Commercial Services
Introduction
Our commercial lawyers combine strategic understanding and technical excellence to ensure that our clients' activities are soundly and securely based.
Our teams provide advice on a wide range of matters including large corporate transactions, property matters and Intellectual Property issues.
Corporate & Commercial
Corporate activity, Contractual relationships, Employment and Debt are critical to all business activity. Many of the issues are central to a business strategy. Our commercial lawyers combine strategic understanding and technical excellence to ensure that our clients' activities are soundly and securely based. The breadth of experience of our commercial services team is vast, and our partnering approach to meeting clients' business needs means we are retained advisers to management teams, institutions and private investors.
Find out moreProperty
Property law is vast in the breadth of services it covers. From the needs of the private individual to the largest corporate transactions and projects, Ashfords has a full service team to meet all of your needs. Clients need lawyers with the technical expertise and practical approach to meet the demands of this modern commercial property world and its business requirements. Our team represents a formidable power-house in the South West with the expertise and capacity to handle even the largest and most complex transactions across all sectors of the property industry.
Find out moreIntellectual Property & Technology
There's a huge importance placed on brand, and businesses will go to great lengths both to exploit and protect their reputation. It's not just brand. Creative output, technical innovations, trade secrets and designs all now hold significant value. Ashfords have a strong and experienced team of Intellectual Property and Technology experts. We know how to protect, defend and help you exploit your IP assets. You will always receive commercially sound advice. We speak plainly. We deliver commonsense as well as technical expertise. Our skills apply to a wide range of industries, including the energy sector, the IT industry, consumer products, clothing, sports, food & drink, marketing and advertising. We have extensive experience of working on the Intellectual Property and Technology issues faced by public sector bodies. We regularly work on protecting and exploiting IP rights overseas.
Find out moreDisputes
Whatever the nature of the dispute, be it litigation, arbitration or a regulatory matter, we have leading teams who have the experience and expertise to help clients achieve a satisfactory resolution across a wide range of sectors; company, commercial, intellectual property and construction. We also understand that prevention is better than cure, which is why we spend much of our time assisting our clients in managing their risk profile to avoid disputes. By working alongside lawyers in other teams, we can be quicker in identifying trends in business that might lead to risk.
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