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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Kate Partridge talks to BCL Legal about her day as a Corporate lawyertest1

Kate Partridge talks through her usual day as a Corporate lawyer and how a four day week has helped balance her personal life.

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19/10/2026

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The Private Rented Sector (“PRS”) Database – where are we now?

The Private Rented Sector Database (PRS) is a government register for all private landlords in England, and their rental properties.

19/10/2026

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Ian Narbeth talks to MSN about the Renters’ Rights Acttest1

Negative impact of the Renter’s Rights Act is starting to show, with landlords quitting the rental market as profits reduce.

Ian Narbeth

16/10/2026

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The 2026 National Planning Policy Framework: a reimagining for national planning

On 17 August 2026, the government published yet another National Planning Policy Framework, only this one is a complete rewrite.

15/10/2026

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