Experienced Counsel

Against today's financially constrained backdrop, the need to have commercial arrangements which both exploit the benefits of your relationships and protect against the downsides has never been more important. An effective and enforceable set of arrangements with both your suppliers and your customers is the bedrock of financial success for any business.

The challenge in today's market is to ensure that not only are your major relationships properly captured and documented but also that the risks in the smaller, less high profile arrangements are also managed and controlled. In-house counsel are increasingly seeking both support on strategic projects and looking for innovative ways to manage day-to-day arrangements. Our team works with you to manage your full range of contracting needs and help you keep control of legal costs.

Regardless of where your business sits on the maturity curve (from innovative start-ups looking to disrupt the market, through to recognised global conglomerates with an established industry presence), your commercial arrangements are fundamental to the success of your business. 

When contracting these arrangements you will need to:

• Rapidly assess the commercial and legal risks and issues involved

• Focus on those risks and issues which represent the true ‘value drivers’ in your deal

• Clearly document the arrangement in a way which ensures your interests and commercial concerns are protected, while appropriately incentivising your counterparty to perform

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Our market leading Commercial Contracts and Strategic Sourcing practices have extensive experience across all forms of contracts and commercial agreements.

We prioritise understanding how your commercial arrangement fits into your wider business strategy and the key risks and opportunities that this presents. Our attention to your specific needs means we provide you with focussed legal and strategic advice that goes to the value of your deal.

Our contractual solutions are tailored to the circumstances of your particular transaction and your organisation. We will embark on your new projects with no preconceptions as to the ‘right way’ to implement them but rather with a pragmatic, flexible approach which draws on our broad and varied contracting experience.