I advise individuals, OMBs, SMEs and corporates in relation to a wide range of corporate matters, including acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, investments, employee share schemes and family investment companies. I specialise in advising clients in relation to the following sectors: technology, professional services, creative media, private wealth and charities.My sectors of expertise include technology, private wealth, charities, and professionals (including advising accountants, solicitors, architects and medical specialists). I advise clients on:• Acquisitions and disposals of businesses and companies;• Shareholder arrangements and joint ventures • Restructuring of corporate entities, including re-organisations and de-mergers;• Equity investments in companies; • Complex debt finance with banks; • Family investment companies – I am a leading advisor in the North-West in relation to FIC's;• Share option and incentive schemes;• Various commercial matters, including.What do others say about me?I am ranked in the 2015 editions of both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500. Chambers and Partners states that "Scott Sands of Myerson acts primarily for SMEs and entrepreneurial clients. He is skilled in acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures and employee share schemes.""Scott Sands has a growing reputation for transactions involving SMEs and individual clients. His broad experience includes M&A, joint ventures, investments and employee share schemes." Chambers and Partners UK, 2014"An excellent negotiator" whose clients extol his "efficiency, pragmatism and approachability". Chambers and Partners UK, 2012 "Scott acts for businesses and investors across the North West, advising on all aspects of corporate finance and banking transactions. He advised the shareholders of Alpha Plus Fostering on the sale of the entire share capital of the company to NFAP". Chambers and Partners UK, 2011