Simon Hughes

https://www.taylorwalton.co.uk

Simon Hughes is a Partner and Head of the Corporate Team at Taylor Walton Solicitors. Hughes has over 30 years’ experience advising management teams, corporates and investment funds on acquisitions, buyouts, joint ventures, equity investments, restructurings, financings and other corporate transactions.

An earn out is a purchase price adjustment mechanism commonly used on the sale and purchase of a company where the buyer wishes to make a part of the purchase price contingent on the post-completion performance of the company during a period of between 1 and 3 years.

Earn outs explained

18 June 2024 Advice, Columns Simon Hughes 0 Comments

82 per cent of businesses have changed their office space needs to accommodate a flexible working approach which includes more than half of businesses opening offices or working spaces outside of city centres, according to a new survey from IWG.

Management team incentivisation and selling your business

5 June 2024 Advice, Columns Simon Hughes 0 Comments

When considering possible exit routes for your business, selling to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) can have several benefits, but a word of caution, this is not an exit route that can just be unilaterally imposed on your management team.

The dos and don’ts of selling to an Employee Ownership Trust

5 April 2024 Advice, Columns, Finance, Legal Simon Hughes 0 Comments

It may sound obvious, but it is important to prepare your business for sale to achieve both the best price and a sale process which runs smoothly, with few surprises for either party.

Selling a business – where to start

19 February 2024 Advice Simon Hughes 0 Comments

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