Company formation & start-up support

Setting up for success

Whether you’re launching your first business or restructuring an existing one, our company formation team will guide you through the process with clarity and confidence. We’ll help you understand your options and choose the structure that best suits your goals—whether that’s as a sole trader, partnership, limited company, or group of companies.

Our services include:

• Sole trader and partnership structures
• Tailor-made or “off-the-shelf” company formations
• Franchise agreements and franchise law
• Director duties and service contracts
• Intellectual property protection
• Group company structures.

We ensure that your business complies with all relevant regulations and that your legal documentation is clear, compliant, and future-ready.

Long-term legal support

Our relationship doesn’t end once your business is formed. We provide ongoing legal support to help you grow and adapt, offering advice on:

• Shareholder agreements
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Corporate restructuring
• Employment law
• Joint ventures
• Commercial contracts and agreements.

We take a long-term view, working with you as your business evolves and ensuring you have the legal support you need at every stage.

Why choose Hutchinson Thomas?

• Expert advice on business start-ups and company structures
• Practical, tailored support for entrepreneurs and growing businesses
• Long-term legal partnership to support your business journey
• Recognised in the Legal 500 and awarded the Law Society Mark of Excellence.

For more information about the wide range of corporate legal services we provide to our business customers, please get in touch.