Growing
Helping you scale with confidence, structure & clarity
As your business grows, so do the legal questions – more people, more deals, more moving parts.

At Farringford Legal, we’re here to make that growth feel manageable, supported, and legally sound.
Whether you’re hiring at pace, attracting investment, or entering new markets, we’ll work with you to make sure your business stays aligned, protected, and ready for the next stage.

Sian Perez-Bauman
As Legal Practice Manager Sian creates a smooth client journey, from onboarding to closing matters, whilst designing systems and processes to keep us efficient.
HOW WE SUPPORT
GROWING SMEs:

People & policies
As your team expands, we can help update employment contracts, staff handbooks, and HR policies. We’ll also guide you through TUPE if you’re acquiring another business or moving services around.
- Drafting and updating employment contracts for varied roles (e.g., senior hires, remote workers, contractors)
- Revising staff handbooks and HR policies to meet operational scale and legal developments
- Advising on performance management, redundancies, disciplinary and grievance procedures
- TUPE compliance during acquisitions or outsourcing
- Designing and implementing employee share schemes:
- Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) schemes – tax-efficient share options for UK staff
- Growth shares – incentivising senior management and key hires
- Shareholder and option holder communications
- Compliance with HMRC valuation and reporting obligations
Corporate structuring & strategy
Growth often means change. We advise on restructuring, new partnerships, raising investment, and general corporate matters that support your long-term plans.
- Ongoing corporate governance support and board advisory
- Drafting and amending shareholder agreements and articles of association
- Issuing new shares to investors or employees (e.g., EMI or growth shares)
- Managing cap tables and share class structuring
- Corporate restructures, including share reclassifications, buy-backs, and group reorganisations
- Legal support for M&A, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships
- Due diligence and transaction documentation for investments and acquisitions
Commercial agreements
We’ll help you enter into new contracts with customers and suppliers, review existing terms, and set up confidentiality agreements that protect your business relationships.
- Drafting and negotiating B2B and B2C contracts with new customers, suppliers, distributors, and resellers
- Revising Terms and Conditions to reflect new services, delivery models, or jurisdictions
- Confidentiality agreements (NDAs), memoranda of understanding (MOUs), and Heads of Terms
- Outsourcing agreements, Service-Level Agreements (SLAs), and technology licensing
- Supply chain contract audits and risk management
Legal Financial Support – Equity & Debt Funding
As your business grows, securing capital becomes a key driver for expansion. We offer end-to-end legal support for both equity and debt fundraising, working closely with founders, investors, and finance teams to ensure each transaction is compliant, tax-efficient, and strategically sound.
- Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) – Preparing investor agreements, advance assurance applications, and compliance with HMRC requirements
- Drafting and negotiating investment documents – term sheets, subscription and shareholders’ agreements
- Advising on valuation, pre-emption rights, dilution protections, and liquidation preferences
- Employee equity incentives – EMI schemes, growth shares, and bespoke equity arrangements
- Convertible loan notes and advanced subscription agreements (ASAs)
- Legal due diligence for equity or debt raises
- Corporate structuring to attract investment – including share reclassifications and voting/non-voting share classes
- Support with banking and loan arrangements – facility agreements, security documents, and intercreditor arrangements
- Investor and board resolutions – ensuring corporate authorisations are valid and documented
- Working closely with our own tax advisor or your tax team of choice
Data protection at scale
As your processes and teams grow, so does your data responsibility. We can help you stay compliant with training, updated policies, and documentation to match your growth.
- Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR compliance audits
- Revising privacy notices, cookie policies, internal data processing protocols and completing data maps to identify where your data is being processed and stored.
- Drafting Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) with vendors and partners
- Advice on data breach response planning and incident management
- Managing Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs)
- Guidance on international data transfers, including Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)
- Design and deliver compulsory data protection training for your senior leaders and wider teams
AI & emerging tech
If you’re implementing AI tools or exploring new technologies, our team can advise on legal and ethical risks, contracts, and compliance.
- Legal review of AI implementation and data usage strategies
- Drafting AI software agreements and service contracts
- Advising on IP ownership and licensing for AI-generated works
- Compliance with GDPR Article 22 on automated decision-making
- Drafting DPIAs for your AI tools and systems
Choose your business stage to see how we can support you
Supporting smart,
sustainable growth
Growth isn’t always easy – but with the right legal support, it doesn’t have to be a guessing game. We’ll help you stay aligned with current regulations, ready for opportunities, and ahead of potential pitfalls.
If you’re scaling your team, evolving your offer, or just want a legal sounding board – we’re here.
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