Solicitors

Our Corporate/Commercial department and our strategic alliance with Oury Clark Chartered Accountants enable us to offer a one-stop shop for overseas businesses wishing to establish a presence in the UK.

We provide advice and representation for:

• Newly arriving or start-up business in the UK
• Existing businesses with international operations wishing to bring non-UK nationals into the UK

We advise both companies and individual directors and their dependents on:

• The best visas to apply for
• The initial visa application process
• Visa extension or change of status

The main visas the firm assists with are:

• Sole representative Visas
• Investor Visas
• Work Visa’s

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We assist businesses as well as property investors seeking to enhance their portfolios in the UK.

The main areas of our advice extend to:

• Freehold acquisitions and disposals
• Commercial leasehold transactions
• Site acquisitions and development
• Planning and environmental matters
• Property security lending including close liaison with financial institutions
• Office, retail, industrial, warehouse and IT sectors
• Property-related legal requirements for international businesses and investors in the UK.

We provide advice on the full range of corporate, commercial and financial matters (both domestic and cross-border), including, but not limited to:

• Establishing businesses (companies, partnerships, limited liability partnerships, etc)
• Joint ventures
• Mergers & acquisitions
• Disposals
• Management buy-outs and buy-ins
• Reorganisations / Demergers
• Commercial contracts and agreements across all areas
• Terms and conditions of sale
• Licences and exploitation agreements
• Shareholder agreements
• E-commerce and IT
• Private equity
• Venture capital
• Inward investment
• Corporate governance
• Company secretarial

Our strategic alliance with Oury Clark Chartered Accountants enables us to offer a comprehensive service to our corporate and commercial clients.

We provide specialist advice on all aspects of employment law, and can advise you not only in relation to the legal situation, but also regarding best practice where applicable.

Owing to our close links with Oury Clark Chartered Accountants and Arlington Recruitment we are able to offer an all-encompassing approach to employment services, ranging from comprehensive legal advice and complex tax issues to the “softer” HR issues, which all businesses face from time to time.

Whilst this is not an exhaustive list, we can provide advice on the following:

• Appointments and severances
• Contracts of employment
• Dismissal procedures
• Employee rights
• Transfer of undertakings repercussions and due diligence
• Executive immigration and international contracts
• Redundancy, manpower planning and change management
• Sex, race and disability discrimination
• Health and safety issues and regulations

We also provide Employment Tribunal advocacy services and advice to employees as to their rights and remedies in the employment relationship. We work closely with our Business Immigration team to overseas companies wishing to set up in the UK.

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Whilst some intellectual property rights arise automatically, many clients wish to protect their products and goodwill - which is inherent in their name - through the use of registered intellectual property rights such as Patents and Trade Marks.

Our Corporate/Commercial team can advise you on such matters and undertake applications on your behalf where necessary.

We provide specialist advice on all aspects of commercial litigation, both national and cross-border disputes before the Court of England and Wales and before all arbitral tribunals. We also have extensive experience of all forms of mediation and alternative dispute resolution.

We offer a flexible service in relation to the costs of litigation, working closely with litigation funders and ATE insurers and are happy to discuss with clients the most appropriate way to fund any proposed proceedings.

Whilst it is not an exhaustive list, we can provide advice on the following:

• Contractual Disputes.
• Disputes arising from funds settled on trust.
• Professional negligence and other insurance related disputes.
• Tortious disputes, including misrepresentation, conspiracy and other economic torts.
• Shareholders disputes and claims for unfair prejudice.
• Insolvency disputes, including petitions for winding-up and pursuing claims on behalf of insolvency practitioners for misfeasance, transfers at an undervalue and other insolvency claims.