A deep understanding of the sector, gained over many years, ensures that we provide expert guidance across the entire supply chain, encompassing every facet of the industry.
In the food and drink sector, we support a wide range of clients, from high-profile retailers and hospitality businesses to producers, processors, suppliers, and wholesalers. Whether handling everyday property and contractual matters or addressing complex commercial and regulatory challenges, often with an international focus, we are here to assist.
The leisure and hospitality sector has faced significant challenges in recent years, including rising costs, employee recruitment difficulties and shifts in consumer behaviour. As businesses in this sector adapt to these pressures, we offer strategic support to help you navigate these changes and thrive.
At every stage, our enthusiastic and dedicated team works with you to mitigate risks, offering strategic advice that aligns with your business goals and ensures your continued success in the industry.
Your brand can make or break your success. We help to protect your valuable intellectual property, including registering any patents, protecting your trademarks, and advising on copyright related issues. We can help you with advertising and marketing matters to make sure that the claims about your product are compliant with the relevant laws.
Most food and drink businesses have property of one type or another as an asset and we can help with all purchases, disposals and leasing (including new leases, variations, assignations and renunciations) in connection with your business.
We can assist through every stage of the process of buying and selling your business including all property, employment, licensing, contract and compliance matters arising.
This industry sector is highly regulated. We help to keep your business compliant. Whether it is food labelling, food standards advertising, packaging, environmental issues, health and safety, certificates of origin, nutrition and health claims, customer safety or anything else, our lawyers give you fastidious advice to protect your business.
We can represent you through any competition investigations and advise you on any actual and possible contraventions of competition law within your business.
Whether you are establishing, restructuring, or expanding your business, our team can support you through the project. We advise on the full spectrum of transactions and help you deal with any finance issues. Our commercial lawyers will also draft the contracts you require to protect your interests, from standard terms and conditions to more complex framework agreements.
If you wish to sell your products in new geographical areas, we advise you on the competition law aspects of the proposed arrangement with your distributor and draft and negotiate the terms to facilitate the relationship.
Staff recruitment is notoriously difficult in this sector. We can help you with policies, benefits, incentive schemes, the national minimum wage, and explain immigration laws for workers arriving from abroad. We advise on TUPE during any corporate transactions, and the day-to-day handling of any employee issues.
We advise on the regulatory regimes, tariffs, and customs processes the affect your exports internationally.
Franchising can be a lucrative option for expanding businesses. We can draft the contracts you need to appoint representatives in the UK and abroad, and apportion risk between you sensibly. We have acted in numerous market leading brand franchise deals (for franchisors and franchisees) and can help you with your franchising projects.
We deal with liquor licensing and licensing as part of transactions for licensed premises. We also represent our clients on liquor licensing matters and at licensing hearings, representing their interests in what can be complex and commercially vital hearings and reviews.
On rare occasions, you may need to carry out a product recall. There are several stages to this process and we ensure every step is conducted meticulously to minimise further damage or distress. We also help you manage any reputational risk associated with a recall.
Your reputation is paramount in attracting customers and retaining employees. We can help manage your reputation and advise on handling any negative reviews.
An expert led one stop shop for commercial, strategic legal advice. Our clients rely on us for fast, insightful advice across all aspects of their businesses and we provide expert knowledge and tailored support for all their legal needs. The vital ingredient to your ongoing compliance and future growth. See our team members’ profiles for examples of our work.
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