Counsel for the
decisions that define a business.

From cross-border acquisitions to boardroom governance, Cresswell Corporate Law advises ambitious companies, founders and investors with the precision and authority that high-stakes transactions demand.

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£4.2bn+Deal value advised
Tier 1Ranked corporate practice
38 yrsAt the City's side
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98%
Deals completed on terms
ChambersBand 1, Corporate/M&A
Trusted by boards & investors
Harlow&Vane Meridian Capital Northbridge plc Quadrant Ventures Sterling Industries
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Specialist Solicitors
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A Firm Built on Judgement

For nearly four decades, businesses have turned to Cresswell when the stakes are highest and the margin for error is nil.

We are a corporate and commercial firm in the truest sense — partner-led, sector-fluent and unafraid of complexity. Our lawyers sit on the same side of the table as the founders building, the boards deciding and the investors backing the next chapter of British enterprise.

We do not measure success in billable hours, but in clean completions, defensible governance and deals that hold up long after the ink is dry.

  • Partner-led on every matter — no hand-offs to junior teams
  • Fixed-fee and capped arrangements available for defined scopes
  • Cross-border reach through our European correspondent network
Eleanor Cresswell KC (Hon.)
Senior Partner & Head of Corporate
What We Do

Practice areas, mastered end to end

Six core disciplines, one integrated team. Each matter is led by a partner who has done it many times before — and structured to survive the scrutiny that follows.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Buy-side and sell-side mandates, auctions, carve-outs and management buy-outs — structured, negotiated and completed with momentum.

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Private Equity & Venture

Fund formation, growth investments, seed-to-Series-C rounds and exits — advising both sponsors and the companies they back.

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Commercial Contracts

Supply, distribution, agency, SaaS and complex framework agreements drafted to protect margin and minimise exposure.

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Corporate Governance

Board advisory, shareholder agreements, articles, regulatory compliance and the constitutional architecture that keeps companies sound.

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Equity & Debt Finance

Banking facilities, leveraged finance, bond issues and capital markets work — from term sheet to drawdown.

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Restructuring & Advisory

Solvent reorganisations, joint ventures, group restructures and strategic counsel for businesses entering a new phase.

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The Cresswell Difference

A bench deep enough to take on anyone

Our partners trained at the City's most demanding firms and chose a different model — one where seniority leads every matter and clients reach a decision-maker on the first call, not the fifth.

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When Northbridge needed to defend a hostile approach in eleven days, Cresswell were the only firm we trusted to run it. They did not flinch.

Group General Counsel, Northbridge plc

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How We Work

Disciplined process, decisive execution

Great corporate work is not luck — it is method. Here is how a Cresswell matter moves from first call to clean completion.

01

Scope & Strategy

A partner-led session to define the objective, map the risks and agree a route — with a fee structure set out before any work begins.

02

Due Diligence

Forensic review of the legal, financial and commercial position, surfacing every issue that could move price or threaten completion.

03

Negotiation

Hard, fair and fast. We draft, negotiate and protect your position with the leverage your circumstances allow.

04

Completion

Signing, exchange and post-deal integration handled to the last condition precedent — with a clean bible delivered for the record.

Sector Fluency

We speak the language of your boardroom

Technology, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, real estate, energy — our lawyers do not arrive needing the basics explained. We have advised across the economy, and that context lets us move with the speed your timetable demands.

  • Dedicated sector partners across eight industries
  • In-house secondment programme for ongoing mandates
  • Investment-committee-ready reporting at every milestone
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In Their Words

What clients say after the deal closes

★★★★★
They priced the risk we couldn't see and renegotiated terms that saved us north of £3m on the acquisition. Unflappable under pressure.
JM
James Mortlake
CEO, Sterling Industries
★★★★★
Cresswell took our Series B from term sheet to completion in under six weeks. The diligence was forensic and the drafting impeccable.
PA
Priya Anand
Founder, Quadrant Ventures
★★★★★
A genuine partner to the board. Their governance advisory has made us a more disciplined, more investable business.
RH
Robert Hale
Chair, Meridian Capital
A Conversation Costs Nothing

Bring us the decision that's keeping you up at night.

Whether you are buying, selling, raising or restructuring, a thirty-minute conversation with a Cresswell partner will tell you exactly where you stand — and what to do next.

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