Commercial Contracts
Crystal clear legal advice
What is involved?
When it comes to contracts, you want a legal service that is responsive and helps drive your business forward. Getting the small print right will save you time, reduce costs and avoid disputes. This is where our experienced team of lawyers can help.
We are used to advising on all forms of commercial contracts in a range of sectors, from highly complex outsourcing, I.T. and logistics contracts, to drafting standard terms and conditions focused on the risks and issues key to your industry, to providing training to empower your personnel and reduce legal spend. Whatever you need, our focus is to get the best deal for you.
We have extensive experience acting for clients from FTSE 100 companies to SMEs and start-up businesses and know the importance of getting it right the first time. We can help you with preparation and negotiation of all kinds of commercial agreements.
Why choose Freeths?
- We are renowned as “business people first and lawyers second” – we understand that contracts should be there to help your business, not slow you down
- We have a team of over 60 specialist lawyers, which ensures that we have a detailed knowledge of your sector and the commercial and regulatory pressures that shape it
- We work with you to understand your business and ensure we can add real value and be more than just legal advisers
- We avoid the costs of lengthy legal debates by avoiding overly drawn-out negotiations and concentrating on what is important to your business
- Our commercial clients include Aldi, Experian, National Express, Tarmac and Travis Perkins
By coupling an in-depth knowledge of your sector with outstanding legal expertise we can help you reach your objectives quickly and efficiently while adding value to your business. We always look to tailor our advice to your needs to provide the level of service and support you require at a price that is acceptable to you.
Our friendly and responsive lawyers offer a full spectrum of specialisms across a variety of sectors including manufacturing, retail, leisure and financial services.
As well as commercial agreements, our team’s expertise includes advising on the law relating to partnerships and limited liability partnerships (LLPs), the Modern Slavery Act 2015, the Bribery Act 2010, the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP), Information Technology/cloud licensing, supply and procurement, Data Protection and the GDPR, franchising and providing company secretarial services such as company formations and annual compliance.
Commercial Contracts Lawyers
Philippa Dempster
Managing Partner
0207 440 5841
Chris Freeston
Managing Partner
0345 634 1725
Iain Bowler
Partner
0345 030 5767
Peter Crawford
Partner
0345 030 5851
Nigel Gardner
Partner
0345 128 6969
Jackie Heeds
Partner
0345 634 2606
Nathan Holden
Partner
0345 077 9646
Rebecca Howlett
Partner
0345 166 6338
Tom Johnson
Partner
0345 128 7974
David Lane
Partner
0345 050 3684
James Larmour
Partner
0345 017 1122
Rena Magdani
Partner
0345 272 5715
Martin Noble
Partner
0345 030 5699
Stephen Pearson
Partner
0345 274 6900
Gary Smith
Partner
0345 271 6740
Nick Sutton
Partner
0345 077 9567
Paul Thorogood
Partner
0345 274 6820
Lisa Wallis
Partner
0345 128 6952
Louise Wilson
Partner
0345 073 8583
James Cowell
Director
0345 271 6751
Jude Mladek
Director
0345 166 6304
Deryck Houghton
Consultant
0345 070 3810
Mark Lumley
Consultant
0345 030 5723
Edward Chapman
Managing Associate
0345 030 5876
Sajjid Kurmani
Managing Associate
0345 166 6312
Jessica Matthews
Managing Associate
0345 166 6261
Liam O'Flynn
Managing Associate
0345 128 6986
Gary Richardson
Managing Associate
0345 128 7975
Mohammad Sajjad
Managing Associate
0345 340 4240
Hema Singhal
Managing Associate
0345 030 5697
Shireen Eliyas
Senior Associate
0345 073 8584
Jaskeerat Sanghera
Senior Associate
0345 340 4206
Caroline Thomas
Senior Associate
0345 073 8554
James Urmston
Senior Associate
0345 050 3664
Reece Ballett
Associate
0345 128 6980
Joshua Day
Associate
0345 404 4116
Olivia Hill
Associate
0345 272 5700
Eleanor Mangham
Associate
0345 404 4161
Samantha Osborne
Associate
0345 634 1721
Kaitlin Traynor
Associate
020 7440 5891
Lewis Whalley
Associate
0345 404 1716
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Articles 21st Nov 2023- Drafting and negotiating a suite of ten commercial agreements for the UK element of a multi-billion pound corporate divestment. This included agreements for the supply and purchase of raw materials and transitional service arrangements covering I.T., insurance and accounting services and international software licences.
- Commercial contracts to govern media and advertising services, including internet search optimisation services and social media.
- Advising a Building Society on a restructuring programme involving large scale redundancies and variation to terms and conditions of employment.
- Acted for Tarmac in advising on an NEC3 contract for major highways works in London in collaboration with Transport for London. This work involved due diligence on complex construction documentation and reporting on the client’s risk profile and suggesting commercial alternative drafting.
- Redrafting the standard terms and conditions of sale for a multi-billion pound supply company, then helping them to roll them out both to customers and to the front-line sales personnel. This included the provision of guidance notes and the completion of twelve separate training sessions around the country.
- Advising on a wide variety of contracts including, energy, IT, outsourcing, plant and materials, hire, PR, cleaning, stationery and office supplies, PR and Marketing, print and packaging, Apps, e-commerce, franchise, warehousing and logistics, waste management, gaming equipment and bet in play TV etc.
- Recent examples include acting on a multi-million pound haulage contract, supply agreements and agreements for the outsourcing of soft and hard services.
- Acting for a supply chain services company on the contracts for provision of warehouse and distribution services for a major fashion retailer and a leading cosmetics brand.
- Preparing the contract on behalf of a top six supermarket with a national parcels carrier for domestic business to consumer delivery and collection services within the UK, including support on negotiation and service level agreement issues.
- Advising airports on concessions, tenders, and commercial arrangements including contracts specific to airport operators.
Client service
‘Doing the right thing’ is at the heart of Freeths. Find out more about our excellent client service and the strong set of values that guide the way we work.
Talk to us
Freeths are a leading national law firm with 13 offices across the UK. If you have a query about our services or just want to find out more, why not give us a call?
Contact: 03301 001 014