Business Sales and Acquisitions

Selling your business is the biggest transaction of your life.

It’s what I do day in day out

Let me guide you through the sale process – with expert 5-star legal advice from a solicitor who speaks human.

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What actually happens when you sell

Four key stages to selling your business. The whole process can take between 8 and 16 weeks.

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1. Head of terms

The commercial deal in outline. Most people sign these as ‘they seem ok’, but it is best to get advice early. By the time they are signed, the shape of the deal is largely set. 

Heads of terms, LOIs and MOUs →

2. Due dilligence

The buyer investigates everything. What you disclose properly here is what you generally cannot be sued over afterwards, so this is protection rather than paperwork.

Seller’s due diligence checklist →

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3. The sale agreement

A share purchase agreement or an asset purchase agreement, running to a hundred pages or so, setting out what you get paid and what you stay liable for.

SPAs and APAs →

4. Completion

The best part – contracts signed, money paid over, and you get to start enjoying your exit. 

What you agreed in stage one is what you live with here. 

Selling a business →

I don’t just sell businesses.

I help small and medium-sized companies like these grow, build and protect their business with 5-star legal advice.

Not quite ready to sell?

It’s a good place to be.

Planning ahead 2-5 years gives you the best chance of fixing the issues that buyers use to chip away at the purchase price. Things like sorting your statutory books, your key customer contracts, your staff and your accounts.

Each is trivial to fix today, expensive to fix once you’ve accepted an offer.

I’ve created a hub for small business owners full of helpful information, factsheets and an exit readiness test – visit www.DealAdvisory.co.uk now.

It’s Remarkablaw® – Exceptional Business Law Advice

I’m Steven Mather – a business solicitor who speaks human.

I spend most of my working day on company sales and purchases between £250,000 and £10m, but I can help your business with much more too.

In a world of AI and tech, if you’re buying or selling a business, setting up solid contracts, navigating tricky employee issues, or just want legal advice without the waffle, you probably still want to speak to an actual human.

I help ambitious business owners and directors across the UK with straight-talking, fixed-fee legal advice. If you like jargon, I’m not your man. I provide clear solutions and results, delivered fast and with a smile. Sure, I will use cutting-edge legal tech and AI to help me deliver exceptional service and advice, but I’ll be there, personally, on the end of the ‘phone or email (or Teams call).

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Legal advice for small businesses

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Buying or Selling A Business

Steven is an experienced M&A Lawyer and specialises in business sales and business purchases under £10m whether as a share purchase or asset purchase.

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Commercial Contracts

When your business is growing, you’ll need great contracts – from T&Cs to distribution agreements, joint ventures and much more.

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Healthcare Law

Steven has numerous clients in the NHS – GP’s, Dentists, Pharmacists, Care Homes, and other NHS/CQC Entities. Specialist in dealing with NHS partnerships, GMS Contracts and doctors disputes.

Employee Issues

I help business owners make thought through decisions with employees – from contracts of employment and handbooks, to exiting troublesome employees.

Company / Corporate

Company law expertise on matters like reorganisations, MBOs, shareholder agreements, issuing new shares, or disputes over shares.

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Who I help and why clients choose me as their business solicitor

You’re probably a business owner or director who:

  • wants legal advice you can actually understand
  • values excellent service from an experienced professional and recommended solicitor?
  • needs quick, commercial answers – not endless legal lectures
  • prefers fixed fees and honest, upfront communication
  • likes working with someone who ‘gets’ business, and gets on with it

My typical business sale will be between £250,000 and £10m, although I can deal with higher. I just find I enjoy working with clients in this sector. Honest, decent, people who have worked hard, done well for themselves, and who want a relationship with a solicitor they can trust, that is responsive, provides pragmatic, commercial advice in Plain English and who doesn’t wear a suit. 

If you’re facing a legal issue, get in touch – give me a call or drop me an email. 

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Why Steven Mather?

Who Am I?

I’m a business solicitor based in Leicestershire but acting for small and medium sized businesses like yours throughout the UK. I work as a consultant with Nexa Law – a next-generation law firm with national presence. Whatever your legal issue, I’m here on your side. I’ve helped thousands of clients in legal matters and transactions worth hundreds of millions of pounds, all leaving 5-star reviews. Instruct me and you’ll find a solicitor with business acumen as well as legal expertise. You’ll find I’m experienced, having worked with top award-winning law firms. Meet me and you’ll meet a solicitor who’s a little different – it’s ok to enjoy dealing with your lawyer. I’m a solicitor for whom dealing with legal issues is a part of daily life. Yet I understand that for you, it’s probably something keeping you up at night, it’s potentially stressful and life-changing. I’ll take away those worries as best I can, by creating a happy and supportive legal environment to help us both sleep better at night.

I’m also a Law Society Council member for Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. I write extensively on AI for Lawyers, witty murder mystery novels and consistently rank as a leading lawyer over on LinkedIn.

I’m here to help – so why not pick up the phone?

I’m not here to clock-watch or baffle you with legal jargon. I’m here to solve problems, buy, sell, grow and protect your business, and help you move forward – all in plain English, with fixed fees and maybe a joke or pun along the way.

And when you instruct me, you’ll be doing good too.

This isn’t just me talking!

My happy clients and professional contacts back up these claims. They’ve all appreciated the results I’ve earned and my personal, individual approach. Check out my 5-star reviews.

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