Commercial

We advise clients on a wide range of legal and practical issues arising from the operation and development of their businesses. These include implementation of major projects, managing existing relationships and the formation of new ones. We are happy to be involved in every aspect of our clients’ commercial affairs and seek to act as an integral part of their organisation.

Our practice includes advice in the following areas:

General commercial

  • Manufacturing
  • Agency and distribution
  • Licensing, franchising and concession arrangements
  • Advertising, marketing and sponsorship
  • Supply of goods and services, including standard terms of business
  • Joint ventures and other strategic alliances
  • Hotel management arrangements
  • Consumer law and trading standards
  • Product liability and recall
  • Separation exercises, including transitional services arrangements
  • Other bespoke projects

Our expertise in GDPR and data protection is set out on our ESG, Compliance & Investigations page.

Projects and public private partnerships

We advise on public private partnerships and infrastructure projects including strategic partnerships, joint ventures, construction, facilities management and financing. The team advises throughout the lifecycle of projects and brings a blend of experience from advising the public and private sectors on a broad range of infrastructure projects including:

  • Primary and acute health care
  • Social and extra care
  • Education
  • Housing
  • Renewable energy

We also advise on the day-to-day business needs of clients managing operational public private partnerships (including benchmarking, market testing and refinancing). Our focus is on commercial and practical solutions from senior and experienced practitioners with a depth of experience from across the spectrum of public private partnerships.

Our expertise in energy-related projects is further set out on our Energy & Environment page.

Outsourcing

We provide support throughout the outsourcing project lifecycle, from procurement to exit. Our clients include service providers and customers in diverse industries, whom we assist with deal design, bid support, contracting, people transfers, exits, change management and dispute resolution.

We handle a broad range of outsourcing transactions both in the UK and internationally. These include:

  • IT and communications outsourcings
  • Business process outsourcings
  • Complex business transformation and strategic partnerships and alliances

Many of these projects are business critical and experience counts. Therefore we put our partners on the ground within client project teams, enabling you to achieve better outcomes in shorter timeframes.

Our Commercial team is Justin Alford, Rachael Bewsey, Jan BinghamChris Crane, Jonathan Greenwold, Sam Hawke, Jonathan Heskia, Tom Hine, Gina Lodge, David MeredithDan PearceJonathan Poole, Andy Poulton, Alex Pyatt, Jeremy Saideman, Tim Summers and Andrew Tibber.

You can initiate a discussion about instructing us by contacting any partner directly, or by using the main office contact details at the bottom of the page if you prefer.