Practice areas

Four areas, closely related

Each page below lists the matters the firm handles in that area, the laws that apply, and answers to the questions that come up most often. The lists describe scope; they are not an offer of services.

When each area of work is needed

Read left to right as a company grows. A mark means that area is usually involved at that point.

Areas of work against the stages of a company's life
Area of work	Starting up Setting the company up	Running it Contracts, staff, compliance	Raising money Investors and diligence	A dispute Something has gone wrong
Corporate & commercial	Usually involved	Usually involved	Usually involved	Usually involved
Fraud & regulatory	Not usually involved	Usually involved	Not usually involved	Usually involved
Intellectual property	Usually involved	Not usually involved	Usually involved	Usually involved
Startup & technology	Usually involved	Not usually involved	Usually involved	Not usually involved

Starting up

Setting the company up
Running it

Contracts, staff, compliance
- Corporate & commercial
- Fraud & regulatory
Raising money

Investors and diligence
A dispute

Something has gone wrong

Corporate work runs the whole way. The others are needed at particular moments, and most matters touch more than one at once — which is why the four are kept in one practice rather than referred out.

Corporate & Commercial Law

Setting a company up, writing the contracts it signs, and keeping its filings in order.

Incorporation and structuring, contracts, governance, and the day-to-day legal work a company generates.
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- Company formation and choice of business structure
- Shareholder agreements, board and general-meeting resolutions
- Drafting, review and negotiation of commercial contracts
- Vendor, employment and client agreements
- Regulatory compliance reviews and risk assessment
- and 2 more
Financial Fraud & Regulatory Matters

Money has gone missing inside a business, or a regulator has written asking questions.

Internal investigations, fraud litigation, regulatory notices and enforcement, and anti-money-laundering compliance.
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- Internal investigations into suspected corporate financial fraud
- Representation in fraud-related civil and criminal proceedings
- Responses to regulatory audits, notices and enquiries
- Whistleblower policy drafting and advisory
- Anti-money laundering compliance review
- and 1 more
Intellectual Property

Protecting a name, a logo or work you created, and acting when someone else uses it.

Trademark and copyright filings, licensing and confidentiality arrangements, and enforcement where rights are infringed.
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- Trademark availability searches, filing and prosecution
- Responses to examination reports and opposition proceedings
- Copyright registration, assignment and licensing
- Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements
- Licensing and franchising arrangements
- and 1 more
Startup & Technology Advisory

Getting the paperwork of a young company right before an investor asks to see it.

Founder arrangements, incorporation, fundraising documentation, ESOPs, data-protection policies and technology contracts.
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- Founder and co-founder agreements, including vesting
- Incorporation as a Private Limited Company, LLP or OPC
- Fundraising documentation and diligence responses
- Term sheets, SHA and SSA, and ESOP scheme documents
- Privacy policies and data-protection compliance
- and 1 more

Four areas, closely related

When each area of work is needed

Corporate & Commercial Law

Financial Fraud & Regulatory Matters

Intellectual Property

Startup & Technology Advisory

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