Alex McPherson

Partner

Alex is a Partner and Co-Founder of Ignition Law, a new law firm which focuses on SMEs, start-ups and entrepreneur-led businesses to provide commercial legal solutions for clients. Ignition leverages technology and a lean offering to deliver cost-effective but high quality legal advice. Prior to the launch of Ignition Law at the start of 2015, Alex was previously a Senior Associate in the corporate group of Hogan Lovells and, prior to that, worked at Freshfields. He has been seconded to Goldman Sachs, Tesco and ExxonMobil.

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Can a private limited company finance a share buyback out of its distributable profits, but borrow from a

Q&A

This Q&A considers whether, where a share buyback is being financed out of distributable profits, a company may take a loan from a selling shareholder in order to be have cash available to make the actual payment due on completion.

Corporate

What is the legal effect of a share buyback where it later transpires that a shareholder did not own all

Q&A

This Q&A considers the legal effect of a share buyback where it later becomes clear that a shareholder purporting to sell shares to the company did not own all those shares.

Corporate

When transferring the business and assets of an unincorporated association with several hundred members

Q&A

This Q&A considers the key distinctions between a company and unincorporated association, and outlines one possible approach an unincorporated association could take to incorporation.

Corporate