Start-ups and high growth businesses

What legal advice do you need when starting a business?

Starting a business is often an all-consuming adventure that can leave you with a ‘to do’ list as long as your arm. Figuring out what legal advice and support you need so you can best manage your resources can be a daunting task, especially if you are embarking upon the start-up journey for the first time.

Our lawyers work with start-ups, including tech start-ups, and high growth businesses to identify what their legal priorities should be. This means you can manage your spend and focus your efforts where they are most needed from the beginning. But we don’t want to leave you just as things are getting started; we want to build a long term relationship with you and our lawyers can support your business through all stages of its growth.

Read more about how we can support you as you grow your business.

Our services

Our specialists regularly advise on:

• Corporate law, including establishing your funding options, company or partnership formation, structuring the business, negotiating and signing shareholders agreements, disposals, mergers, and acquisitions
• Commercial contracts and agreements, including terms & conditions, distribution agreements and supplier contracts
• Intellectual property, including trade marks, industrial design relating to the development and licensing of hi-tech products, patents, copyright and brand protection programmes
• Technology, including drafting and negotiating large scale ICT acquisitions, including appropriate service level agreements, Cloud service agreements, Software as a Service, data protection issues and social media issues
• Commercial property, including securing premises, scaling and property expansion
• Employment and HR, including hiring employees and employment contracts, and expanding HR policy and practice
• Private capital, including business succession planning and managing personal wealth

Contact a start-up lawyer

The advisors you choose will get to know the ins and outs of your business and we don’t believe you should choose a lawyer without asking a few questions first. We know that if the advisor feels like the right fit for you, the more beneficial the relationship will be.

To allow you to explore whether we are the right lawyers for you, we’d like to invite you for a free, no obligation chat. You’ll tell us your business story and in return, we’ll give you a red, amber, green overview of the legal advice we think you need.

How we meet is up to you – we’re available to talk face-to-face, on the telephone, or via Skype.

Contact us on 0800 652 8025 or email spark@clarkewillmott.com to make an appointment.

For more information, please download our ‘With you from the spark’ brochure.