Acquisitions and disposals
Managing your corporate acquisitions and disposals from a tax structuring, due diligence and transaction support perspective.
Corporate acquisitions and disposals give rise to a range of tax issues which require careful consideration and planning to ensure that the transaction is undertaken in a tax efficient manner whilst achieving your ultimate strategy and goals.
Our specialist team can help you navigate the tax aspects of the transaction from start to finish. Making sure there are no surprises and unexpected tax costs and that tax matters are considered in a structured and timely manner.
Maximise the value of your business
We understand all aspects of M&A transactions including acquisitions, private equity investment, disposals and management team participation. Our specialist team has extensive experience and intimate knowledge of the challenges you may face.
If your business needs to be reorganised or restructured in advance of the M&A transaction our team can provide specialist advice and support in this area.
Explore our recent dealsProviding tailored advice helping you navigate the changes in your business structure. We can help you with:
Strategy
Work out your acquisition, disposal, exit, restructure or retirement strategy.
Strategy
Structuring
Understand the pros and cons of different transaction routes. For example, share versus trade and asset sale.
Structuring
Steps plan
Map out the transaction steps to ensure that the transaction is completed in a tax efficient manner.
Steps plan
Funding
Consider the tax implications of various funding options and the tax reliefs available on debt financing.
Funding
Due diligence
Identifying tax exposures, areas of concern or tax attributes and assets that need to be factored into the deal mechanism.
Due diligence
Implementation
Collaborate with your lawyers, ensuring the SPA tax warranties, tax covenant and the deal mechanism provide the desired tax reliefs and protections.
Implementation
Business changes
Evaluate the tax treatment of business and trade changes post transaction to ensure valuable losses and reliefs are protected.
Business changes
HMRC negotiations
Deal with pre transaction HMRC clearances, post transaction disclosures to HMRC, tax investigations and disputes.
HMRC negotiations
What our clients say
Kingsway Group Global engaged Crowe, our long-standing accounting professionals, to act for us in a complex share-sale transaction which involved multiple shareholders in different geographies. We found Crowe to be responsive; they understood the aims of the project and were able to provide the resources needed to ensure the financial matters were handled effectively and delivered the best outcome for us, the client.
What was particularly useful was their global reach and ability to leverage off the Crowe network, enabling them to provide a global joined-up approach. They collaborated well with our legal advisors and delivered on the tight deadlines. In overview, we found the service that Crowe delivered was very good value with no hidden surprises.
- Julian Hall, Director, Kingsway Group
Although Corporation Tax rate is expected to remain at 25% in the 2025 Autumn Budget, companies will still be impacted directly and indirectly.
Capital contributions are a peculiarity in the UK and are not specifically recognised in our UK legal or tax codes.
A summary of recent UK corporate tax changes that have either already come into force or are proposed.
Although Corporation Tax rate is expected to remain at 25% in the 2025 Autumn Budget, companies will still be impacted directly and indirectly.
Capital contributions are a peculiarity in the UK and are not specifically recognised in our UK legal or tax codes.
A summary of recent UK corporate tax changes that have either already come into force or are proposed.
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