Corporate & Commercial Law
Formation, governance, shareholder arrangements, commercial contracts, and dispute avoidance. The legal architecture a serious company runs on.
Retainer or matter-based
Learn more → Boutique counsel · Singapore & London Counsel that
Counsel that
compounds.
Apex & Crowne brings corporate law, tax, and M&A advisory together under one partnership — so the judgment that structures your company is the judgment that protects it. Senior, plain-English, and never rationed.
Good advice should not arrive in fragments.
Or three invoices late.
Most companies stitch together a law firm, an accountant, and a corporate adviser who have never spoken. The seams are where the risk lives. We removed the seams.
The usual way
- Lawyer, accountant, and adviser who never coordinate
- Structuring decisions made without tax foresight
- A partner pitches; a junior does the work
- Advice priced by the hour, with no scope in sight
- Cross-border matters that fall between the cracks
- You chase updates instead of receiving them
With Apex & Crowne
- One bench: legal, tax, and deal counsel aligned
- Every structure pressure-tested for tax before you sign
- The partner you meet is the partner who acts
- Scopes and fee basis agreed in writing, up front
- Eleven jurisdictions coordinated from two offices
- Proactive counsel — we call before the problem does
Practice areas
Three disciplines, one bench.
Corporate counsel, tax and assurance, and transaction advisory under one roof — so the people who structure your deal are the people who defend it.
Tax & Assurance
Cross-border tax structuring, transfer pricing, statutory audit, and year-round compliance. Defensible positions, documented before anyone asks.
Annual engagement
Learn more →Strategic / M&A Advisory
Buy-side and sell-side mandates, due diligence, deal structuring, and post-completion integration. From first conversation to closing and beyond.
Success-based + retainer
Learn more → How we work
A measured engagement, start to finish.
No theatrics, no surprises. A clear path from first conversation to a result you can rely on.
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A candid first conversation
We listen before we advise. The opening meeting is about understanding your position, your constraints, and what a good outcome actually looks like for you — not pitching a service.
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A written scope and fee basis
You receive a clear engagement letter: what we will do, who will do it, how we charge, and what we expect from you. Nothing begins until that is agreed.
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Partner-led execution
The named partner runs the matter, draws on the bench when it helps, and keeps you ahead of the work. You hear from us before you need to ask.
The record
Eighteen years of compounding judgment.
A boutique by design. Every engagement is led by a partner who answers your call.
- 18 yrs In continuous practice Founded 2008; partner-led since day one.
- $2.4B Transaction value advised Across M&A, financings, and restructurings.
- 240+ Engagements completed For founders, boards, and family offices.
- 11 Jurisdictions Coordinated cross-border counsel.
In their words
What clients say when the deal is done.
A boutique earns its reputation one engagement at a time. These are fictional, illustrative voices.
They were the only advisers who told us what not to do. That restraint saved us a fight we would have lost. When we did move, the structure was airtight.
I have worked with three of the big firms. Apex & Crowne is the first where a partner read my term sheet personally and called me the same day. That is the whole difference.
For a family office, trust is the entire product. They have handled four generations of structuring decisions with discretion and a steadiness you cannot fake.
Before you call
Sensible questions, answered plainly.
All three, by design. We hold corporate-law, tax-and-assurance, and transaction-advisory capability under one partnership so that structuring, compliance, and deal execution stay aligned instead of fragmented across separate providers.
It depends on the work. Ongoing counsel is typically a monthly retainer; defined matters are scoped and fixed where we can; transactions blend a retainer with a success component. You will always see the basis in writing before we begin.
No. Much of our best work is for founders and mid-market operators making their first serious structuring or transaction decisions. What we require is not size — it is that the matter genuinely benefits from senior judgment.
Yes. We coordinate counsel across eleven jurisdictions from our Singapore and London offices, with a vetted network of local specialists where on-the-ground admission is required.
A decision is easier with the right counsel beside it.
Tell us what you are weighing. The first conversation is with a partner, costs nothing, and is held in confidence.