Commercial Agreements

Commercial agreements are at the heart of how your business operates. It is vital that we understand your business: the products and services you manufacture, supply or purchase; your relationships with customers, suppliers and partners; and your strategic and commercial objectives, whilst offering you transparent fee arrangements and value for money. A commercial agreement should help you achieve your commercial goals whilst protecting you from and managing any risk. 

Our Commercial team advises large UK and multi-national businesses, SMEs, partnerships, sole traders, charities/not for profit organisations operating in a wide range of sectors including life sciences, manufacturing, food and retail, technology and communications, energy and renewables, agriculture, financial services, IT, events, education, travel, fashion and healthcare. 

We also advise a number of international businesses who are working in the UK and UK businesses who have activities overseas.

We advise on a wide range of commercial agreements and issues including: 

Your business and the supply chain

• terms and conditions
• protecting information with confidentiality/non-disclosure agreements
• supply and purchase agreements for goods and/or services
• manufacturing agreements
• consumer contracts
• support and guidance through the lifetime of the contract
• managing changes to a contract
• IT and communications
• competition and anti-bribery law
• regulatory compliance
• data protection
• loan and other finance and security structures. 

Developing your goods/services and routes to market

• joint ventures and collaboration agreements
• licensing
• research and development agreements
• agency and distribution agreements
• franchising
• white labelling
• co-branding
• sponsorship, branding and marketing
• web hosting and ecommerce.

Sourcing arrangements

• outsourcing
• shared services.