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The firm

Counsel for the Deals That Define a Company

We act on acquisitions, carve-outs and capital events for founders, boards and the sponsors backing them.

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Approach

Partners on Every Call

Partners run the negotiation, the drafting and the sign-off, from first approach through to close.

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Briefing

Deal Terms Report 2026

Our read on earn-outs, warranty cover and the quiet return of the seller note.

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The practice

Ashcombe advises companies at the point of transaction, the weeks when a letter of intent, a diligence finding or a single indemnity cap decides what a decade of work is finally worth, and what the people who built it walk away holding.

Founders, boards and sponsors call us when a deal is live and the calendar is unforgiving. We run the diligence, paper the transaction and hold the line on the terms that carry real risk, then stay through signing, closing and the first hundred days. Nothing is handed down to a junior to work out alone, and the fee is agreed before the first document is drafted.

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01 $12b Aggregate deal value
02 640+ Matters closed
03 14 Jurisdictions

Capabilities

Transaction Counsel

We take the work that decides whether a transaction closes on the terms you agreed: the diligence, the drafting, the consents and the sign-off that follows it, across three practices staffed by the same partners.

Practice Overview
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Mergers & Acquisitions

Buy-side, sell-side and carve-outs.
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Restructuring

Workouts without a courtroom.
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Growth Capital

Rounds, notes and sponsor equity.

How we work

A Practice Built Around Closings

Partners carry the file, the calendar runs backwards from signing, and every draft is written to be signed.

The Firm
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48hFirst turn on a draft
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1Partner on every call
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100Days of post-close cover
Glass and steel office tower facade at night, a grid of lit and unlit windows Halvorsen Group
48hFirst turn on a draft
An empty boardroom at night with city lights through floor to ceiling glass Marchetti Foods
1Partner on every call
A dark slatted timber ceiling meeting a pale plaster wall on a sharp diagonal Northline Materials
100Days of post-close cover
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Halvorsen Group

"We brought Ashcombe in nine days before signing, with two indemnities open and a regulator asking questions. They rewrote the timetable, took the calls themselves, and we closed on the date we had promised our staff."

Erin Vance

Chief Executive

Weeks, term sheet to close9
Regulatory filings prepared3

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Commentary

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Mergers
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Jun 6, 2026

What Buyers Are Paying For in 2026

Capital is available and appetite has returned, but pricing now follows contracted revenue rather than the pipeline slide. Sellers who can evidence renewal behaviour, and document it early, are clearing at the top of the range.
Financing
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Aug 2, 2026

The Indemnity Cap Is Back on the Table

Warranty and indemnity cover made caps a formality for a decade. Underwriters have tightened, and the negotiation has moved back into the purchase agreement.
Governance
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Jul 26, 2026

Why Integration Stalls in the First Month

Separation documents get signed and then sit unread. The transition services schedule, not the purchase agreement, decides whether day one is quiet or expensive.

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