Commercial Contracts

The law has an impact on almost every aspect of commercial activity and yet, despite this, many businesses take important decisions and enter into long-term commitments without fully understanding the legal implications.

RadcliffesLeBrasseur's Commercial team has the necessary skills and experience to provide our clients with the clear, practical advice they need. Consulting us at an early stage can help clients to achieve their commercial objectives and avoid the legal pitfalls along the way.

We can also advise clients on the wider commercial implications of their contractual arrangements and on issues arising under UK and European legislation, including European competition/antitrust rules.

RadcliffesLeBrasseur has extensive experience of advising on:

• Agency and distribution
• Confidentiality and Non-competition
• Construction and Engineering
• E-commerce 
• Franchising
• Hire Purchase and Equipment Leasing
• Information Technology
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property
• Joint Ventures
• Manufacturing and Supply
• Marketing and Merchandising
• Outsourcing
• Public Procurement
• Publishing
• Project Finance
• Sponsorship
• Tenders
• Terms and conditions for the purchase or sale of goods and the supply of services

Some examples of recent work are:

• negotiating a £35m agreement for the outsourcing of IT services.
• drafting and negotiating software licences, including boxed product agreements, shrink-wrap licences, volume agreements and licences for digital content.
• drafting standard terms and conditions for the use of a website.
• preparing a distribution agreement in relation to a website selling art products.
• negotiating an agreement for the worldwide distribution of alcoholic beverages.
• drafting standard terms for the sales of household cleaning products to retailers.
• negotiating agreements between a German pharmaceutical company and a US distributor.
• preparing agreements for the sale of electronic products in the UK and Germany.
• advising on the competition/antitrust aspects of agency, distribution and franchising agreements.
• drafting manufacturing agreements for clients in a variety of sectors.
• negotiating the building contract and professional appointments for a £200m+ development in the City of London - one of the largest UK transactions in 2002.
• drafting and negotiating a development agreement for a leisure complex.
• negotiating a £ multi-million agreement for project-managing the deregulation of domestic electricity supplies.
• advising on agreements with authors and subscribers in respect of journals published on the internet.
• preparing an agreement for the provision of specialist services in connection with the making of a film.
• drafting a licensing agreement in relation to a product marketing video.
• negotiating a joint venture agreement between a company providing training services and the producer of a CD-Rom.
• advising on a contract for the provision of public relations services.
• preparing contracts relating to the holding of an international conference.

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