Commercial
Business waters can be notoriously choppy and fraught with hidden dangers.
Understanding the legalities of running a business will help you stay in the swim of things. This should keep your business from being nibbled away at by the piranha-like issues that can impact on any enterprise.
We believe it is better to choose your legal advisors at leisure, in readiness for a project or problem, rather than be prompted by the drama of a particular pressing transaction. Considered selection is always best, but either way you need to satisfy yourself on three counts when choosing your legal advisor:
- Would I genuinely like to work with these people?
- Are they trying to add commercial value to my business or are they just going to provide a legal service in a commercial vacuum?
- Do they have the technical expertise?
Would you enjoy working with us? You would have to meet us to judge for yourself. What we do know is that over 60% of our clients return our monthly client survey questionnaires and, of those, 98% consistently say they are happy with the service they have received. We hope that tells you something about our style and methods of working, and about our competence and effectiveness.
We would much rather discuss our approach with you face-to-face, so please contact to arrange a free review of the areas where we can really add value to your business. If, however, you have a question you would like a quick answer to please go to our enquiries form and follow the simple instructions to submit your question by email.
Services
Commercial property
Sometime in the future you may well need to review your current business lease (renewal, termination or disposal), or investigate the title of a new or additional freehold or leasehold premises. Our commitment to speed, our strategic skills and our levels of communication will make any of your property transactions more efficient and cost effective.
Employment law
With the growth of a business comes a steady increase in the complexity of handling staff. Employment contracts need to be kept up-to-date and the frequent changes in employment law need to be interpreted and implemented. Procedures to handle the variety of staff issues, from grievance procedures to tribunal representation, need to be correct and a staff handbook update may be useful.
Software/IT and general operating distribution, manufacturing and agency agreements
As your business grows and you introduce new products or services, there's a need to review your general terms and conditions of business or the contracts which reflect particular transactions or relationships with customers and suppliers. The need to understand and then enforce your rights in any business relationship is paramount and invaluable.
Company secretarial
The need to keep up-to-date with company returns and to put in place the appropriate board minutes and board resolutions, hold appropriate annual general meetings and extraordinary general meetings is vital to ensure that your company records are complete. Any changes to shareholder details, transfers and allotments to shares and the registration of new directors at Companies House are also priority issues. The failure to address these issues always causes commercial problems, ranging from a fine to being turned down for a loan, jeopardising a deal or obstructing the sale of a business or part of it. Using our specialist company secretarial service could address these requirements and release internal resources to generate profit within the business.
Partnership and shareholder agreements
These are vital to ensure that the relationship between partners and/or shareholders in a business, and everyone's rights, are correctly identified and clearly enforceable. It is vital to clarify the position of any partner or shareholder on leaving a business, or becoming infirm or dying, and these issues should not be left to chance.
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Offices
9 Chalfont Court
Lower Earley
Reading
Berkshire RG6 5SY
tel: 0118 975 6622
fax: 0118 975 6588
64 Bell Street
Henley on Thames
Oxfordshire
RG9 2BN
tel: 01491 570 900
fax: 01491 636 267