Our corporate and commercial solicitors and lawyers located in the heart of Tech City, London EC1, have an excellent reputation for providing legal advice and services on a wide range of company and commercial law issues to clients in London, the UK and abroad.
We have a wealth of legal experience, representing a broad range of commercial and corporate clients across various sectors. Our partner led corporate and commercial solicitors and lawyers have the legal skills and expertise to be able to give specialist legal advice and services to entrepreneurs and companies alike throughout the life of your business: from initial start up, through the development of your business to its eventual sale.
Corporate
Buying and selling a company is potentially one of the most complex and difficult transactions you will ever face. At the same time as continuing to manage the day to day running of your business you will need to be involved in the conduct of sale and purchase negotiations. You may also need to deal with a considerable volume of documentation. We understand that all of this can be stressful, resulting in a heavy demand on your time. We have the legal experience to guide you through this process removing some of the burden from your shoulders and giving you advance warning of any legal issues or problems that may arise so these can be avoided.
We regularly advise and assist on the following::-
- Company Formation and Company Secretarial Services
- Shareholders’ Agreements and Articles of Association
- Subscription Agreements and Investment Agreements
- Management Buy-Outs (or Buy-Ins)
- Options (including Executive Management Incentive Agreements or Schemes)
- Reorganisations and demergers
- Buying and Selling Companies
- Purchase by a Company of its own shares
- Reduction of Capital
- Corporate Governance and Directors’ Duties
- Insolvency Issues and Wrongful Trading
- Shareholder Disputes and Unfair Prejudice
Commercial
The life blood of every business is a series of contracts creating legal relations. Sometimes they are informal and arise out of a conversation or simple exchange of letters. If the contract is important to your business you might want to make sure it is properly drafted and take advice on what ought to appear in it. Too often we are sent a bundle of notes of meetings, emails and scribbled notes recollecting a telephone conversation and asked if we can enforce the contract or “get our money back”. The answer is usually going to be “no”.
We can advise and assist you with the following kinds of documents:-
- Supplier and customer contracts
- Distribution agreements
- Agency agreements
- Intellectual property, trademark assignment and licensing
- Competition law
- Standard terms and conditions
- Limitation of liability
- Retention of title (Romalpa)
- Data Protection Act registration and compliance
For further information please telephone Patrick Gilmour on 020 7549 7897 or by email p.gilmour@dklm.co.uk or Jeremy Kleinfeld on 020 7549 7894 or by e-mail j.kleinfeld@dklm.co.uk
