Post Acquisition Legal Support

Completion is not the end of the legal work. Our post acquisition solicitors help you deal with what comes next, from updating contracts and company registers to resolving the practical issues that surface once you are running the combined business, whatever stage your acquisition reached before completion.

Book a consultation
CQC inspections and enforcement support for regulated providers in the UK

The Work That Follows Completion

Most of the risk in an acquisition does not disappear at completion, it just changes shape. Contracts need novating or assigning, staff need to be told what is happening to their terms, company registers and statutory filings need updating, and any warranties or indemnities in the purchase agreement may need managing if an issue comes up later. Our post acquisition solicitors, working with businesses across Manchester and beyond, help you work through this list methodically so nothing gets missed in the weeks after a deal closes, when attention naturally shifts to running the newly combined business rather than administration.

How Our Post Acquisition Solicitors Help Business Owners

Once a deal completes, we help you handle the practical and legal steps that follow, so nothing important gets overlooked once the deal is done.

Contract Novation and Assignment

We identify which contracts need formal novation or assignment following the acquisition, and manage the process with counterparties so the business keeps trading without interruption to key supplier or customer relationships.

Post Completion Company Filings

We handle the statutory filings and company register updates that follow a share or asset purchase, including changes to directors, shareholders and registered details at Companies House.

Integration of Contracts and Policies

Where two businesses are combining operations, we help align contracts, terms of business and internal policies so the combined business is working from a consistent legal position.

Warranty and Indemnity Claims

If an issue covered by a warranty or indemnity in the purchase agreement comes to light after completion, we advise on your position and help you pursue or respond to a claim.

Not sure where to start?

Get in contact with our post acquisition solicitors and we’ll be happy to support.

What This Means for You

  • A clear list of what needs doing after completion.
  • Contracts and registers updated without unnecessary delay.
  • Support if a warranty or indemnity issue comes up later.
  • Continuity with the team that handled your acquisition.
  • Fewer loose ends left unresolved after the deal closes.

When To Seek Advice

  • Your acquisition has just completed, and contracts need updating.
  • You have discovered an issue that a warranty might cover.
  • You are combining two businesses and need contracts aligned.
  • Company filings following the transaction have not been actioned.
  • You need a solicitor to review a post completion dispute.

Meet the Founder

Marium brings 22 years of experience advising businesses through acquisitions and the practical legal work that follows completion, across the UK and internationally. A Solicitor regulated by the SRA (ID: 277854), MCIArb, she founded MAR Legal to give businesses direct access to senior transactional legal advice without the overhead of a traditional firm.

Marium Razzaq - Solicitors in Manchester
Marium Razzaq
Solicitor & Director Mar Legal
MCIArb

Why Businesses Choose MAR Legal for Post Acquisition Support

Solicitor Led Advice

Every matter is led by our experienced post acquisition solicitors.

Fast Response

You deal directly with the solicitor negotiating your documents, start to finish.

Fixed Fee Pricing

Costs agreed upfront for defined post completion work wherever possible.

Direct Access

The solicitor who handled your acquisition also handles what comes after it.

Trusted by business owners across the UK for practical legal support once an acquisition has completed.

Book a consultation

How Our Post Acquisition Process Works

01

Completion Review

We identify what still needs actioning once your acquisition has closed.

02

Contracts and Filings

We handle novations, assignments and statutory filings arising from the deal.

03

Integration Support

We help align contracts and policies where two businesses are combining.

04

Ongoing Support

Our post acquisition solicitors remain available if a warranty or indemnity issue arises later.

What Our Clients Say

Related Services

Post Acquisition FAQs

Depending on the structure of the deal, this typically includes novating or assigning contracts, updating company registers and statutory filings, actioning any conditions in the purchase agreement, and dealing with employment related changes if staff have transferred. The exact list depends on whether you bought shares or assets, and how much integration with an existing business is planned from the outset.

Novation replaces one party to a contract with another, which is usually needed on an asset purchase because the buyer is not automatically entitled to the seller’s existing contracts. Without it, a key supplier or customer contract may not legally transfer, leaving a gap in the business you thought you had bought. Our post acquisition solicitors identify which contracts need novating and manage that process with the other party.

Straightforward items like company filings can be actioned within days of completion, while contract novations depend on the counterparty’s response and can take longer. Integration work, where two businesses are being combined operationally, tends to run over weeks or months rather than days, and we scope this with you based on what the transaction requires and how the businesses are structured.

If the issue is covered by a warranty or indemnity in the purchase agreement, you may have a claim against the seller, though timing and notification requirements usually apply and need checking carefully before anything is raised. We review the purchase agreement, assess whether the issue was covered, and advise on the practical steps for pursuing a claim within any relevant time limits.

These filings are usually straightforward but getting them wrong or missing a deadline at Companies House can cause complications later, particularly if the business is sold again in future or comes under scrutiny. We handle the filings that follow a transaction as a matter of course, so they get done accurately and on time without becoming another item on your already long list.

Yes, though this work sits alongside rather than replaces operational integration planning, which is usually led by management rather than solicitors. Our role is to align the legal position, contracts, terms of business and internal policies so the combined business is operating on a consistent footing, while the practical and day to day side of integration stays with your own team.

We can advise on your position and help resolve the matter, usually starting with negotiation based on the terms of the purchase agreement and the warranties it contains. Where the dispute cannot be resolved directly through negotiation, we provide pre litigation advisory support and work alongside appropriately regulated litigation professionals if the matter needs to proceed any further than that stage.

MAR Legal provides advisory and documentation support for the legal matters that follow a business acquisition. Where a matter involves reserved legal activities, including litigation, we work alongside appropriately regulated professionals.