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Our Work

We work with clients of all types and sizes, but they all share the desire to work with a law firm whose highly innovative lawyers have the experience and drive to overcome the problems they face. From large multinational corporations, high technology business, the retail market to the most sensitive family matters, our carefully structured legal teams can advise on the best way forward.

If you cannot see the area in which you would like advice, please call us and we will be pleased to help.

Commercial

Agency agreements
Distribution agreements
Franchising agreements
Manufacturing and supply agreements
Terms and conditions of sale.

Construction

Corporate Finance

IPOs
Takeovers and mergers
Acquisitions and disposals
MBOs and MBIs
Joint ventures and Shareholders Agreements
Private equity
Cross border transactions
Start-ups and spin-outs
Capital restructuring and re-organisations
Corporate insolvency and recovery
Corporate governance, directors’ duties and shareholder relations
FSMA compliance and company secretarial support
Banking
Taxation

Employment

Compromise agreements
Contracts of employment
Data protection and workplace monitoring
Disciplinary / grievance procedures
Discrimination issues
Dismissals and redundancies
Employment Tribunal and court claims
Flexible working and parental rights
Industrial relations
Restrictive covenants
Share schemes
TUPE

Family

Divorce
Financial orders following divorce
Disputes involving children
Separation agreements
Cohabitation and pre-nuptial contracts
Disputes between unmarried partners about children or money
Pension implications

Litigation and Arbitration

Commercial contractual disputes of all kinds
Intellectual property
Misuse of confidential information
Defamation and trade libel
Information technology
Construction
Landlord and tenant
Planning and environmental
Fraud
Insolvency
Contentious trusts and estates

Projects

Property

Development
Office and industrial leases
Business lease renewals
Acquisitions and disposals
PFI projects
Planning law
Environmental law
Property tax
Disputed repairing and dilapidation liabilities
Joint ventures

Technology/Intellectual Property

Protection and licensing of patents and know how
Patent infringement litigation and challenges to validity
Copyright, moral rights and performers' rights
Licences of software and databases
Trade mark registration
Brand protection, licensing and merchandising
Passing off and protection of reputation and goodwill
Domain name disputes
Design rights and registered designs
Impact of EC and UK competition laws

Trusts and Estate Planning

Personal tax and estate planning
Lifetime gifts and settlements
Will drafting
Administration of estates and trusts
Inheritance tax advice
Charitable gifts and administration of charities
Powers of attorney
Trusts for people with learning disabilities
Break-up and modification of existing family trusts