Company and Commercial Law

Today's business environment demands of the Company Lawyer extensive legal knowledge as well as a highly developed sense of commercial awareness and business acumen. Our understanding of our clients' commercial objectives and business environment within which they operate is extensive. Our clients rightly require creativity, flexibility and speed and we endeavour to meet those demands. Good organisation and teamwork back up the Department's legal skills. We advise on all matters of Company Law including:

• Business Formations
• Acquisitions and Disposals
• Takeovers and Mergers
• Joint Ventures
• Management Buy Outs and Buy Ins
• Employee Share Schemes
• Shareholders/Partnership Agreements

Commercial

We can also provide your business with all the advice it may need in its day to day trading activities, including:

• Drafting standard terms and conditions sale or purchase
• Drafting and advising on Agency, Distributorship, Manufacturing and Franchise Agreements
• Advice on all aspects of the Acquisition, Protection and Licensing of Intellectual Property
• IT contracts, such as systems procurement and software licensing
• Product Liability
• EU Law generally and Competition Law in particular, including implementing compliance programmes and negotiating with competition authorities