Corporate & Commercial Law
Whether you are a new start up or a mature company we can assist you with appointment and retirement of directors, transfer of shares, amendments of articles and reconstruction of your company. A company goes through many phases in its life and changes may be required. We can also assist with the sale of the company, or the company selling its own assets or even acquiring another company or a company’s assets.
Corporate and commercial matters are often complex and may seem daunting. However, our team of corporate and commercial solicitors are here to provide you with support and straightforward legal advice to make sure that everything runs smoothly. If you have a matter that you would like to discuss then please do not hesitate to contact our corporate and commercial team by email, call us or alternatively you can fill out our online contact form below.
Commercial Property Law
The individual, company or partnership will inevitably have property requirements in connection with the business carried on.
The law of property is sometimes referred to as ‘Real Estate’ or ‘Real Property’ to distinguish it from personal property such as cars, fixtures and fittings, equipment and stock and materials and even caravans.
Real property is a sophisticated body of law because it has to deal with ownership, purchase or selling of things that cannot physically be handed over or delivered.
A business may simply need premises to operate from where it produces goods or services for example:
- an office, a factory, a garage
Or the property may be part of the service it gives for example: - a hotel, a bar, a restaurant or the property may be an investment for example:
- an office block, an industrial estate, a science park
- We can assist with all of the above.
Intellectual Property Law
Our team of intellectual property law solicitors can provide advice and expertise to innovators, businesses of all sizes and not for profit organisations from all sectors on intellectual property issues and conflicts.
We will always agree an action plan, budget and assemble the right team to deal with your issue. Our intellectual property team have a proven track record of assisting clients. It can very intimidating for a small business to be threatened with infringement by a large corporation and it is important to get the right advice.
Some examples of our recent work include:
- A client who wished to launch a new product on to the market without any protection. They urgently needed our help as they wanted to attend a trade fair and release details of their product to the press. After help from us they were able to go ahead with their plans, after fully protecting their intellectual property rights.
- A well-known brand recently accused one of our clients of trademark infringement. After spending some time clarifying the facts of the alleged infringement, we were able to help defend our client’s position, allowing them to continue with their business.
Commercial Dispute Resolution
If you find yourself in the middle of a commercial dispute in your business, our team of dispute resolution lawyers have the skills and experience to help.
Our team have a strong track record of resolving commercial and business issues professionally, efficiently and in the most cost effective manner possible.
We aim to identify the root cause of the issue and advise you on the best way to resolve your dispute. We will always provide a full risk assessment in addition to an assessment on the merits. Our principle concern is resolving your dispute in a way that is satisfactory to you.
we understand that sometimes you may wish to continue a professional relationship once the dispute has been resolved.
Therefore, we will draw on our experience to consider the most appropriate method of dispute resolution available to you.
This can be anything from direct settlement meetings, negotiation by correspondence or telephone or a form of alternative dispute resolution such as mediation.
Court proceedings are the last resort.
Partnership Law
M&B Partnership Law team was set up specifically to help and guide professionals and individuals start or enlarge a partnership or have partnership difficulties or legal issues. If you are:
- • In a partnership
- • Planning to form a partnership or joint venture
- • Facing a partnership dispute
- • Dissolving your partnership
- • Exiting a partnership
- • In the process of removing a partner
We can provide our expertise to any partnership structure, including traditional partnerships, Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs), Limited Partnerships and joint ventures.
Criminal and Regulatory Law
We have defended a wide range of Commercial Crime including prosecutions relating to Tax schemes, conspiracy to defraud, Pensions, Share Sales etc., Film Investments, MTIC and loan schemes (Advance Fee Frauds etc.).
We also defend allegations of misconduct in public office.
We will sometimes undertake very long business crime & complex fraud cases on a publically funded basis but we aim to provide the additional veneer of service which Legal Aid just cannot include in its offering because of the limited funds available and the demands upon that pot.
There are no areas of criminal defence which we do not cover, any criminal charge is treated with the same tenacity.
There are no boundaries on time or effort, no restrictions on when or where we can speak or meet.
Our main aim is JUSTICE for you.