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Paymaster & Escrow Services

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At HA Law, we provide highly trusted Paymaster and Escrow services designed to support clients engaged in complex, high-value transactions of £1 million or more. These services are tailored to meet the needs of private clients, financial institutions, and corporate entities requiring secure, compliant, and confidential handling of funds across jurisdictions.

Acting as an independent legal intermediary, HA Law ensures that all parties meet their contractual obligations before any funds are released. Our role as Paymaster is to safeguard the transaction process by verifying terms, managing disbursements, and maintaining complete regulatory transparency.

What sets us apart is not just the precision of our legal oversight, but the uncompromising standards we apply to every transaction:

  • Escrow and holding accounts are maintained only with internationally recognised Tier 1 banks, providing clients with the highest level of financial security.
  • Our Escrow Agent is listed on the London Stock Exchange, further reinforcing our credibility, accountability, and commitment to regulatory excellence.
  • We employ full AML and KYC procedures on all parties and funds involved, ensuring every transaction is compliant with UK and international law.

Whether facilitating a major investment deal, real estate acquisition, gold bullion transaction, or joint venture, our clients rely on us for:

  • Total transparency throughout every stage of the transaction
  • A professional and confidential approach, backed by decades of legal expertise
  • Secure, traceable disbursements aligned precisely with deal terms
  • The peace of mind that comes from working with a regulated, independent law firm

At HA Law, we understand that in high-stakes financial dealings, trust is everything. Our Paymaster and Escrow services are designed to eliminate risk, protect client interests, and deliver the highest standards of professionalism, discretion, and legal protection.

HA Law Advises on Sale of Car Park Portfolio

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HA Law has advised a North of England business on the sale of a portfolio of car parks. The car parks in Liverpool and Manchester are located in prime city centre locations. HA Law was instructed to deal with the sale of approximately 50 units by way of assignment and HA Law dealt with matters from inception to completion. Patrick Walsh from HA Law ran the matter. Car park ownership is a business where technology can bring value to a business and this was certainly a case in point. The buyers here clearly seeing an opportunity to deploy the latest AI and automation technology in this space to create further business value.

HA Law assisted the clients with heads of terms and contractual formation, management company interaction, tax and title allocation and investigation and various title queries. The matter concluded earlier this year.

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HA Law has advised Cogendo Ventures on its investment in G-Volution PLC

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HA Law has advised Cogendo Ventures, a specialist venture capital organisation and appointed representative of Endeavor Ventures, on its investment in G-Volution PLC, a world leader in Advanced Multi-Fuel Technology.

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HA Law, a private client, property, and SME law firm based in London has advised Cogendo Ventures on its investment into G-Volution.

G-Volution has enjoyed critical acclaim for its patented, disruptive, yet highly-applicable technology, with a clear route to market. Used by all heavy duty engine sectors (rail, marine, gensets and trucks), G-Volution enables engines to simultaneously combust diesel with gas and other fuels, reducing both costs (up to 40%) and emissions (diesel particulates by up to 90%), with no reduction in engine performance.

As the company is close to signing contracts with a number of Tier 1 suppliers and OEM’s in several regions of the world, it stands as a strong candidate to bridge the divide between existing,  diesel technology and develop new fuels of the future.

HA Law provided strategic advice on critical amendments to the Articles of Association, Shareholder Agreement, Investment Agreement, and Declarations of Trust. The transaction was delivered within a tight time frame, and on budget.

Cogendo Ventures, specialising in funding unquoted investment opportunities,will continue to provide fundraising support to G-Volution over the foreseeable future, and the contacts it has brought in as new shareholders, will provide further breadth and depth to enhance the strategic decision making of Board.

Patrick Walsh and Senan Burke from HA Law assisted on the transaction. For further information, please contact Patrick Walsh, pwalsh@ha-law.co.uk .

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Property

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We provide a property service which caters for UK and foreign investors, developers, funders and occupiers. We have experience in the acquisition, disposal, financing, development, letting and ongoing management of high value commercial and residential properties.

We act in the sale and purchase of high value residential property.

We have an array of clients with property interests including access to land for development across Europe and we are able to provide prefabrication and design expertise for modular construction for offices, accommodation blocks and individual units.

