The damage that a highly-publicised employment claim can cause to the goodwill of a business should never be underestimated. Our specialist employment team can help you manage, and ultimately avoid, high-risk employment claims. We can help you avoid executive and shareholder embarrassment, potential negative effects on recruitment and retention, potential...

We have a genuine understanding and enthusiasm for the European venture and growth capital market, having executed more than 250 fund raisings during the last three years (helping European businesses raise over €2bn in aggregate). We advise start-ups, global market leaders, angel investors and more than 50 institutional VC/growth capital...

Technology contracts can be daunting. We can leverage our extensive international experience and deeply-embedded sector insight to help you navigate the complexity and avoid the pitfalls. Our dedicated team includes many market-leading practitioners who have enjoyed significant periods working in-house within the TMT industries, providing an invaluable view on how...

To make your IP work as hard as possible for your business, you need the very best advice when you develop and exploit it – whether that involves partnering, acquisition or licensing. Our IP specialists ensure that you secure the rights you need to develop your business and extract maximum...

Our lawyers advise on all types of outsourcing, including offshoring and nearshoring, one-off and framework procurements and collaborative sourcing. We can also provide you with the right advice to bring services back in-house successfully by re-negotiating and 'insourcing' your outsourcing agreements, as well as second-generation outsourcing. Our advice is designed...

We provide a full range of dispute resolution services for pension schemes, corporate clients and pension providers in the UK. Our extensive experience of handling major disputes means that our lawyers don’t just have a clear understanding of the legal and regulatory framework for pension schemes; they understand the commercial...

We help businesses of all sizes across a range of sectors set up joint ventures, allowing our clients to enter or expand into new markets, develop new products or reinforce relationships between suppliers and customers. We are experienced advisers on transactions involving both local alliances and international joint ventures, together...

Buying or supplying construction services can be complex, often with many stakeholders' interests to balance, for example developers, funders, purchasers, tenants, occupiers, supply chain and investors. Our broad insight and perspective on the requirements at all levels of a transaction enables us to bring a balanced, pragmatic and commercial approach...