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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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