Commercial Contracts

Commercial Contracts

Commercial Contracts

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Our global Commercial Contracts practice has specialist lawyers in the major European, US, Asian and Middle Eastern locations assisting clients on their ongoing business and trading requirements, from strategic relationships to business as usual arrangements. Our lawyers work with clients around the world on a wide variety of commercial agreements, ranging from agency, manufacturing and distribution agreements to franchising, concession and technology and non-technology licensing arrangements, from e-commerce, sourcing, IT services, procurement, software, advertising, sponsorship and marketing to joint ventures and supply of goods and services. We support businesses across a broad range of industry sectors from hospitality, hotels and leisure to sports and entertainment, from manufacturing, food and agribusiness to retail, from technology to financial services. Many of our team have spent time on secondment with the in-house teams at our major clients giving them a true commercial focus with deep industry knowledge.

Legal 500

Ranked tier 2 in Commercial Contracts in the Legal 500 2023

Legal 500

Ranked tier 2 in Commercial Contracts in the Legal 500 2023

Richard Shaw

Partner and Co-Team Leader - Technology & Commercial Transactions, London

+44 (0) 20 3400 4154

Richard Shaw

Partner and Co-Team Leader - Technology & Commercial Transactions, London

+44 (0) 20 3400 4154

Meet The Team

Richard Shaw

Partner and Co-Team Leader - Technology & Commercial Transactions, London

+44 (0) 20 3400 4154

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