At Douglas Wemyss Solicitors our award winning Commercial Solicitors are dedicated in ensuring that all of your legal business needs are catered for.  Our Commercial Department consists of leading specialists in the field of commercial and corporate work.  If you are looking to buy or sell a business, need help raising finance to set up a business or expand an existing business, franchising your business, need business terms and agreements and personal agreements drafting, intellectual property and e-commerce advice, or any other legal business requirements – our solicitors can effectively deal with all of your commercial and corporate legal needs.  We have extensive experience in advising and working with businesses of all sizes.

You will be appointed a dedicated solicitor from our Commercial Department to ensure regularity of advice and information and also enabling you and your business to build a personal relationship with your solicitor; this will facilitate a greater understanding of you and your business with your solicitor who is committed to ensuring that you are provided with balanced, clear and commercial advice at all times so that we may assist you in the successful running of your business.

Our solicitors fully understand the importance of supporting businesses, especially in a recessionary climate.  We have set up several new start-up businesses; taking care of all of their legal requirements from inception to trading and support and advice existing businesses with their business models also.  Our solicitors are valued not only for their depth of legal experience but for their business knowledge as many of them run their own successful businesses which enables them to effectively support any business and entrepreneur accessing our services.  Putting in place solid contractual frameworks for any business is essential; starting from deciding which legal framework is best for your business, binding all agreements in writing including, terms and conditions, personal guarantees, shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, franchising agreements, issuing employment contracts, keeping up to date with Health and Safety Laws and all other legal requirements deemed necessary for the successful running of any business model.  The legal expertise of our commercial solicitors will enable you to make sure that you have met all the legal requirements necessary for the running of a successful business and help avoid any problems arising in the future.

Our solicitors have a proven track record of being innovative in the way we provide our commercial services and this has been recognised to date by the Law Society of England & Wales as we have been awarded the title of ‘Leicestershire Law Firm of the Year 2011’ and for our exceptional levels of service we have been awarded ‘Excellence in Client Service 2011.’

These awards have made us ever more focused on our clients and determined on keeping the innovation going.  This is evident in our sustained accessibility and approachability and by the fact that our costs are realistic and reflective of the current market –

Call today to arrange for a FREE MEETING with a member of our team on (0116) 2999199.

Click on the link below to view our articles on:

Legal Tips on Setting up a New Business:

http://d-w-s.co.uk/articles/legal-tips-on-setting-up-a-new-business

Importance of Personal Guarantees in a Business:

http://d-w-s.co.uk/articles/personal-guarantees

In the commercial department we deal with the following:

Buying or Selling a Business

Starting a Business

Raising Finance

Commercial Contracts

Franchising

Other:

• Partnerships and Formations
• Data Protection and Privacy policies
• Supply and distribution agreements
• Confidentiality agreements
• Agency agreements
• Hire and Consumer hire agreements
• General contract, boilerplate and drafting