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Business Development

Our solicitors will provide you with practical and effective advice. Our aim is to create the legal framework within which your business, the shareholders, management and staff can prosper. Our clients include local, regional and national businesses of all sizes, and people setting up in business for the first time.
We have the experience to resolve day-to-day problems, to contribute to strategic decision-making and to manage complex transactions.

New and continuing businesses

  • Partnership/shareholder agreements
  • Small business entities
  • Private/public company
  • Tax and VAT advice

Buying and selling a business

  • Buying and selling shares
  • Company merger
  • finance and security

Intellectual property

  • Copyright and trademarks
  • "Know-how" transfer

Corporate affairs

  • Company reconstruction
  • Acquiring and disposing of assets
  • Regulation and compliance
  • Directors and shareholders responsibility

Contracts are at the heart of every developing and profitable business. They have to be negotiated, drafted, reviewed and enforced. Because we work closely with each client, we understand how each contract fits into your business strategy and how to conclude the best deal.

Commerical agreements

  • Terms and conditions of business
  • Marketing and supply arrangements

Joint ventures

  • Agency franchising and licensing
  • Distribution
  • Confidentiality

Computers

  • Purchase/lease
  • Maintenance contracts

Employment

  • Contracts of employment
  • Service contracts
  • Consultancy contracts
  • Full/part-time/fixed term
  • Restrictive covenants