Contract Law

Contract law lies at the heart of most work we do and underpins our IP and IT/Tech practice. Our contract law experience covers all aspects of contract preparation, including strategy, drafting, negotiation and dispute resolution.

We advise on a wide range of commercial contracts. We act for the suppliers of service and products as well as those procuring services or goods, so we understand both perspectives for the purpose of advising on contracts.

Many of our clients are SMEs but we also act for major UK, EU and US businesses, including leading online retailers and advertising and marketing companies.

We can be as involved as our clients need us to be in the contractual process, whether it involves advice on a specific point of law or when particularly sensitive issues arise, such as advice regarding guarantees, indemnities or warranties.

For many clients we act effectively as in-house counsel, seeing the contractual process through its entire journey, from the structuring of the deal through negotiation to the finalisation and execution of the contract.

There is no formula for when, or the extent to which, we get involved. We flex and work with clients in a cooperative way, working with in-house teams towards our client objectives.

Our work covers (but is not limited to) the following:

  • Online terms of sale

  • Services agreement

  • Standard terms of business

  • Sale and purchase of goods

  • Agency agreements

  • Consultancy contracts

  • Website terms and policies

  • Distribution agreements

  • Licensing agreements

  • Confidentiality and secrecy agreements

  • Outsourcing agreements

  • Shareholders agreements

  • Manufacturing agreements

RECENT WORK

  • Preparing EU distribution agreement for leading UK goods manufacturer

  • Negotiating and drafting services agreement with a world class pharmaceutical company

  • Advice and drafting of Associate Agreement for UK Consultancy

  • Advice regarding threatened claim for breach of contract

  • Drafting and negotiation of global master services agreement for market-leading UK company

  • Advice and drafting of international data transfer agreement for leading online business

  • Negotiation and drafting of consultancy agreement

  • Advice regarding claim under the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993

  • Competition law and commercial advice in relation to an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority.

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