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We advise a range of private sector commercial clients including investors, large institutional businesses, developers, SMEs and business start-ups. We harness our expertise in advising the public sector, to help a wide range of corporate and commercial clients on a wide range of legal issues.

We advise these private sector clients, not only on public law matters but also on their day-to-day business legal needs across the full range of legal disciplines.

Our full service capability allows us to become trusted advisers and the first port of call for a number of private sector businesses.

 

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Peter Collins

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Ryan Copeland

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Jonathan Blunden

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Work highlights

  • Advising an AIM-listed manufacturing business on the acquisition and licensing of intellectual property from a key customer.
  • Advising a global defence company on commercial contracting and public procurement matters.
  • Advising BT plc on the successful procurement of its legal services panel.
  • Advising a large Austrian business on a range of commercial contract and litigation matters.
  • Advising a world-leading sound production company on its commercial agreement with Google for the provision of sound production services.
  • Providing a large national logistics chain on State Aid (subsidy control) advice connected with a proposed subsidy.
  • Advising a fast-growing franchise fitness business on the sale and subsequent investment in its US parent company.
  • Advising a technology platform company providing an online secondary market (the first of its kind) for waste disposal across the UK, on its incorporation and start-up processes.

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