Legal Services for Businesses

Whether you’re a sole trader or representing a large corporation, your CWJ team will pursue your interests with equal commitment and attention to detail. We value all our commercial clients, irrespective of size; and the range of our services extends to virtually every aspect of their operations.

Corporate

• Terms and conditions of trading
• Management buy-outs
• Services to partnerships
• Franchise and joint venture agreements
• Sale and purchase of companies and businesses
• Impact of European law
• Partnership
• Technology
• Business start-ups and structure

Commercial

• Supply of goods and services agreements
• Terms and conditions for the supply of goods and services
• Agency agreements
• Distribution agreements
• Franchising agreements
• Joint venture agreements
• Strategic alliances/collaboration agreements
• Procurement and outsourcing
• Service level agreements
• Manufacturing agreements
• Confidentiality agreements
• Consultancy agreements
• General partnership agreements
• Limited liability partnership agreements
• Other commercial contracts

Commercial Property

• Freehold and leasehold
• Landlord and tenant legislation
• Mortgage and development finance
• Residential/commercial estate development
• Advice for owners of residential care homes

Commercial Litigation

• Disputes with customers
• Landlord and tenant disputes
• Building disputes
• Insurance matters
• Boardroom/partnership disputes
• Professional negligence
• Debt recovery

Employment

• Employment contracts
• Employment policies and procedures
• Redundancy
• Unfair dismissal
• Discrimination
• Employment Tribunal hearings
• Health and Safety

Insolvency

• Restructuring
• Pre-pack arrangements
• Acquisitions/ sales of companies in administration
• Company voluntary arrangements
• Directors’disqualifications
• Other related commercial issues

Property Development

• Brownfield and contaminated sites
• Option agreements, overage and conditional contracts
• Site assembly, joint ventures and collaboration agreements
• Planning and infrastructure agreements
• Affordable housing including disposals to registered social landlords
• Construction contracts, professional appointments, warranties, building agreements
• Building leases, building licences

Construction

• Construction Contracts
• Employment Issues
• Commercial Property
• Construction Disputes
• Development Sales
• Professional Negligence
• Corporate M&A
• Health & Safety

Notarial

• Powers of Attorney, statutory affidavits, oaths and declarations
• Documentation relating to the sale, purchase, transfer, or verification of land, property or shares
• Authentication of a Passport or signature
• Certified copy documents such as Passports, company documentation and educational certificates
• Documentation, marriage certificates and declarations of single status in connection with marriage overseas
• Preparation of sponsorship forms for persons visiting the UK
• Permission to let one parent travel with children 
• Witnessing and attesting signature of foreign Wills

Medical Partnerships