When we can help
A privately owned business is preparing to raise capital, an investor is considering terms, or business funding needs to be documented.
What the work can include
- Capital-readiness and legal structure reviews
- Subscription agreements, SAFEs and investor terms
- Term sheets and agreed approval documents
- Business loans, guarantees and security documentation
- Implementation actions, including agreed PPSR work
Decisions to work through
Funding structure
Is the proposal equity, a convertible arrangement or debt? Identify the intended commercial terms, participants and advice needed to assess the structure.
Rights and commitments
How will the arrangement affect ownership, control, repayments, security or future funding? Read the proposed terms alongside existing commitments.
The route to implementation
Who will be approached, what approvals are needed and which legal questions require specialist input? Agree that work before treating the document suite as the whole project.
What you should come away with
Investment or finance documents aligned with the agreed commercial terms, together with approvals and an implementation plan.
Where to start
A scoped capital or finance discussion begins with a discussion of your objectives and the documents already in place.
To help scope the work, gather:
- The funding proposal, term sheet and proposed investor or lender details
- Current corporate documents and ownership information
- The timetable and financial, tax or regulatory advice already obtained
How fees are approached
Capital and finance work is usually staged or capped around a defined document suite and process. The fee basis depends on complexity, negotiations and specialist inputs.
This service does not include fundraising, investment recommendations, valuation or tax advice. Financial-services licensing, managed investment scheme and crowdfunding issues need expressly scoped specialist advice where relevant.
Inclusions, revisions, delivery stages, assumptions and responsibilities are set out in the engagement before work begins.
More about our processPrepare for the conversation
Separate the funding objective, commercial terms and legal permissions before the document suite is prepared.
Preparing a capital-raising brief