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Expertise

Whether you are launching your start-up, driving forward a complex multinational organisation or a private individual seeking clear legal advice, our lawyers understand your sector and can provide practical support for the road ahead.

We understand the opportunities in the international business market, we have access to a worldwide network of excellent legal experts through our membership of TAGLaw, have strategic involvement with the CBI and are a strategic partner for the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC).

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Monica Atwal

Managing Partner

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We have extensive expertise across all commercial law disciplines working together as a collaborative team to support businesses, institutions and individuals.

Corporate and M&A

Litigation and dispute resolution

Employment

Immigration

Commercial real estate

Public procurement

IP and Commercial

Privacy and data protection

Construction

Restructuring and insolvency

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Automotive

Education

Finance & security

Telecom, media & technology

Pharma & healthcare

Retail, hospitality & leisure

International

Whether a business trading overseas, looking to set up in the UK or acquire UK businesses, we can provide the high-quality legal support you need. We are one of the founding members of TAGLaw, a leading international alliance of high-quality, independent law firms, which gives us access to a worldwide network of excellent legal experts.

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04 April 2018
Commercial Real Estate

How to open a franchise

Property related FAQs by franchisees.

16 March 2018
Employment

Head teacher’s failure to disclose relationship was gross misconduct

The Court, found that a head teacher’s failure to disclose her relationship with a convicted man of having indecent images of children justified her dismissal.

13 March 2018
Commercial Real Estate

Beware all landowners! Be careful not to inadvertently grant a public right of way over your land.

The very real risk of an owner of land allowing rights of access over their land and then these leading to a dedicated public right of way was recently highlighted in the case of R v Cumbria County Council and Peter Lamb EWHC 2651. It is therefore worth considering how the local authorities assess whether a public right of way has been established, to hopefully prevent landowners from suffering from this potential incumbrance on their land.

13 March 2018
Commercial Real Estate

Novation and Assignment: Sisters, Not Twins

There’s often, understandably, a bit of uncertainty about whether (and how) a party to a contract can “assign” (transfer) its rights, or pass on its obligations, under that contract, to another person.Essentially, novation and assignment are both mechanisms to get around this restriction. However, while the end result is the same, there are some important differences between these two mechanisms.

05 March 2018
Corporate and M&A

The seven biggest threats to your business – and how to minimise them

Business owners face a host of risks, so you need to prepare for the worst.

16 February 2018
Immigration

The Sponsorship Management System (SMS) for Beginners

Last month, we posted an article on the role of the Authorising Officer and explained that this person does not have access to the Sponsorship Management System (SMS) unless he/she is a Level 1 or 2 user.