Our Entrepreneurs and Family Business sector expertise

The issues and concerns of family and entrepreneurial businesses run deep in our DNA, and our team can offer a huge depth and breadth of experience in these matters. We support entrepreneurs whether they are managing existing interests or starting new ventures.

Advising business owners

We work with individuals who are divesting their interest in their business on relevant corporate governance, management succession and personal taxation considerations. Critically for family businesses, our private client team also offers advice and support on a broad range of specialist issues regarding business ownership and interests, tax and inheritance.

We advise businesses, and the individuals that run them, on the entire spectrum of legal advice that arise at all stages of a businesses development cycle, including:

  • Start-up
  • Expansion
  • Acquisition or merger
  • Financing
  • Management buyout
  • Flotation
  • Voluntary liquidation.

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Our services for entrepreneurs and family businesses

Legal500 2026 Leading Individual Award
Tim Ashdown, Lawyer, Partner, Dispute Resolution TMT, DMH Stallard
Legal500 2026 Recommended Lawyer Award
James Colvin, Lawyer, Partner, Dispute Resolution, DMH Stallard
Jo Rovery, Lawyer, Partner, Real Estate, DMH Stallard

Insights

Insights

New subscription rules are coming: is your business ready?

Our commercial business lawyers highlight the steps you can take now to prepare for subscription rule changes coming in January 2027.

01/09/2026

Podcasts

Neurodivergence in children

In this episode of Family Law in the UK we explore the impact of neurodivergence in children, and how the court system address their needs.

26/08/2026

Insights

AIM reforms create a simpler route to London for Australian resources companies

The London Stock Exchange’s August 2026 reforms to the AIM Rules could make AIM materially more attractive to Australian mining and resources companies…

25/08/2026

Insights

AI in Dispute Resolution: the SME wake-up call

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how commercial disputes are conducted, how much they cost, and how fast they develop. Dispute resolution must become part of your core business strategy – starting now.

19/08/2026

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