Areas of Residential Property expertise include:

  • Agricultural and Landed Estates
  • Claw-back and pre-emption agreements
  • Conditional agreements
  • Conveyancing
  • Easements and covenants
  • Landlord and Tenant
  • Leasehold enfranchisement
  • Mortgaging and remortgaging
  • Offshore financing for property transactions
  • Options to purchase

Areas of Commercial Property expertise include:

  • Acquisitions and disposals
  • Asset management
  • Authorised guarantee agreements
  • Commercial and residential development
  • Corporate occupiers
  • Deeds of variation
  • Easements
  • Freehold conveyances
  • Housing
  • Investment
  • Joint ventures and profit-share agreements
  • Landlord and tenant
  • Leasehold conveyances
  • Licences
  • Option and pre-emption agreements
  • Overage and clawback agreements
  • Regeneration projects
  • Rent deposits
  • Restrictive covenants
  • Secured lending
  • Security documentation
  • Stamp duty land tax and VAT
For further information, please email info@ha-law.co.uk or telephone 020 7788 7465 to speak to a HA Law Partner.

Private Client

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We act for individuals, families, estates, trusts, family businesses, educational establishments, museums and charities.

We aim to build long term relationships with clients and for families these often span several generations. A key feature of the way we work is that partners have regular and direct involvement with clients. We advise on a wide range of issues that may affect our clients.

A core element of our work is helping clients to preserve and manage their wealth for their own benefit and for that of future generations.

We act for both UK based and non UK based clients.

Areas of Private Client expertise include:

  • Cross-border issues
  • Lasting Powers of Attorney
  • Estate administration
  • Grants of probate
  • Inheritance tax planning
  • Letters of administration
  • Probate matters
  • UK trusts and related tax advice
  • Wills and codicils
For further information, please email info@ha-law.co.uk or telephone 020 3882 0730 to speak to an HA Law Partner.
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Corporate Law

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Our corporate law department has the expertise to undertake complex transactions and has a breadth and depth of experience to offer bespoke value-added advice.

We offer a team of smart, skilled and driven legal professionals, whose experience and expertise encompass the full range of corporate work for clients ranging from individual entrepreneurs and start-up businesses, to large private and publicly traded corporations, to institutions. HA Law’s corporate experts can provide a full range of advice to clients on UK and international corporate law matters.

Our expertise includes:

  • Angel investment
  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital restructuring and re-organisations
  • Company formations
  • Corporate finance
  • Directors’ duties
  • Financial services
  • Funds
  • Joint ventures
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Non-disclosure agreements
  • Partnership agreements
  • Sale and purchase of assets
  • Sale and purchase of shares
  • Secured and structured debt financing
  • Shareholder agreements
  • Venture capital
For further information, please email info@ha-law.co.uk or telephone 020 3882 7030 to speak to an HA Law Partner.

Commercial Law

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Our corporate and commercial departments work closely together regularly. This allows us to leverage expertise for a number of areas and apply this to the case at hand.

We advise on general commercial contracts as well as technology contracts (licensing and development agreements), distribution arrangements, franchising and outsourcing. We have a talented team of lawyers who specialise in understanding the detail of these commercial agreements.

Our expertise includes:

  • Advertising and marketing
  • Agency and distribution
  • Collaboration agreements
  • Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
  • Consultancy agreements
  • Exploitation agreements
  • Framing agreements
  • Franchising
  • Heads of terms/memoranda of understanding
  • Joint ventures agreements
  • Lease, hire and maintenance agreements
  • Logistics agreements
  • Manufacture, purchase and supply
  • Option agreements
  • Outsourcing
  • Partnership agreements
  • Releases, clearance advice and chain of title reports
  • Reseller agreements
  • Sponsorship
  • Sports
  • Strategic alliance agreements
  • Terms of business
For further information, please email info@ha-law.co.uk or telephone 020 3882 0730 to speak to an HA Law Partner.

Buying and Selling Commercial Property

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Below we have put together a brief summary of things to consider:

  • Firstly, it is important to make sure that the premises you are purchasing are suitable for your business. This means looking out for any restrictive covenants that the building could be subject to, and considering the local restrictions that could be put in place.
  • Once negotiations between two parties have begun, a lockout agreement might be made, which means that the seller agrees not to sell the property to anybody else, whilst negotiations are taking place. This, however, is not mandatory.
  • Due Diligence is an important factor in the process of buying and selling commercial property. Checks will be carried out by solicitors on behalf of the purchasers, in order to ensure that there are no problems with the premises, and for the transaction to go ahead.
  • Once any queries that could potentially arise have been dealt with, exchange and completion can occur. This is the stage where the transaction becomes legally binding on both parties, so it is important that both parties are happy to proceed by this point. Pulling out once contracts have been exchanged will mean that the party who has done so can be liable to pay compensation to the other side. The balance of the purchase price would be transferred to the seller on the agreed day of completion.
  • Post completion, the purchaser’s solicitors will prepare a Land Registration Return to be submitted to HMRC, who will calculate the amount of stamp duty land tax that needs to be paid. The purchaser’s ownership of the property should also be registered with the Land Registry.

If you would like to discuss this in more detail, please email info@ha-law.co.uk or telephone 020 7788 7465 to speak to a HA Law Partner.

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