Corporate · Mergers & acquisitions

Deals are lost in the documents. Run yours with the lawyer who has completed them across six time zones.

Share and business sales and purchases, from heads of terms to completion: due diligence that finds the real risks, sale and purchase agreements negotiated hard, disclosure done properly, and completion mechanics that do not slip. Cross-border execution is this practice's native ground, with deals run single-handedly across New York, London, Bangkok, Tokyo and Rome.

Scope your deal, confidentially See the fee schedule

Six time zonesCross-border deals executed single-handedly

Capped feesScoped and fixed in writing per stage

Both sidesBuy-side and sell-side experience

Fees

The fee schedule.

FOUNDING CLIENT RATES: Western Legal is in the process of SRA firm authorisation. Current fees apply until authorisation completes; founding clients keep priority access afterwards.

Schedule of feesGBP · No VAT

Item	What it covers	Fee
Heads of terms	The deal framed before the meters start: price mechanism, conditions, exclusivity, and what is binding.	from £650
Legal due diligence	Targeted review of the company or business: contracts, employment, IP, property, litigation, with a written red-flag report.	from £1,950
Share or asset purchase agreement	SPA or APA drafted or negotiated: warranties, indemnities, price mechanics, restrictive covenants.	from £2,950
Disclosure letter	The seller's shield, prepared properly against the warranty schedule.	from £995
Ancillaries and completion	Board minutes, resolutions, stock transfer forms, filings and completion agenda through to done.	from £1,450
Full deal management	The whole transaction, both documents and process, scoped and capped in advance.	from £4,950
Cross-border coordination	Foreign counsel instructed and coordinated in the deal jurisdictions, one point of accountability.	scoped per deal

"From" prices are starting fees for standard scope; your exact fee is fixed in writing before you pay anything and never changes after that. Returning clients keep their original rates for 12 months. No VAT is charged.

Bespoke and urgent matters outside the schedule: £650 per hour, capped estimates in advance.

Common questions

FAQs.

Can a fixed-fee practice really run an M&A deal?

Scoped and capped, yes: each stage above is priced before it starts, with the cap agreed in writing. What you avoid is the open hourly meter that makes small and mid-market deals cost more in fees than the price adjustment being argued about.

What size of deal is this practice right for?

Owner-managed and mid-market transactions, UK and cross-border, where a senior lawyer running the deal personally beats a leveraged team billing in six-minute units. Larger or regulated deals are assessed honestly, and where a full-service firm is genuinely needed, you will be told so.

What does cross-border actually mean here?

Deals executed with parties, assets or counsel in multiple jurisdictions, coordinated from one desk. The record includes transactions run single-handedly across New York, London, Bangkok, Tokyo and Rome.

I have heads of terms already. Where do I start?

Send them with the enquiry. The first deliverable is a written deal map: stages, documents, realistic timetable and the capped fee for each stage, so you see the whole cost of the deal before committing to any of it.

Get in touch

Confidential review within 24 hours.

Send a brief outline of your matter. You will receive a personal reply from a solicitor, with a fixed-fee quote where the scope is clear. Payment is taken before work begins; every fee is fixed in writing first.

Emailsp@westernlegal.co.uk WhatsApp+44 7915 318 920

How this practice worksEverything starts in writing, and written replies are fastest. Calls are reserved for engaged clients and Counsel-tier matters, and where a matter needs an appointment it is a single scheduled video appointment, included in your fixed fee.

Prefer a paid deep-dive before committing? Book a from £150 document triage, credited in full against any engagement within 30 days.

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