Family Business

In offering services to both individuals and businesses, there is no law firm better placed locally to deal with a family run business than Thorntons.  We fully appreciate the challenges facing family run commercial concerns, both personal and business, and are well equipped to advise you accordingly.

Family-run businesses often experience pressures which many other business owners do not and so require advice from lawyers who understand these.

One such aspect of this is planning the succession of the business. As well as looking at the legal implications of a handover, you must consider what financial planning needs to get underway.  Whether you are dealing with the ownership of the business amongst family (and non-family) members, pensions, raising finance, or exit strategies, we will deliver to you a solution drawing on our wide experience in this area. 

In addition, our Corporate Law team can draw on the expertise of our IFA to assist with any of the financial issues which may require to be considered.