Corporate Finance Legal Advice

Raising or arranging finance for your business, whether through a bank loan, asset finance or invoice financing, means signing agreements that carry real personal and commercial risk. Our corporate finance solicitors review and negotiate corporate finance documents for UK businesses, so you understand what you are committing to before you sign.

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How We Help with Corporate Finance

Corporate finance covers the legal side of how a business borrows, secures or raises money, from a straightforward bank loan through to invoice financing and asset-based lending. Our corporate finance solicitors, working from Manchester, review facility agreements, security documents and personal guarantees on behalf of business owners and directors across the UK, checking what you are agreeing to before funds are released. We also advise lenders and non-bank finance providers on the documentation behind smaller commercial lending arrangements.

How our Corporate Finance Solicitors help Business Owners

Whether you are a business seeking finance or a director being asked to sign a personal guarantee, our solicitors support you through each stage of the process.

Loan Agreement Review

Advice on the terms of a bank loan or commercial lending facility before you sign, including repayment terms, covenants and events of default.

Personal Guarantee Advice

Independent legal advice for directors being asked to give a personal guarantee, so you understand the personal liability involved before signing.

Security and Debenture Documentation

Review of charges and debentures registered against your business, and advice on what security a lender can call on if things go wrong.

Invoice Financing and Asset Based Lending

Advice on invoice discounting, factoring and asset based lending agreements, including how these differ and what obligations they place on your business.

Director’s Loan Documentation

Support drafting or reviewing loan agreements between a company and its directors, so the arrangement is properly documented and tax efficient.

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What This Means for You

  • Clarity on what you are personally liable for before you sign
  • Loan and security documents reviewed in plain English
  • Reduced risk of agreeing to unfavourable lending terms
  • Support whether you are borrowing, lending or guaranteeing
  • A clear route from term sheet to signed agreement

When To Seek Advice

  • Before signing a bank loan or commercial finance agreement
  • If you are asked to give a personal guarantee
  • Before agreeing to invoice financing or asset-based lending
  • If a lender wants to register a charge over your business
  • Before entering into a loan agreement with your own company

Meet the Founder

Marium brings 22 years of experience advising businesses on corporate, employment and regulatory matters across the UK and internationally. A Solicitor regulated by the SRA (ID: 277854), she founded MAR Legal to give businesses direct access to senior business legal advice without the overhead of a traditional firm.

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Why Choose MAR Legal for Corporate Finance Advice

Solicitor Led Advice

Our solicitors review your finance documents before you commit to them.

Fast Response

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

Fixed Fee Pricing

Transparent Fixed Fee pricing agreed before work begins, with no hidden costs.

Trusted by UK businesses across Manchester and the UK for Solicitor Led advice on corporate finance.

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How Our Corporate Finance Process Works

01

Initial Consultation

We review the finance documents you have been sent and discuss what you are being asked to agree to.

02

Document Review

We go through the loan agreement, security documents or guarantee in detail and flag anything of concern.

03

Negotiation Support

Where terms need to change, we advise on what to raise with the lender and how to raise it.

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Sign Off

Our corporate finance solicitors confirm you understand the agreement and your obligations before you sign.

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Corporate Finance FAQs

It is not a legal requirement, but a loan agreement sets out your repayment obligations, covenants and what happens if you miss a payment, and these terms are usually written by the lender in the lender’s favour. Having a solicitor review the agreement before you sign means you understand what you are committing to and can raise concerns while there is still room to negotiate.

A personal guarantee is a promise by a director or business owner to personally repay a business debt if the company cannot. Lenders often ask for one when lending to smaller or newer companies, since it gives them a second source of repayment beyond the company’s own assets. Signing one means your personal assets, not just the business, are potentially at risk if the loan is not repaid.

Both involve raising money against unpaid invoices, but they work slightly differently. With invoice discounting, you typically remain responsible for collecting payment from your customers, and the arrangement can stay confidential. With factoring, the finance provider usually takes over collecting the debt directly, so your customers may become aware you are using the facility. Which is right for you depends on your business and customer relationships.

A debenture is a written agreement registered at Companies House that gives a lender security over your company’s assets, often used by banks and invoice financiers. It means that if your business cannot repay what it owes, the lender has a registered claim over the assets covered by the debenture ahead of many other creditors. It is worth understanding exactly what assets a debenture covers before agreeing to one.

Yes, directors can lend to or borrow from their own company, but the arrangement needs to be properly documented and can have tax consequences depending on how it is structured and repaid. A poorly documented director’s loan can create problems with HMRC or with other shareholders later, so it is worth having the agreement reviewed even where the loan is between you and your own business.

Most loan agreements set out specific consequences for a missed payment, which can include default interest, acceleration of the full remaining balance, or the lender calling on any security or personal guarantee in place. What happens depends on the exact wording of your agreement, which is why it is worth understanding these clauses before you sign rather than after a payment has already been missed.

Costs depend on the length and complexity of the agreement and whether security or a personal guarantee is also involved. Our corporate finance solicitors agree a Fixed Fee for reviewing finance documents before work begins, so you know the cost upfront rather than being billed by the hour for something you cannot easily estimate in advance.

MAR Legal provides advisory and document review services relating to corporate finance. We do not act as a lender or broker, and we do not provide financial advice regulated under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.