Our focus is you

Our specialist commercial lawyers are skilled negotiators and draftsmen who play a role in helping you manage your position in the supply chain.

Supply chain relationships are critical to the success of many businesses: none more so than for product manufacturers/assemblers and buyers of those products.

The rise of joint ventures, strategic alliances, and business partnerships in the supply chain requires our commercial lawyers (together with colleagues in our corporate team) to carefully consider matters such as business structure and allocation of risk between partners.

Wherever you are in the supply chain, we can advise you as to your obligations with regards to combatting bribery and corruption and ensuring that your supply chain is free from modern day slavery and human trafficking.

We work with you to develop ethical trading policies, an increasingly important consideration for those trading internationally. Such policies can help build sales, attract investment, maintain staff loyalty and motivation, enhance trust in your business, boost revenue and save money, for example, by implementing better waste-management procedures.

Our commercial teams are ranked in the top legal directories that include Chambers and Partners and Legal 500, whilst the firm is also recognised as a Leading Firm in both directories.

We have offices in London and across the South East including Gatwick and CrawleyHassocksHorshamBrighton and Guildford. Please note that visits to our office is by appointment only.

If you wish to contact one of our commercial experts you can do so via our online enquiry form.

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Sectors

Sectors
  • Charities (4)
  • Education (1)
  • Manufacturing (2)

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

(Un)lawful information gathering: Baroness Lawrence v Associated Newspapers [2026]

unpacking the High Court’s dismissal of privacy claims arising from unlawful information gathering in Baroness Lawrence v Associated Newspapers [2026] EWHC 1637.

18/09/2026

Events

Right to work checks – Are you ready for 1 October 2026?

In this latest webinar, our Immigration team willl provide an overview of what is changing, what it means for your business, and how your commercial contracts and service arrangements may be impacted by the extended liabilities pertaining to third party workers.

Media spotlight

Do AI recruitment tools focus more on the technical skills of candidates?test1

Rustom Tata shares his insights with HR Magazine on the importance of assessing emotional intelligence and communication when recruiting new staff

Rustom Tata

15/09/2026

Videos

Employment Rights Reforms: What has changed and what can we expect next?

In this session, our employment law experts will provide a practical update on the reforms already in force,  what changes are on the horizon, and discuss what employers and HR teams should be doing to plan ahead.

14/09/2026

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