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Many of our clients like our business advisory services which provides them direct access to our commercial solicitors to openly discuss important business decisions on an informal basis. Our objective is to act as (or an extension of) your in-house legal team.
Typically we structure our engagement with you around one of three models:
- Traditional: working as external legal advisors, called upon to advise on a matter-by-matter basis
- Retained: handling all legal matters that arise as an outsourced in-house counsel
- Supplementary: supporting an in-house legal team which may require additional capacity or specialist advice.
We build our close relationships with clients around business models which best suit your needs and objectives.
Our commitment is to be as responsive and flexible as you require, changing as necessary to meet the evolving demands of each stage in the business growth lifecycle.
Our commercial business lawyers make up one of the largest independent teams offering commercial legal services in the South East and are ranked in the top legal directories including Chambers and Partners, and Legal 500, where the firm is recognised as a Leading Firm.
We have offices in London and across the South East including Gatwick and Crawley, Hassocks, Horsham, Brighton and Guildford.
Please note that visits to our office is by appointment only. If you wish to contact one of our business advisory experts you can do so via our online enquiry form.
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Sectors
Long-term commercial, IP, IT and data protection advice
We have worked with our client for over 16 years acting as an outsourced in-house legal function for all business and day to day legal matters, supporting on all commercial, employment issues and property matters. Our ongoing legal support helps to minimise risks across the business.
Commercial IT, IP and data protection advice
We are retained by the in-house legal team who are often at capacity in terms of work volumes and we assist with overflow of business contract reviews and advice. We act as a sounding board for the business generally in connection with all legal matters.
Commercial, consumer and data protection advice
We are retained by a retailer with nearly 200 stores across the country as well as a significant online presence to provide consumer law, commercial law and data protection advice on an ongoing basis. Recent work includes reviewing and updating data protection policies and procedures, advising in relation to the application of consumer legislation (particularly in relation to customer refunds) and dealing with data subject access requests.
Creation of bespoke arts loan agreement
As part of our long term, strategic advice to one of the UK’s leading performing arts companies we created a bespoke loan agreement enabling the company to leverage its assets value by lending its unique production materials and other property to an international company.
Commercial software agreement
Our client is specialist in eco-grading food products, production of labelling systems and development of sustainable products. We advised and helped develop a new SaaS agreement (Software as a Service) agreement enabling the client to introduce a sophisticated modelling project geared to enabling all major UK supermarket retailers and other household name brand owners to analyse their product ranges.
Contracts and data protection
Our client is a PLC in the manufacturing sector. We work closely on contractual and data protection issues to minimise risk and clarify each party’s obligations and liabilities in inter-group and third-party contractual arrangements. We have advised various companies in the wider group of companies in relation to their contracts, including terms and conditions of sale of products, warranties and larger customer contracts requiring review and negotiation with customers. We have also advised on a collaboration agreement for the purposes of a potential combined commercial offering to customers.
Services agreement
Advising a regional homelessness charity in relation to services agreements and on a contract for provision of counselling services to schools.
Commercial Business Law
IT services contract
Negotiating and finalising an IT managed services contract for a charitable body, including advice on data protection issues.
Royalty payments
Advising a charitable trust on intellectual property ownership and royalty payments, for the purposes of distribution of royalty income to nominated charities from the trust.
Collaboration agreement
Advising a large regional charity on a collaboration agreement with a number of other charities with the aim of improving the delivery of end of life services in the region.
Insights
Insights
For outline planning permissions, CIL indexation is fixed at the date the outline permission is granted. Developers should not accept liability notices that apply a later date.
08/10/2026
Insights
Commercial Court transparency is entering a new era. A two-year pilot scheme (“the Scheme”) was introduced on 1 January 2026.
07/10/2026
Insights
Changes initially promised are still being implemented slowly (and somewhat unevenly), leaving plenty of room for additional legislation seeking to improve matters further.
05/10/2026
Events
Join the Employment team over breakfast and refreshments in Gatwick for our annual Employment Law update seminar taking place on 24 November 2026 at 08.30 – 10.00.
