Intellectual property licensing and negotiating your first deal
Intellectual property licensing and negotiating your first deal If you have developed a new product, or perhaps come up with an innovative way of doing [...]
Buying offices as an investment
The best investment property will be one where the fundamentals are right. It should be in a suitable location, in sound structural condition, and ideally [...]
Buying an asset-based business – what to look out for?
If you are contemplating buying another business, then you will have been suitably impressed with the sale particulars. But these do not tell the whole [...]
Excluding or limiting liability in B2B terms and conditions
Setting out the terms upon which you provide your goods or services to another business will reduce the risk of a dispute by making clear [...]
Christmas trading – implications for landlords and tenants
Retail, leisure, and hospitality businesses will be banking on a good festive season this year. Shops will want to stay open for longer and may [...]
Commercial property considerations for damage by insured risks
Commercial landlords rely on insurance to cover the cost of repairing damage to their investment property beyond normal wear and tear, and business tenants expect [...]
New director-member joining your company? Time to review your shareholder agreement
If you are planning to appoint a new director to work in your business who will also acquire shares in your company then, as well [...]
Making your commercial property portfolio more sustainable
Growing evidence of climate change has put sustainability firmly on the commercial property agenda. Owners, occupiers, and lenders are increasingly focused on 'ESG' which refers [...]
Winding up and closing down a company cleanly
While many founders and business owners will implement succession plans to sell or pass their business to a new generation of owners, sometimes it is [...]
Contract pricing in commercial agreements – pitfalls to avoid
If you are a fan of Marmite or Hellman’s mayonnaise, you may recall a brief dispute that broke out between Tesco and Unilever in late [...]