Our company & commercial practice is led by Philip Ross-Smith and covers a broad range of business law advice and services.

We provide strategic and focussed advice and legal support to clients in relation to all aspects of their business dealings and relationships, including:

· Business start-ups and company secretarial services

· Sale and purchase of businesses (including management buy-outs and buy-ins)

· Joint Ventures/ Strategic Alliances

· Financing (corporate and venture capital)

· Trading terms and conditions

· Commercial agreements of all types (including for example management and operating agreements, distribution and agency agreements, franchise and licence agreements)

· Regulatory advice (including competition law, data protection, disability discrimination, advertising and marketing law)

· Legal audits/ risk management advice

· Intellectual Property (including registration and licensing of trade marks, copyright, know-how, design rights, database rights and patents, as well as trade mark, domain name and business name searches).

· Information Technology (including drafting and negotiation of hardware/software supply, licensing and maintenance agreements, IT procurement and outsourcing agreements)

· E-commerce (including preparation of online trading terms, privacy/data protection policies, distance selling, advertising and marketing)

We are skilled and experienced at advising clients on all aspects of their business dealings and at finding commercial and cost-effective solutions to their legal services requirements.

Please contact Philip Ross-Smith for further information or to discuss how we can help you with any business law requirements that you may have.

Other useful websites -

Companies House - www.companies-house.gov.uk
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) - www.dti.gov.uk
Office of Fair Trading (OFT) - www.oft.gov.uk
U.K. Patent Office - www.patent.gov.uk