Commercial contracts

Commercial contracts legal advice

Commercial contracts form the bedrock of a business’ trading activity. They need to be flexible enough to enable a business’ to achieve its objectives and yet be secure and effective. We help businesses do this by providing technical contract expertise coupled with pragmatic commercial know how.

Our experience in commercial contracts

The commercial contracts team advises on the preparation and use of the full range of commercial contracts from simple documents such as terms of conditions of sale to more complicated bespoke contracts for services. In addition, the team has negotiated contracts setting up complex framework agreements and co-operation agreements. In the context of marketing agreements, we advise on and prepare all types of agency, franchise and distribution agreements. We draw on a range of expertise from across the business department, such as intellectual property and competition law, to create the best solutions.

About commercial contracts

We recognise and appreciate that in order for our clients to come to an agreement with contracting parties, compromises may have to be made. We take a pragmatic, commercially driven approach in identifying and maintaining clauses of fundamental importance to the client. For those clients considering making a concession, we will advise on the potential pitfalls and areas of risk as well as the likelihood, in practice, of such risks occurring so that the client can make an informed decision on how to proceed.

We can also give specialist advice on problem areas such as exclusion and limitation of liability, consequential loss, retaining title to goods in the event of non-payment, intellectual property rights, responsibility for product recall and indemnities.

Call us now on 0870 1500 100 to arrange a consultation, or use the links above to drop us a line.