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Specialisms

Our experienced team provide high-impact legal advice that supports your business to grow. Every lawyer on our team brings years of experience working with high-growth ventures in their specific areas of expertise.

Our specialisms reflect the areas where our team can use their in-depth knowledge of an area to answer your legal queries, help you to identify and manage risks and grow your business with confidence. Some of our specialisms relate to a specific stage in the growth of a business, whilst some can apply across the lifecycle. To understand how our specialisms relate to your business and your current growth stage, check out our client journey.

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1. Starting out & fundraising

At the fundraising stage? Try our fundraising package for fixed-fee legal advice covering company set-up, funding rounds & investment and company secretarial. Contact us to find out more.

Company set-up

Company setup

Starting a business is hard; we help lighten the load with advice on registering, structuring and documenting your new business.

Get legal support now on:
  • Incorporation documents
  • Board minutes
  • Stock transfer forms
  • Personnel changes
  • Confirmation statements
 
  • Term sheets
  • Company shareholders agreements
  • Partnership agreements
  • Joint venture agreements

Company Secretarial

Company Secretarial

Never miss a Companies House filing deadline again with our Company Secretarial package. All filings will be made ahead of critical deadlines, giving you peace of mind that these essential actions are being taken care of.

Get legal support now on:
  • Compliance with the Companies Act obligations for directors
  • Maintenance of the company’s Statutory Register (including changes to the Share Register, Register of Directors and Secretaries PSC Registers and Register of Charges)
 
  • Filing of annual Confirmation Statements
  • Filing of Amendments to the Companies Articles
  • Production of Share Certificates

Funding rounds & investment

Funding rounds & investment

You will need to raise funds to support your growing business and to expand further. Legal advice at this stage can help you manage risks and get the best deal for your business.

Clients we've worked on funding and investment with include Patchwork Health and Phycoworks.

Get legal support now on:
  • Seed and VC investment
  • Advance Subscription Agreements
  • Venture debt
 
  • Convertible loan notes
  • Advice for fundraising and acquisition

2. Scaling

At the scaling stage? Try our scaling package for fixed-fee legal advice covering trademarks, employment, EMI and staff incentives, data protection, privacy & security, intellectual property, SaaS, technology & commercial contracts, and TV, media and entertainment. Contact us to find out more.

Employment

Employment

Taking on new employees is often essential to business growth. Protect you and the people you hire with legal advice on employment contracts, agreements and HR policies.

Clients we've worked on employment with include 55 Redefined and Hexis.

Get legal support now on:
  • Employment contracts
  • Director service agreements
  • Redundancies and restructures
  • Organisational change
  • Business transfers and TUPE
  • HR Policies procedures and handbooks
 
  • Negotiated exits
  • Support with internal processes
  • Contractor agreements
  • Sponsor licenses
  • Subcontractor agreements

Data protection, privacy & security

Data protection, privacy & security

As a business, you are responsible for the data you collect and hold on your customers, partners and employees. Make sure you have the right policies in place to responsibly manage data, processes, and risks around breaches and non-compliance.

Clients we've worked on data protection, privacy & security with include Wonders of Maths and Firstminute Capital.

Get legal support now on:
  • Data security and breaches
  • Data privacy notices
  • Data protection audits
 
  • GDPR compliance
  • Cross-border data transfers

Trademarks

Trademarks

Registering a trademark protects your business brand and identity by preventing third parties from using an identical or confusingly similar name in the course of trade.

Get legal support now on:
  • Trademark registrations
  • Infringement claims
 
  • International registrations and searches

TV, media & entertainment

TV, media & entertainment

Every day new players and technologies are changing the way content is created, distributed, consumed, and shared. Whether you need us to draft and negotiate a distribution or license agreement, or venture with you into the Metaverse and digital galaxies where no one has gone before, our team of experienced lawyers will come up with hands-on solutions. Having worked in private practice and in-house roles across the globe, our TV, Media & Entertainment team understands your legal needs and can support you to grow your business.

Clients we've worked on TV, media & entertainment with include Metavision, Equality Group and Trinity Sports Management.

Get legal support now on:
  • Licensing and distribution
  • Content development
  • Content acquisition
  • Term sheets & deal memos
  • Talent services
  • Quit claims
  • Productions & co-productions
  • Partnerships
  • Digital content hosting & distribution
 
  • VOD licensing and streaming
  • Sponsorships
  • Brand and digital activation
  • Multi-party international transactions
  • Music rights & publishing
  • Image rights
  • IP ownership
  • IP protection & infringements and TV format protection

EMI and staff incentives

EMI and staff incentives

Staff incentives, like EMI schemes, can motivate employees and allow them to reap the benefits of your business’ success. Discover the different staff incentive schemes available and what they mean for you and your employees.

Clients we've worked on EMI and staff incentives with include Matchable and envoPAP.

Get legal support now on:
  • EMI share schemes
  • Non tax-advantaged share option schemes
  • Employee share schemes
 
  • Growth shares
  • Hurdle shares
  • Data protection

Intellectual property

Intellectual property

Your intellectual property is a critical element of your business and brand. It powers your business’ progress, growth and innovation and it’s important that it is well protected. Our experienced team is passionate about IP and has a strong understanding of what it is, where it comes from and the underlying legal principles. Having a stellar track record in this field, we will support you in building, managing, and protecting your intellectual property and can help in the event of infringement claims or disputes.

Clients we've worked on intellectual property with include Gold Standard Phantoms, Metavision and Dolphin Haley.

Get legal support now on:
  • Licensing
  • Copyright
  • Trademarks & trade names
  • R&D
  • trade secrets & confidentiality
  • Distribution & franchising
  • Brand protection
  • Sports marketing
  • Sponsoring
  • Database rights
 
  • Online content
  • Online platforms
  • Digital business & e-commerce
  • Social media
  • Gaming
  • Web 3.0 & the Metaverse
  • Regulatory regimes (UK & EU)
  • Domain names
  • IP commercialisation
  • protection & infringement

SaaS, technology & commercial contracts

SaaS, technology & commercial contracts

Many of our clients are technology firms involved in app development, Saas or e-commerce. From web policies and terms and conditions to licensing and service level agreements, get advice tailored for your business from lawyers specialising in the technology sector.

Clients we've worked on SaaS, technology & commercial contracts with include Chill-Chain and Infyos.

Get legal support now on:
  • Terms & conditions
  • Contracts: drafting & review
  • Service agreements
  • Commission agreements
  • Supply agreements
  • Outsourcing
  • Advertising and marketing
  • Sponsorship
  • E-commerce
  • Joint ventures and partnerships
  • Agency and distribution
  • Terms of business
  • Software development agreements
  • Software licences
  • IT outsourcing
 
  • Managed services
  • Service level agreements
  • SaaS
  • IaaS and PaaS
  • Cloud solutions
  • Website terms and conditions
  • App terms and conditions
  • eCommerce terms and conditions
  • Marketplace terms and conditions
  • Online service terms and conditions
  • Cookie policies
  • Data breaches
  • Privacy policies & notices

3. Exiting

At the exiting stage? Try our exiting package for fixed-fee legal advice exits. Contact us to find out more.

Exits

Exits

When the time comes to sell your business you will want to be sure that you exit on the best terms and manage risks, whilst also looking after your employees. Get stage-specific legal advice that guides you through the exit process.

Clients we've worked on exits with include The Sports Edit and Glia Ecosystems.

Get legal support now on:
  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Management buy outs and buy ins (MBO / MBI)
 
  • Reorganisations and restructures
  • Buyer and Seller due diligence