Mapped the decisions that needed greater discipline as the business scaled.
CASE STUDY / CORPORATE & M&A
Growth investment and governance reset
Led by Mara Ellis / Managing Partner
REPRESENTATIVE MATTER / EDITABLE FIRM COPY
01 THE CONTEXT
A growth-stage business was preparing for external investment while its existing governance arrangements no longer matched the scale, pace, or stakeholder expectations of the next phase.
Clarion led the legal work on the investment and the associated governance redesign.
Investment documentationBoard compositionReserved-matters frameworkInvestor and founder alignment
02 THE APPROACH
A focused legal process designed around commercial momentum and leadership clarity.
Translated commercial priorities into a governance framework that management and investors could use in practice.
Created a clear route through the points most likely to require early alignment before signing.
03 THE POSITION
Clarity for the
decision ahead.
The new framework gave the business a more deliberate platform for investment, oversight, and decision-making as it entered its next stage of growth.
Explore Mara Ellis's profileSTART WITH THE QUESTION
Move with a
clearer position.
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