Contracts & Agreements

Bespoke Contracts
We are alert to the fact that not all projects fit neatly into a standard form of document and that contracts need to be tailored to the specific circumstances and the needs of our clients.

We regularly advise clients on and negotiate:

• Agency & distribution agreements
• Complex commercial agreements
• IT & Technology contracts
• Managed services agreements
• Manufacturing agreements
• Non-disclosure agreements
• Outsourcing agreements
• Supply of Goods Contracts

Standard terms and conditions
We help in-house teams draft bespoke standard terms and conditions by getting to know their business and its risks and opportunities, and using our expertise to make sure the terms and conditions are as protective as possible.

What type of support can you provide with our contracts?
We provide a holistic end-to-end service and can be as involved as you'd like. We can undertake a full negotiation role when setting up contracts, or simply review and advise on a few key provisions. We can prepare documents or advise on the terms after they have been executed. We offer a one-stop-shop for all commercial contract requirements.

Our Consumer Contracts Specialists can advise on the wide range of regulations which regulate consumer contracts, making sure they are compliant and protective.

The sale of goods and services to consumers is subject to a wide range of legislation and regulation. It is essential that your commercial agreements comply with consumer law. At the same time, you need to ensure that your interests are properly protected; which can be a fine balancing act.

Consumer Protection Laws
As well as the correct way to draft consumer terms and conditions, it is important to make sure that the way you do business is compliant with consumer protection laws.

Standard Terms & Conditions
One example of some of the rules that govern consumer law terms and conditions is that those which are considered to be unfair to consumers are therefore unlawful for use in transactions with consumers.

Our commercial team enjoys seeing how fast-changing the tech world is and offer a range of specialised legal advice on Software and IT contract deals.

Our commercial contracts team assists software companies and enterprises on complex software and IT agreements such as:

• SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and other cloud contracts
• End User Licence Contracts
• App Terms and Conditions
• Software Development Contracts
• Software outsourcing arrangements

Our team of Regulatory Lawyers regularly advise businesses on merger controls and competition law in connection with business activity.

Competition law in contracts
Our competition lawyers are experienced in advising clients on a wide variety of commercial contracts for compliance with UK and EU competition rules.

Merger control advice
We provide guidance to clients going through the regulatory aspects of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures to assess whether merger control clearance is required.

Many contracts run perfectly happily and any contract dispute that does arise can be ironed out by both sides taking a commercial view and wanting to achieve the end goal.

We can provide you with an assessment of the legal issues allied with pragmatic commercial advice and guide you through the next steps which will be designed to resolve your contract dispute and get things back on track as quickly as possible.

Our International Commercial Lawyers work with businesses looking to globalise in the ever-changing world of international business.

We can help with the legal elements to allow you to grow your business overseas or to ease your entry into the UK market.

We regularly advise clients on public procurement issues and are supported by our experienced Real Estate and Dispute Resolution teams to ensure that we deal efficiently with any procurement challenges that may arise.

A Commercial Contract Review is an effective way for your business to review commercial contracts quickly and cost effectively based on a review of the most fundamental provisions.

What's the cost of Commercial Contract Review?
We will provide the above service on a fixed fee basis up to the point of providing you with the redline report.

• NDA – £250 + VAT
• Contracts up to 15 pages – £400 + VAT
• Contracts 16 – 30 pages – £550 + VAT
• Contracts 31 pages and above – £750 + VAT

A Commercial Legal Audit is an effective review of certain key contracts as well as certain policies to ensure that not only are your contracts adequately protected but also that you have the right procedures in place to make sure those contracts are working for you.

An NDA, otherwise known as a confidentiality agreement, creates obligations on one or more parties to treat information disclosed to it under certain circumstances as confidential.

We regularly assist businesses to legitimately protect their commercial interests, confidentiality and reputation.