We provide legal services solely to businesses - public companies, private companies, partnerships and sole traders.
The matters that we most commonly deal with include:-
| Company law | Company formations and compliance with subsequent procedural requirements |
| Shareholders’ agreements | Agreements between members of companies as to ownership and transfer of shares and management matters |
| Commercial contracts | Contracts required in connection with the setting up and running of businesses |
| Acquisitions and mergers | The sale and purchase of companies and businesses |
| Joint ventures | The organisation of businesses owned by two or more other businesses |
| Funding | The raising of medium and long term capital, including venture capital, for companies |
| Intellectual property | Dealing principally with copyright, patents, know-how and computer related matters |
| Leases | Leases of office and commercial premises |
| Employment | Contracts of employment for directors and senior managers and terms of employment for staff |
| Partnership agreements | |
| Franchise agreements |
Fees
We do not charge for an initial consultation or before agreeing a time-based charging rate or a fixed fee. If a fee is based on time spent, a record of that time is provided with the account.