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Commercial Legal Services
Successful businesses identify opportunities, exploit gains, and assess and minimise associated risk.
Whether you are a global brand or entrepreneurial venture, we will take the time to understand your long-term goals as a business to ensure that we offer strategic commercial legal advice that sets you up for success.
Our commercial law expertise
We know that for our clients, it’s not just about the next deal: it’s about the next decade. We have extensive experience advising UK and international clients across the firm’s key sectors, particularly those operating in the Technology, Retail and Financial Services sectors. We understand the unique complexities of these sectors and can support you on:
- international supply chain contracts;
- logistics and procurement;
- specialist manufacturing and maintenance agreements;
- outsourcing and facilities management;
- competition law compliance;
- sponsorship contracts and agreements;
- merchandising agreements;
- property management; and
- marketing and advertising contracts.
Our international team of commercial legal experts work together to provide you with tailored solutions, which could include supporting and collaborating with your in-house team behind the scenes, providing online reviews and reports, advising on implementation and operational issues, and even full deal structure planning and, leading negotiations on your behalf.
Brands, Advertising & Marketing
Our international team supports some of the world’s most successful brands on a wide range of advertising, marketing, and sponsorship matters.
The team frequently supports clients with their advertising and sponsorship campaigns, drawing on their expert understanding of media activation and the ways in which the regulatory environment affects marketing messages to help our clients take hold of opportunities whilst mitigating risk. Our clients benefit from our ability to advise across:
- brand partnership and sponsorship agreements
- agreements to facilitate the delivery of advertising & marketing activities, including with creative agencies, media buying agencies, developers and talent
- digital activations, including the interaction between marketing and technology (e.g. social media and viral campaigns)
- compliance under the CAP and BCAP Codes, sales promotion and direct marketing, including pre-publication/pre-transmission clearance
- compliance applicable only to advertising in regulated environments, ambush marketing, outdoor and ambient advertising, and advertising to children
- compliance aspects of competitions and giveaways, including wider consumer law elements
- compliance with event/experience-based activations, such as pop-up events
- consumer protection, defamation, intellectual property clearances and use of personal data
- contentious and litigious matters, including complaints handling with the Advertising Standards Authority and Information Commissioner
Our commercial law services
Commercial Contracts
Helping you identify opportunities, assess risk, exploit strategic advantages and minimise the consequence of any drawbacks.
Data Protection & Privacy
We can provide you with international contentious and non-contentious advice that exceeds straight-forward legal services.
EU & Competition
We will work with you to ensure that your company is fully compliant and avoids sanction.
Outsourcing
Our sourcing team can help you efficiently structure your sourcing portfolio and offer advice across the entire sourcing lifecycle.
Supply & Distribution
The agreements that you have in place with your suppliers and agents are critical. We can adapt your agreements tailored to your requirements and objectives.
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
We can help you to adapt to technological change to drive success for your business with experience supporting a wide variety of digital transformation projects.
Meet our commercial lawyers
Our thinking
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Caroline Swain writes for Startups Magazine on 'Green Claims'
Caroline Swain
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Caroline Swain writes for Fashion Capital on the EU’s new legal framework on textiles
Caroline Swain
In the Press
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The End of the SAG-AFTRA Strike & What it Means for the Middle East
Mark Hill
Quick Reads
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Tech Monitor quotes Gareth Mills on the CMA restricting Meta from using certain customer data
Gareth Mills
In the Press
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Dubai Court of Cassation Extends Arbitration Agreement Across Subsequent Contracts
Peter Smith
Quick Reads
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The rise in ESG reporting requirements for UK directors and of related shareholder activism
Stephen Burns
Insights
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Top 5 tips for businesses to mitigate legal and regulatory risks associated with AI
Janine Regan
Insights
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Jamie Cartwright writes for FoodBev Media on 'greedflation'
Jamie Cartwright
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Charles Russell Speechlys expands commercial offering with the appointment of Rebecca Steer
Rebecca Steer
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The Times quotes Gareth Mills on the CMA’s preliminary approval of the Activision Blizzard-Microsoft deal
Gareth Mills
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City AM quotes Gareth Mills on the CMA’s new set of principles for regulating AI
Gareth Mills
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Silicon quotes Gareth Mills on the UK consumer lawsuit against Google
Gareth Mills
In the Press
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Bloomberg and The Washington Post quote Richard Davies on multiclub ownership in world sports
Richard Davies
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Product compliance and Brexit - UK Government concedes to CE markings indefinite recognition
Jamie Cartwright
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Has the Orpéa plan impaired shareholder's consent? - Le plan de sauvegarde d'Orpéa n'a-t-il pas vicié le consentement des actionnaires historiques ?
Dimitri-André Sonier
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The Express quotes Gareth Mills on the CMA’s report on competition in the groceries sector
Gareth Mills
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Reuters quotes Gareth Mills on the CMA’s deadline extension of the Microsoft Activision Blizzard deal
Gareth Mills
In the Press
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Les défaillances en France proches de leur niveau de 2019 - French insolvencies close to 2019 levels
Dimitri-André Sonier
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Law.com International quotes Simon Ridpath on the use of AI in the legal sector
Simon Ridpath
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Casino Group: An agreement with investors and debt holders is expected at the end of July
Dimitri-André Sonier
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Raconteur quotes Caroline Swain on misleading pricing practices
Caroline Swain
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PE Hub quotes Richard Davies on private equity interest in football and sports
Richard Davies
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One year on: "Influencer Culture: lights, camera, inaction" remains astonishingly accurate
Caroline Swain
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Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration publishes new Arbitration Rules
Peter Smith
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WhatsAppGate - Should businesses be reviewing their social media policies?
Anna Rogers
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Dubai announces its plan to streamline the enforcement of civil judgments and arbitral awards
Peter Smith
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Sign of the times - the British record football transfer which very nearly didn't happen
Pei Li Kew
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No love (island) lost for the #muffboss – #ad is great but don’t forget the other ad rules
Caroline Swain
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Omnichannel innovation essential in the face of outlet decline
Caroline Swain
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Ten Years Since The 2012 Saudi Arbitration Law: Where Are We Now?
Peter Smith
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