Commercial Contract Lawyers

We're commercial solicitors providing legal advice on technology contracts.

We provide specialist contract advice including:

helping businesses comes to terms with commercial terms
ensuring terms of Terms and Conditions match the commercial intention
advising on what is missing from IT contracts

We advise small businesses and IT companies on a series of technology agreements, including:

Starting Up

Terms and Conditions
Data Processing Agreements
Terms of Use
Privacy Statements
Cookie Policies

Technology Contracts

master service agreements to streamline business dealings
framework agreements
distribution agreements and reseller agreements
share purchase agreements, shareholders' agreements and investment agreements
joint venture agreements

Intellectual Property Protection

confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
intellectual property licensing: websites, publications and brands
sales and acquisitions of intellectual property rights:
- patents rights
- copyright works
- trade marks and brands
- confidential information, trade secrets and know how

Software Contracts

cloud-based services contracts:
software distribution agreements
software as a service contracts
service level agreements
master development agreements
hosting agreements
software development agreements
software licensing of software products for licensors and licensees
hardware and software warranties
EULAs

Manage Legal Risk

We also advise on the legal risks associated with contracts terms and terms, and taking steps under commercial contracts. We analyse and assess client's legal rights in respect of things they care about:

red flags in revisions to contracts
when contracts might come to an unexpected end
warranties
liability under indemnities
limitations of liability which may make project less viable
allocation and restrictions on available uses of intellectual property rights, after the contract ends
where breaching a contract may come as a surprise
when time and materials billing can backfire
rights to suspend supply of services and licences can crop up
claims which arise from delivery delays
damages claims and how much might be payable
when intellectual property rights are infringed

Contract Terms

In contracts, fewer contract terms means less complexity. Fewer schedules in contracts means less complexity. Fewer terms means less complexity. Complexity costs time.

Complexity costs money. We work with our clients to avoid unnecessary complexity.

What's your situation?

You need a contract that:

contains easy to follow language and sets you up for negotiations
will be based on a template contract but need it checked to make sure it is up to scratch
mirrors how your business operates
will protect your business if something goes wrong
will not scare off your counterpart when you negotiate
avoid unnecessary jargon

Prepare Contract

You have received a contract to sign and:

you are confident about most of it, but remain uncertain about some parts
the clauses do not say what you thought they would
you've been asked a question you can't answer
you've received a revision to the contract and are unsure how to handle it
you can't see a way to get out of the contract if things go wrong
it is written in a way that you might get trapped, but can’t see exactly how
you're not sure exactly what to do

Contract Review

You have a contract which:

comes back with so many change requests and redlines
loses you business because the contract is too complicated
wastes money with queries, training and delay
gets in the way of closing new business
need to include new products or service offerings
means one thing to you and your counterpart thinks it means something else
the time it takes to prepare causes distraction from business

Fix Contract

Commercial Contract Lawyers London