Corporate Finance & Investments
We document investment, financing, and joint-venture capital so that rights, covenants, and exits align with the commercial thesis.
Julian Thorold’s practice covers the equity and quasi-equity documentation of growth capital, private equity, and strategic investment. We act for investee companies, founding teams, and institutional investors on preferred share classes, convertible instruments, warrant packages, and the information and veto rights that follow the money.
Joint-venture work ranges from 50/50 operating companies to asymmetric strategic partnerships with staged capital, put and call options, and deadlock resolution that does not require a fire sale. We also advise on inter-company lending, subordinated notes, and the contractual hierarchy between equity and debt when a refinancing or distressed injection is in prospect.
Where a transaction touches regulated capital markets or Takeover Code process, we coordinate with the corporate team so that the investment documents and the public-law timetable do not pull in opposite directions.
What we cover
- Growth equity, PE investment agreements, and secondary sales
- Convertibles, warrants, and preferred share mechanics
- Joint-venture constitutions and capital contribution schedules
- Shareholder loans, subordination, and intercreditor terms
- Deadlock, put/call, and exit waterfall drafting
- Pre-emption, drag, tag, and transfer restrictions
