Timing, opportunity and commercial acumen are necessary parts of all commercial transactions. You want lawyers who understand your commercial objectives and work hard to achieve them for you.
Lawyers who look after your interests are essential in all transactions. We employ great corporate lawyers with experience and expertise to help you.
Our Corporate team of highly experienced legal experts advise companies, banks, financiers, and business owners on all aspects of law. Our corporate lawyers will work with you to understand your company, your industry and your challenges. Our specialist areas include: disposals & acquisitions, directors duties & corporate governance , business structures & restructures , partnerships, LLPs, joint ventures , succession planning & exit strategies, employee share ownership
We listen and we get to the heart of the matter to achieve the best outcomes for you.
The Legal 500 (2026 edition) has this to say about our Corporate and Commercial Team
LCF Law’s practice is ’very professional with very good knowledge’, with significant expertise in private equity-backed transactions. Members of the team regularly act for a wide range of clients, spanning SMEs, family businesses, and multinationals.
Susan Clark and James Sarjantson lead the ‘very pragmatic’ practice; Clark regularly advises SMEs and private equity houses, while Sarjantson is particularly skilled at handling matters with a tech nexus. Rebecca Ridley is well versed at handling acquisitions, disposals, and group reorganisations, while Cathy Cook specialises in EOT transactions, and is ’always calm, detailed and available’.
Testimonials
"I work with Cathy Cook and would never use any other lawyer. She clearly is well respected and gives great direction to her team who work hard to deliver for the client."
"Susan Clark – fantastic adviser who knows her clients’ history and guides them through tricky negotiations brilliantly. Absolutely holds her own against lawyers in much bigger firms. There’s nothing she hasn’t seen in her practice and she can cut through to the important commercial points. Delightful to work with."
"James Sarjantson – always accessible and always provides a candid approach to the problem at hand."
The Chambers (2026 edition) has this to say about our Corporate Team
LCF Law is a solid Yorkshire firm which focuses on advising owner-managed businesses on corporate and commercial issues, including transactional work and corporate restructuring mandates. The team demonstrates specialist knowledge of the healthcare and dental sectors, where it advises on sales and purchases of practices, pharmacies and nursing homes as well as related compliance issues.
"At LCF Law, there was helpful friendly staff who are able to explain everything clearly and all paperwork was handled in an efficient and timely manner."
"LCF Law are very good. They never appeared to be in the dark or struggling to understand our business or issues."
"I found LCF to be extremely on the ball with the process and left no stone unturned."
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