Parties rely on formal written contracts to document exactly what their responsibilities and legal obligations towards each other will be. We advise you on a wide range of commercial matters. We deliver contracts that manage risk and allow your organisation to operate effectively and reach its strategic arrangements.

Contract life cycle

There are different stages involved in the contract life cycle, we make ensure that each stage runs as smoothly as possible for your business:

1. Authoring
2. Drafting 
3. Negotiations
4. Approvals 
5. Signatures
6. Obligations 
7. Compliance 
8. Renewals

We can help you with:

• Purchase and Sale Agreements
• Consumer Contracts
• Business & Supply Chain Management
• Services Agreements
• Production Contracts/Developing Goods & Services
• Distribution Agreements
• Routes to Market

How We Can Help

Every business depends on commercial contracts from Small and Medium-sized Enterprises to large multinationals. If you’re a UK firm working internationally or you’re based abroad and want to do business in the UK, we can help. We can provide contracts wherever they are needed.

We will make sure your interests are always protected while giving you practical and commercially focused advice. We take the time to learn about your business, and what you’re trying to achieve. We will always try to agree on fixed pricing before we start work on your assignment.

Purchase and Sale Contracts:

Purchase and sale agreements are one of the most basic kinds of commercial contracts. These contracts document one party’s agreement to buy goods from the other party. In this type of commercial contract, it is important to specify the quantities of goods that are needed, the price to be paid, the delivery dates, what happens if the goods are not available, and what happens if other issues arise.

Consumer Contracts:

Consumer contracts need to be both understandable and enforceable. We have particular proficiency in drafting consumer contracts that work for everyone.

Business & Supply Chain Management:

We regularly work on a range of day-to-day business contracts, including:

• Confidentiality agreements
• Supply arrangements for goods or services
• Standard terms and conditions for best legal position to manage risk

Services Agreements:

Another type of commercial contract is the services agreement. In a services agreement, someone agrees to provide services for someone else. For example, a cleaning service could agree to come in once a week to clean your business’s office. The agreement should specify which services are to be provided and who will provide them. It should account for any insurance requirements, liability for damage caused by the services provider, and more. In some lines of work, the agreement may need confidentiality or conflict of interest section.

Production Agreements/Developing Goods & Services:

Production agreements arise when one company needs a specific part or good made, and so it contracts with another company that will produce the part. These agreements should make clear how much of the part is needed and what to do if something goes wrong. It’s important to get advice on the legal issues about getting new products or services to market. We can give advice and draft contracts about:

• Manufacturing agreements
• Joint ventures
• Partnership agreements
• Licensing

Distribution Agreements:

Distribution agreements cover how goods will get from the production facility to the ultimate buyers or users. Some companies specialize in distribution, which may include transportation, logistics, and event marketing. A good distribution agreement will specify which responsibilities belong to the distributor and which the production company will retain.

Routes to Market:

We support organisations in expanding their markets or transforming the way their business operates. We can also provide assistance in renewing existing arrangements.

 We regularly advise on:

• Agency and distributor arrangements
• Franchising
• Joint ventures
• Partnering and collaboration arrangements.

For more information or advice contact us on 0121 558 7691 or fill out our enquiry form and we will get back to you.