Start with the situation you are in
Most businesses do not search for a practice area, they search for a problem. Each page below explains what the work involves, what it typically costs you in time, and which SRA-regulated firms handle it.
Commercial contracts
- I need a supplier contract reviewed before signingReviewing supplier terms
- I need my own terms and conditions draftedStandard terms of business
- I need a services or consultancy agreementServices agreement
- I am appointing a distributor, agent or resellerDistribution and agency
Corporate law
- We need a shareholders' agreementShareholders' agreement
- We are issuing shares to an investor or employeeIssuing new shares
- We are restructuring or creating a holding companyCompany restructure
- I need advice on my duties as a directorDirectors' duties
Mergers and acquisitions
- I am selling my businessSelling a business
- I am buying a company or its assetsBuying a business
- Our management team wants to buy the businessManagement buyout
Employment law for businesses
- We need to make redundanciesRedundancy process
- An employee has brought a tribunal claimEmployment tribunal claim
- We need employment contracts and handbooksContracts and policies
- Staff are transferring under TUPETUPE transfer
Commercial litigation
- The other side has breached our contractBreach of contract
- A professional adviser has let us downProfessional negligence
- We need an urgent injunctionUrgent injunction
- We are in dispute with a supplierSupplier dispute
Debt recovery
- A customer has not paid an invoiceUnpaid invoice
- I want to serve or respond to a statutory demandStatutory demand
- I have a judgment but still have not been paidEnforcing a judgment
Shareholder and partnership disputes
- We are in dispute with a fellow shareholderShareholder dispute
- Our 50/50 company is deadlockedCompany deadlock
- Our partnership is breaking upPartnership dissolution
Intellectual property
- We want to register our brand as a trade markTrade mark registration
- Someone is copying our brand or contentBrand infringement
- We want to licence our technology or brandIP licensing
- An ex-employee has taken confidential informationConfidential information
Technology and SaaS law
- We need SaaS subscription termsSaaS terms
- We are commissioning software developmentSoftware development
Data protection and privacy
- We have had a personal data breachData breach
- We need data processing agreements in placeData processing agreements
- We need a UK GDPR compliance reviewPrivacy compliance review
Commercial property
- We are taking a new commercial leaseTaking a lease
- Our commercial lease is coming to an endLease renewal
- We are buying commercial premisesBuying premises
Construction law
- We have a construction payment disputeConstruction payment
Insolvency and restructuring
- Our business is under financial pressureFinancial distress
Banking and finance
- We are raising debt or asset financeRaising finance
Regulatory and compliance
- A regulator is investigating our businessRegulatory investigation