DL LEGAL Solicitors

Solicitors

COMMERCIAL, TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

LAW MADE SIMPLE

We create the paperwork behind technology businesses. We advise commercial entities of all sizes - from start-up businesses, small and medium sized business and to the large corporate enterprises throughout London, the UK and internationally. We support businesses in a variety of ways. Our solicitors draft terms and conditions of business, prepare contract documentation, advise on contractual risk, regulatory compliance, give legal advice in contract structuring, post-contract management and administration and identification of claims and resolving disputes. More...

Our people have assisted in advising a wide range of businesses in a number of sectors and industries, including marketing, banking, insurance, manufacturing, distribution, the public sector, entertainment, new media, and software houses.

Contracts, terms of business and other commercial agreements and documents to assist our clients make the most of each and every opportunity and minimise risks in commercial transactions and create business relationships that work.

We set up and advise on commercial deals involving contracts and agreements with a number of objectives in mind: to create a deal that works for all parties at a minimum cost, delay and fuss; to generate trust and confidence between the parties and create a framework that is supportive if things begin to go wrong.

Our lawyers have usually had years of hard commercial experience outside law firms and we apply our commercial and legal insight towards out clients’ success and produce cost effective, powerful advice that makes a difference for our clients in the short, medium and long term.

Our commercial contract services include:

*outsourcing contracts
*software licenses
*supply contracts
*reseller agreements
*distribution contracts
*escrow agreements
*maintenance and support agreements
*website development and support
*terms and conditions of business and trade
*consultancy agreements
*publishing contracts
*dealer & distributorship appointment agreements
*joint venture agreements
*business sales and purchases
*technology & software licensing
*tender documentation
*information technology & software development contracts
*web site terms

* privacy policies

*e-mail and internet use policies
*Business/Company law

* shareholder disputes

*partnership disputes
*Employment law
*employment

Contract Structuring:

*lump sum development contracts;
*design and implementation contracts;
*packaged software business terms and conditions
*transfer of contractual obligations to appropriate third parties
*risk allocation and factors going to project management in software engineering contracts

Contract Documentation:

*liability arising from technical specifications
*integration of specifications with contractual obligations

* advising on proper terms of contract including unlawful, unreasonable or unfair terms

*restraints of trade, including post-employment obligations
*assistance in the preparation of schedules in outsourcing contracts
*service levels, service level compensation advice

Contractual Risk

*advising on the effect of performance obligations
*analysis of failures to perform under agreements
*advising on inherent and patent risks to be imposed by contracts

* interpretation of clauses and entire agreements

Contract Delivery Advice

*legal advice on administration of contracts,
*claims detection and negotiation,
*delay and defects in deliverables,
*strategy and managing disputes
*regulatory compliance and corporate compliance issues,
*trade practices,
*intellectual property rights,
*industrial relations
*commercial issues affecting the contract administration
*contract Administration & Management

We are regularly approached to advise in relation to the exercise of rights under existing contracts including the effect of agreement clauses; whether clauses may or may not be exercised. This in turn determines the scope of a legal dispute, its seriousness and measures that may be taken

The most contentious of these are where a party alleges a right to terminate or withhold payment. On the face of the contract this may well be the case, however much of the law is invisible - rights are implied in contracts, and the rules of interpreting the contract document by an experienced practitioner often is at great variance to an interpretation by one not interpreting such documents regularly.

We have accumulated significant experience, industry knowledge and expertise providing company commercial legal advice and contract oriented legal advice. Some of our solicitors are recognised industry experts in their field. We have provided legal advice in respect to the following legal issues and matters:

Corporate Governance

* Shareholders agreements

* Directors' remuneration contracts

* Joint venture contracts and structuring

* Advising on bank guarantees

* Financing for technology companies

* Investing in companies

Employment

* Employment contracts

* IR 36 compliance

* Corporate Internet and email terms of use

* Employment contract disputes