If you intend to start up a business in the UK, you will be faced with a number of commercial and legal issues, such as, which legal structure to adopt for your mode of business; choosing a name for your business; drafting a business plan; registering the name(s) as a trade mark; employment, filing patent applications to protect any subsisting technology; protecting any intellectual property rights; marketing your products or services and obtaining high quality legal advice.

There are several vehicles you can adopt when starting a business in the UK. The structure you adopt will be dependent on the legal, commercial and tax implications for your business.

We offer an integrated package of services covering the legal, financial and commercial aspects of businesses. We work in conjunction with other professionals such as project managers, IT specialists, business consultants and tax advisers to create a cost-effective, single point-of-contact to our clients.

Along with our partners we can assist an early stage company with drafting a business plan, website development, business consultancy as well as a range of legal services:

1. *Adopting new Memorandum and Articles
   

2. *Branding
   

* Commercial Contracts

* Compliance with Companies Act requirements

* Confidentiality Agreements

* Consultancy Agreements

* Data Protection Compliance

* Directors Liabilities and Responsibilities

* Distribution Arrangements

* Employment Law Implications

* Choosing a Name for the Business and/or Products

1. *Formation of a Company
   

2. *Adopting New Memorandum and Articles of Association
   

* Intellectual Property

* Partnership Agreements

* Patent Applications

* Registering a Trade mark

* Setting up in Partnership

1. *    Shareholders Agreements