We advise companies of varying sizes – from entrepreneurial start-ups to major international organisations – with their on-going business needs, helping them achieve their commercial goals.
We aim to inject value into your business and focus on finding solutions rather than problems. We invest time to understand what you want to achieve and then apply our expertise and experience to make you succeed. Many of our lawyers have worked in-house, on secondment, or have previous industry expertise which means we understand the challenges you face and work with you to deliver practical, timely solutions.
We provide specialist advice that helps our clients to maximise their opportunities whilst minimising their risks, and we work closely with colleagues in other practice areas to provide a complete solution to our clients’ requirements.
Comprehensive data protection and privacy programme management services.
Find out moreWe can support you across the range of commercial contracts. As your contracts expire, we can advise you on re-tendering exercises. We have experience dealing with separation arrangement and transitional services agreements and recognise the importance of contract management and governance during the life of the agreement.
Cyber Security & Information Law
We can advise you on the measures required to ensure the availability, integrity and confidentiality of information, and to ensure its secure transfer, including the use of encryption technologies and advanced electronic signatures.
We understand the importance of protecting information that should not be made public, ensuring your organisation's reputation is protected. We also understand the importance of open government and the need to obtain information to assist in tenders, litigation, and journalism. We can give practical advice that can be invaluable in wording your request so as to elicit the information that you are
Information Assurance and Security
All businesses are dependent on the use of ICT and hold large volumes of valuable and commercially sensitive information that is at risk, whether from industrial espionage, financial fraud or human error. We can help ensure that you are protected from these risks and work with you to create a Breach Response Plan to minimise any damage and act quickly in the event of a breach.
Ashfords' specialist SIPP (Self Invested Personal Pension Schemes) and SSAS (Small Self Administered Pension Schemes) Team, work with professional trustee companies that administer SIPPs and SSASs to satisfy their members/beneficiaries special investment requirements and have a detailed knowledge and understanding of the unique issues relevant to a SIPP or SSAS investment.
Find out moreFranchising, Agency and Distribution
We can help you set-up and create franchises and distribution arrangements, grants and termination, sale and purchase, 'master' and 'development' agreements, intellectual property, joint venture and 'hybrid' agreements, disputes and litigation and property matters
Online community dedicated to supporting in-house solicitors and counsels.
Find out morePatents are a powerful form of protection for technology and innovation, but they aren’t the be-all and end-all of a successful business. To truly unlock their potential, patents need to complement every other aspect of a business.
Find out moreOur team provides a full advisory and defence service whether you are a large corporation, small business, individual director or senior manager.
Find out moreWe have experience in dealing with all types of Contentious and Non-Contentious Corporate, Personal and Cross Border insolvency issues.
Find out moreWe register, protect, manage, licence, transfer and enforce all kinds of IP rights with your interests in mind.
Find out moreFamily and Owner Managed Business
Family businesses move from generation to generation and strength to strength. We understand the dynamic and personal nature of this growth and believe strong values, culture and personality are key to success. We will get to know you, your family, your business, and your ambitions to support the generational and managerial infrastructural development of your business.
Find out moreBrexit international personal data flows
A decision of the EU that a country outside of the EEA has an adequate level of data protection and can therefore receive personal data from the EEA without the requirement for any further safeguards .
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