Corporate & Commercial

Overview

Corporate and commercial requirements are related but distinct areas. 

Corporate structuring and legal advice is largely sector neutral and focuses on Joint Ventures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital & Credit Financing, Shareholder Agreements, and Tax.

Commercial advice is more focused on the way in which a trading company does business, the key industry-wide and sector-specific regulations, and the types of contracts that must be used or are acceptable within that sector.

We provide clients with a wide range of advice and support in respect of their corporate structuring and commercial activities.

We provide corporate support on transactions, both domestically and internationally, whether for a corporate or asset acquisition or sale, financing, joint ventures, or restructuring.  

Your Trusted Advisor

Our support includes advising on intellectual property matters, shareholder rights and agreements, transfer pricing, and cross-border tax issues.

Our commercial lawyers support clients with complex contract drafting and negotiations based on detailed knowledge and experience of the client’s business sector.

We also offer an outsourced in-house style legal service for clients that want regular support at a discounted rate from a team of professionals that get to know them and their business as if they were part of the business.

Services

Contracts

M&A

Global Commercialisation

Legal & Regulatory

Shareholder Agreements

Joint Ventures

Our Corporate & Commercial Team

Peter Howitt

Peter Howitt

Managing Director

accounting, fund administration, tax filing and company set up

Heather Adamson

Head of Fiduciary

employment law, payments law, payroll, e-money and crypto assets

David Borge

Practice Director

Ramparts are Legal & Regulatory Specialists

Andrew Tait

Head of Betting & Gaming

Steven De Lara

Steven De Lara

Head of Litigation, Trusts and Financial Services

Nicholas Borge

Nicholas Borge

Director

Fiona Young

Fiona Young

Consultant

Peter Young

Peter Young

Consultant

Ravi Viroomal

Ravi Viroomal

Fiduciary Business Development Manager

Tessa Rosado-Standen

Tessa Rosado-Standen

Associate

company administration, fund administration, outsourced compliance

Tyrene Edwards

Trainee Associate

Arnas Urbutis

Arnas Urbutis

Trainee Associate

News & Insights

Gibraltar Family Office Playbook

Gibraltar Companies, Funds, Trusts, and Private Foundations: A Practical Playbook

Gibraltar offers internationally mobile founders and family offices a robust toolkit of holding companies, trusts, private foundations and funds, all within a common‑law, English‑speaking and well‑regulated jurisdiction. This practical playbook explains when to use a company versus a trust or foundation for exits, operating businesses and long‑term wealth, how Category 2 (Cat 2) residency and UK anti‑avoidance rules fit in, and why working with a Gibraltar firm that combines legal, fiduciary and accounting services makes implementation and ongoing governance significantly easier for UK advisors and their clients.

Infographic re safeguarding and CASS

New Safeguarding Rules for Payment & E‑Money Firms

The regulatory landscape for UK and Gibraltar payment institutions (PIs) and e‑money institutions (EMIs) is undergoing its most significant overhaul in a decade. The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Supplementary Safeguarding Regime (CASS 15) takes effect on 7 May 2026, introducing much more granular, CASS‑style expectations into the payments and e‑money space.