Using both our industry experience and international reach we advise on various forms of commercial contracts and often in novel and unusual situations and frequently working with other practice areas. We can identify and evaluate commercial risks and work with our clients to come up with appropriate solutions.
Examples of such contracts include:
Our general corporate advice includes advising on:.
We advise listed and unlisted companies on corporate governance, including investor protection guidelines, listing rules, disclosure and transparency, UK Corporate Governance Code compliance, board room best practice and codes of best practice. Our advice extends to board structure, directors remuneration, political donations, responsibilities of executive and non-executive directors, auditors independence, and corporate social responsibility.
We advise on data protection audits, compliance and access issues. We have advised on data processing agreements and multi-jurisdictional solutions in the context of global projects. We have advised on:
We have advised on reconstructions of groups to improve shareholder returns and long term viability, restructurings ahead of flotations or other major events, schemes of arrangements and other in or out of court processes, redomiciliation into and out of the UK, new holdco structures and separation of groups of companies.
Often working with one or more of our club of law firms, we have often advised on joint ventures in different jurisdictions and the commercial arrangements around such structures. We have also advised the structuring of such joint ventures and the use of different types of entities.