Company Commercial

We are trusted advisers on all aspects of business life (whether local or international) from planning and starting to trade, through growth, consolidation, to succession planning and, where appropriate, sale. Our clients include public and private companies, international corporations, joint ventures, partnerships, sole traders, professional bodies, family businesses, sporting bodies, charities and other not for profit organisations.

The type of work we undertake includes:

• acquisition and disposal of businesses
• takeovers, flotations and management buy-outs/ins
• partnership and company structures
• demergers and restructuring (including special purpose vehicles for property transactions and tax efficient group structures)
• new business and start ups
• company law
• advising charitable institutions and professional bodies on legal structures, governing documents and commercial agreements
• advising housing associations
• protection, exploitation and enforcement of intellectual property rights
• licensing of all forms of intellectual property and IP-related agreements
• IP and IT aspects of acquisitions, joint ventures and flotations
• corporate governance issues
• advising on trading contracts (including distribution, agency and merchandising agreements)
• EU franchisement, tendering process and competition law
• data protection
• media and entertainment
• information technology and computer law