Education and Research
We advise independent schools, further and higher education institutions, Research Councils and other public sector research establishments on internal legal issues as well as their commercial dealings. We help research institutes meet their knowledge transfer objectives within the constraints of charity law and public funding.
- Governance and constitutional change
- Estate management
- Staff and student policies
- Charity law and trusts
- Trading subsidiaries
- Standard contracts
- Spin-outs and licensing
- Research collaborations
- Joint ventures
- Protection and exploitation of IP
- Avoiding and defending claims from staff, students, customers and the public
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