Commercial

Our Commercial Contract Lawyers regularly negotiate and provide expert legal opinions on complex commercial agreements, agency & distribution agreements, outsourcing agreements, non-disclosure agreements, manufacturing agreements, IT & Technology contracts, and managed services agreements, to name a few.

• Business contracts
• Competition Law
• Confidentiality & non-disclosure agreements
• Consumer Contracts
• Software & IT contracts
• Managed Service Agreements
• Supply of goods, manufacturing, distribution and agency contracts
• International Contracts
• Outsourced Legal Solutions
• E-commerce
• FinTech
• Cosmetic Regulatory Agreements

Financial technology (better known as fintech) describes new technology that improves and automates the delivery and use of financial services. This amalgamation has revolutionised how financial services are accessed, used and delivered.

Whilst Fintech companies have a keen understanding of both the financial and technological realms, the legal complexities linked to this merger can be daunting.

Our FinTech services:

• Contractual Relationships
• Cybersecurity & fraud prevention
• Data Protection & Privacy
• Disputes
• Intellectual Property (IP)
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Regulatory compliance

We understand your need to identify and minimise risk cost effectively.

By outsourcing your legal requirements this could result in cost savings by reducing operational costs, giving you access to specialised expertise and reducing your administrative burden to enable you to focus on your core competencies.

As a heavily regulated industry, we take utmost care to ensure the confidentiality of legally sensitive information and data shared with us to reduce risk to data or confidentiality breaches. We also ensure transparency regarding costs and expenses to enable you to remain within the confines of your budget.

Our services:

• Commercial Audit
• Data Audit
• Intellectual Property Audit
• Intellectual Property Management
• Commercial Contract Audit
• Immigration Audit

Intellectual Property encompasses a vast and diverse array of business property from software and other copyright materials, to designs and logos and inventions and processes. The laws surrounding Intellectual Property fall into a number of areas, copyright, trade marks, design rights and patents.

Our Intellectual Property team have assisted start-ups through to multi-national businesses protecting their IP. How can we help you:

• Copyright & Trade Marks
• Brand Protection
• Buying and Selling Intellectual Property Rights
• Intellectual Property Licences
• IP Disputes
• Outsourced IP Services
• Protecting a Design
• Training and Workshops

Online commerce, whether that is Business to Business arrangements or Business to Consumer, is an evolving and excellent way to broaden your client base. It does however attract a range of legal compliance requirements, which can be complex to navigate.

We have worked with established businesses and start-up businesses to create E-commerce strategies, and have created legally compliant platforms for those who only trade online.

When trading online there are a number of aspects of law which come into play, some of which might have a big impact on your business and the way you structure your e-commerce strategy. We have collaborated with businesses on many different aspects, including:

• The effect of consumer legislation
• Compliance with regulatory regimes
• Prohibitions under competition law
• Website customer journey and Terms and Conditions
• Data protection and GDPR requirements

AI offers significant opportunities for businesses, but its use can also create legal and commercial risks relating to data, contracts, intellectual property, confidentiality and regulatory compliance. Our Commercial & Regulatory team helps businesses identify and manage these risks, whether they are exploring AI for the first time or already using it in practice. We also offer an AI Readiness Audit, providing a structured review and practical recommendations to support the safe and responsible use of AI.

Data is a valuable business asset and data protection compliance is a critical issue for companies and individuals alike. Our expert data protection lawyers regularly advise on a variety of complex data protection issues. Our services include:

• Data Breaches
• Employment Data Protection
• Subject Access Requests
• Compliance
• Disputes
• Audits
• Policies

In addition, we also advise on a wide range of data protection matters, such as:

• The use of cookies and other tracking technologies
• The transfer of personal data to third countries
• The use of personal data for marketing purposes

Whether you have just established your company or are an experienced data protection officer, our understanding of the market and law means we are able to apply a commercial and contractually sound perspective to our support and advice.

In the world of media, clients often have to navigate their projects in fast-paced environments whilst trying to avoid legal pitfalls. Our media team have experience in advising on all aspects of media law; from drafting bespoke agreements to providing advice on the regulatory and legal issues which need reviewing to ensure success to digital marketing and advertising campaigns, licensing, notification requirements, and regulatory interventions. Confidently facing any legal challenge, our media team’s unwavering commitment to ongoing training and knowledge expansion guarantees our clients receive the most up-to-date, efficient, and accurate advice.

Our services:

• Marketing Laws
• Social Media Laws
• Training & Workshops
• Intellectual Property (IP)
• Data Protection & Privacy
• Disputes

A single legal training session can help your staff to identify and deal with risk and issues and know when to seek further guidance. We offer training onsite or we would be pleased to host you at our offices. Alternatively, we can provide training remotely using video conferencing facilities, enabling live Q&A sessions.

We can provide training sessions which are designed to meet the needs of your business and address new or recurring issues which your business might face. We are experienced in providing training to staff across all departments, including in-house legal counsel and sales teams, to ensure that they stay ahead of current commercial law and / or regulatory law trends which might affect them in their roles within the business.

What types of training do we provide?

• Legal knowledge training
• Key commercial clauses training
• Terms in commercial agreements
• Media & Entertainment
• Regulated Training Sesssions

Our digital asset lawyers can advise on the FCA authorisation procedure for qualifying cryptoasset firms, together with compliance and regulatory advice, corporate structuring, general commercial, intellectual property and data protection issues relating to your cryptoasset business.

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.

We are well placed to advise corporations and government bodies on the acquisition of goods or services by governmental entities. A crucial aspect of public procurement is ensuring you submit a compliant bid as any non-adherence could result in exclusion from the process.

We have assisted many clients submit bids in which they were ultimately successful. A couple of examples of our recent work in this area includes:

• Advising a services provider in respect of a series of contracts worth c£70 million with a public body.
• Advising a service provider on outsourcing contract with UK bank – contract value c£80 million.

Intellectual Property encompasses a vast and diverse array of business property from software and other copyright materials, to designs and logos and inventions and processes. The laws surrounding Intellectual Property fall into a number of areas, copyright, trade marks, design rights and patents.

Our Intellectual Property team have assisted start-ups through to multi-national businesses protecting their IP. How can we help you:

• Copyright & Trade Marks
• Brand Protection
• Buying and Selling Intellectual Property Rights
• Intellectual Property Licences
• IP Disputes
• Outsourced IP Services
• Protecting a Design
• Training and Workshops

Our specialist team provides high quality, English law legal opinions for UK and international businesses, in house legal teams, commercial leaders, financial institutions and overseas law firms. Whether you require a formal opinion for a transaction, a clear view on risk, or commercially grounded guidance to support strategic decision making, we deliver fast, reliable and actionable advice.