Commercial
(Contracts, ICT, Procurement)
Our experienced commercial solicitors advise clients of all sizes, from small-medium sized businesses, large multinational corporations, local and central government.
From considering procurement strategy, the sourcing of a supply chain, establishing a relationship with a new customer to exploiting assets and negotiating the deal, we bring a commercial and practical focus to the legal issues your business faces, and provide you with solutions that work.
Summary
We offer expert legal advice to support a range of transactions with businesses from across the private sector, public sector and third sector.
Our commercial expertise includes:
- Contract law
- Sourcing
- Public procurement
- Technology law
- Intellectual property
- Data protection
- Freedom of information
- Public law
- Charities
We offer drafting of all types of business agreements such as:
- terms and conditions of sale/purchase of goods and services;
- framework agreements;
- non-disclosure agreements;
- joint ventures;
- distribution and agency agreements; and
- licensing.
Technology law solutions
Understanding requirements and risk management are essential to the successful delivery of technology projects and on-going technology services arrangements.
The Commercial team at Hugh James are experts in technology law. We act both for businesses providing IT services as well as businesses and organisations procuring IT.
Our expertise in technology law includes:
- Software licensing
- Intellectual property
- Contract
- TUPE/employment law
- Corporate law
- Data protection
Procuring IT strategy
We are well placed to help a business understand their technology requirements, how best to source technology suppliers and, just as importantly, we advise on how to manage technology suppliers.
Providing IT solutions
We can bring a commercial perspective to understanding the business drivers of your customers and enable you to understand and manage the risk appropriately.
Whether you are buying or delivering off the shelf software packages, ICT support, fully managed services, full outsourcing arrangements, developing bespoke software applications or website services, we can assist both in the pure legal aspects and the strategic aspects of the project.
Testimonials
Hugh James has one of the largest standalone corporate and commercial departments in the country
Legal 500 2017
Hugh James has a strong public sector focus to its IT practice, especially in the procurement field, and its key clients include Natural England, Cardiff City & County Council and the Welsh Government.
Chambers UK
Hugh James consistently provide high quality strategic advice with ‘out of the box’ thinking.
Rod Bridgeman – Sales Director Oblicore UK Ltd
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