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We advise founders, operating teams and senior employees on contracts, workplace matters, transactions and disputes — with a written scope, an agreed fee basis and a named lawyer on every file.
Contracts · Workplace · Transactions · Disputes
Supply, services, licensing and partnership terms drafted or reviewed against how you actually trade.
Read scope →Hiring, exits, restructures, grievances and restrictive covenants — for employers and senior individuals.
Read scope →Share and asset sales, investment rounds and shareholder arrangements, from heads of terms to completion.
Read scope →Contract, payment and workplace disputes handled with an early view on cost, evidence and settlement.
Read scope →Legal work goes wrong when nobody agrees what is in scope or what it will cost. We set both in writing before substantive work begins, then keep the position current as the matter moves.
A structured conversation about the facts, the commercial outcome you need and the realistic options. You leave with a view on whether a lawyer is required at all.
We confirm the work, the fee basis, who will carry out each part and what we need from you. Nothing chargeable starts until you accept those terms.
Drafting, negotiation, advice or correspondence, handled by the named lawyer on your file. Anything that changes the scope or the estimate is raised with you before it is done.
Final documents, a short plain-language summary of what was agreed, and a note of the dates, renewals or obligations you now need to diary.
Each lane lists what the work usually covers, who tends to instruct us for it, and the fee basis we would normally propose. If your matter sits outside these areas we will say so and point you elsewhere.
Most contract problems are drafting problems: terms copied from a template that never described the business. We start from your actual delivery, payment and liability position.
We act on either side, but never both in the same matter. Most instructions concern a change that has to be handled correctly the first time.
Deals stall on unresolved detail. We flag the points that decide price and risk early, so negotiation happens once rather than three times.
The first question in any dispute is whether the recovery justifies the cost and the time. We answer that before recommending a course of action.
The consultation is a working session, not a sales call. The more of the paper trail we can read in advance, the more of the time goes on advice.
We propose the basis that suits the matter and confirm it in the engagement letter. You will not receive an invoice for work you did not agree to.
Used where the scope can be defined in advance — a document set, a settlement agreement, an initial merits assessment. The figure is quoted after the consultation and does not move unless you change the scope.
Used for negotiation and disputes, where the other side dictates part of the workload. We agree an estimate and a ceiling, and we come back to you before approaching it rather than after passing it.
Used for transactions and ongoing advisory support. Work is divided into stages with its own estimate, so you can pause, re-scope or stop at any stage boundary.
Every engagement letter states the fee basis, what is included, what is excluded, who will do the work and how disbursements are handled. Ask for it before you instruct us — we would rather answer questions about cost early than explain an invoice late.
The things people most often ask in a first email. If your question is not here, put it in the enquiry form and it will be answered directly.
Consultations are ordinarily arranged within two working days of an enquiry. If you are facing a deadline set by a court, a regulator or the other side, say so in your message and we will tell you the same day whether we can act in time.
The agreement or policy in question, the correspondence that shows what was agreed, and any dates or deadlines already in play. Sending them in advance means the consultation is spent on advice rather than on reading.
Yes, wherever the scope can be defined — drafting, settlement agreements and initial merits assessments are usually fixed. Negotiation and disputes are quoted hourly against an agreed estimate and ceiling, because the other side controls part of the work.
Often, but time matters. Tell us the date of any deadline in your first message. If we cannot act within it, we will say so immediately rather than take the file and leave you short of time.
One named lawyer is responsible for your file from the engagement letter onward, and that name does not change without telling you. Where a specialist or counsel is needed for part of the work, we say who, why and what it adds to the estimate.
You receive a progress note at each milestone that covers what has been done, what comes next and where costs stand against the estimate. If the scope changes, we raise it before the work is carried out, not on the invoice.
Nothing further. The consultation carries no obligation to instruct us, and no chargeable work begins until you have accepted a written scope and fee basis. Sometimes the right advice is that you do not need a lawyer yet.
A short description is enough to start. We will confirm whether this is work we can take, who would handle it, and what the first stage would cost.