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We offer a wide range of legal services to meet your needs:
Company Set-up,  Governance and Company Secretary services
Company Documentation, Governance and Filings can easily be overlooked,  especially for a busy leadership group in a fast-growing business. An incorrect or incomplete set of documents or practices can cause problems and delays for any external party* looking at your business.

* think about an investor/funder, major customer or significant hire either walking away, delaying a transaction/commitment or using an incomplete set of company documents as a reason to re-negotiate terms. We’ve seen all of these occur.
  • We can advise you on the correct company structure and provide tailored legal documentation to ensure all of your interests are fully represented and protected. We are experienced in producing new Articles of Association or Constitutional documents,  Shareholder Agreements,  Service Agreements and other Memorandum of Understandings.
  • We can advise on relevant compliance and governance practices,  based on our experience of advising companies ranging from SMEs to Multi-nationals.
  • We can provide ongoing Company Secretarial support as part of your business, ensuring that all filings, registrations, company resolutions and minutes are up-to date and correct.
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Contract Negotiation and Review
Contracts are the essential building blocks of many companies – it is vitally important to ensure that a robust contract fully represents the agreed upon commercial arrangement and that it underpins and offers you the maximum agreed protections. Many of the companies that we work with had been previously too reliant on external counsel or boiler-plate agreements which did not address key matters relevant to their company or suit how they operated.

Commercial negotiation is a large part of our services to current clients – we’re not here to just draft up a contract. Having an experienced, in-house lawyer as part of your team who understands your business and can give real-time advice on the relevant and non-relevant legal aspects of the negotiation is always well-received. These are key moments for any business and it’s important to have the right support,  when you need it as we are here to help you build relationships not score points.  
  • We can provide relevant commercial negotiation. It is our specialty at Add.Law - we’re not here to debate finer legal points,  just the best possible commercial outcome.
  • We can produce contracts, templates, licensing agreements to suit your business and commercial agreements.
  • We can review contracts - commercial arrangements naturally change and evolve over time and regular contract review is an important service that we provide.  
  • We can build structures, templates and pro-forma tools allowing faster sales cycles or improving payment terms as part of a contract process review.
  • We can lead re-negotiation of existing, outdated contracts is often difficult but necessary as it is hard to move from pre-agreed positions.
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Dispute resolution
Negotiations, disagreements and disputes are an unfortunate part of business but if and when they occur, having in-house resource who know the business and pain points/red lines is beneficial.  Deciding on how robustly/aggressively/passively/slowly to progress any dispute is a key piece of advice from an in-house counsel. There is no mis-alignment of incentives over legal costs and we always look to take a commercial view to get the best possible outcome.
  • We give practical advice – avoiding lengthy disputes is often best when taking into consideration all aspects of your business.  If this isn’t the case, then we’ll let you know.
  • We can enforce contracts in the strongest practical measures.
  • We can re-negotiate or restructure contracts or agreements.
  • We can lead or pursue arbitration, mediation or court strategies.
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Discovery and Litigation Support
Sometimes pursuing a resolution through the courts is necessary to achieve the best outcome and if this is the case, we are here to support your business through this.
  • We can use technology-enabled document review to ensure timeliness and quality in administrative and data-focused tasks.
  • We can engage with Barristers and other court professionals to ensure external costs are kept to a minimum.
  • We can scale-up your in-house team using our legal team if this is necessary to meet timelines or other requirements.
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Fundraising
Raising external funds can be a critical juncture for many growing business and is almost always a stressful time for the leadership team as well as distracting from developing the business.  Right from making the decision to begin fundraising all the way through to assisting with post-completion obligations, your legal support needs to be experienced and available when you need it.

Add.Law’s team have experience in over 100 fundraising transactions as both a legal advisor and professional investor giving us a deep understanding of commercial realities and necessities of a fundraising transaction.   As part of your business, we can give impartial advice and guidance improving your funding chances.
  • We can provide relevant and tailored legal documentation to any fundraising transaction from initial NDAs to full completion documents.
  • We can guide you through all the steps on a transaction timeline.
  • We can give guidance on types of funding – e.g. Equity, Debt, EIS/VCT Qualifying.
  • We can advise on pitches and presentations to ensure investors understand your business and core messages. 
  • We can assist in negotiations with potential funders to maximise commercial terms.
  • We can make introductions from our wide network of corporate finance advisors and investors.
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Employment / HR
People are critical for the success of any business and ensuring that your business can hire, retain and incentivise its people is key.

Employment is an area that interacts with the law and legal regulations very heavily and rightly so,  it is important to ensure that your business and your people are protected to the greatest extent possible.  All businesses need advice in this high-risk area and we are very experienced in navigating these potential pitfalls.
  • We can provide and tailored employment contracts and help to establish/upgrade employment policies and procedures.
  • We can put in place employee incentivisation programmes and advise on any equity-related compensation scheme.
  • We can manage any redundancy, grievance or tribunal process, liaising with external counsel for specialist situations if needed.
  • We can advise on HR growth strategies and provide agreements in place for permanent or temporary staff.
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International Expansion
International Expansion is hugely exciting but hugely time consuming and can bring substantial rewards to a business in addition to substantial risks. We are very versed in minimising the legal risks and costs of an international expansion whilst retaining the commercial rewards.
  • We can advise on the most efficient way of establishing operations in new jurisdictions at each stage of business.
  • We can ensure that any new additions to your corporate structure give you sufficient legal protection. 
  • We can ensure that local laws and regulations are followed in a compliant manner and fully understood.
  • We can help you make commercial decisions based on the net-regulatory-burden of operating in a new territory.
  • We can ensure company contracts are appropriate for new international clients or suppliers.
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Legal Process Review
Are you finding that legal work is often a delay to your business transactions? Do you feel that your business is too reliant on external counsel’s time (and cost) checking everything from sales contracts to supplier agreements? It could well be that internal processes are not fully optimised to minimise legal interactions.  We commonly see this in growing businesses which are overly reliant on external legal services which can be better managed in-house.
  • We can lead a full review of processes that involve legal interaction.
  • We can create umbrella template agreements for sales contracts with authorised levels of deviation for sales people to improve sales cycles.
  • We can provide assistance with legal strategy and clarity on legal budgeting.
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Business Sale / Exit Preparation
A Business Sale or Exit is an exciting time and usually the culmination of several years of preparation in the pathway of building a business and preparing for “exit readiness”.   This is clearly a time of high commercial risk for business leaders and we have processed numerous business sales and exit processes.   From taking the time to find the right purchaser,  to negotiating the terms, and once agreed,  processing the transaction as quickly as possible can all have significant commercial impact.

Legal issues rarely (i.e. never) adjust the valuation in favour of the business vendor in sale process and will generally only slow/stop a process.  
  • We can guide you through the steps and likely demands of an exit process.
  • We can ensure the company documentation and policies are diligence ready.
  • We can assist in the transaction negotiation.
  • We can review and negotiate the transaction documents.
  • We can negotiate a hand-over or earn-out process and provide advice for you and your shareholders.
  • We can liaise with other parties and assist in managing the process – Financial Due Diligence providers, Warranty and Indemnity insurers.
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Mergers and Acquisitions
Ensuring that your businesses is fully protected if you chose to expand via a Merger or Acquisition.  As well as running through a process, it is vitally important that the asset to be purchased is fully functional, compliant and any legal risks are fully understood.
  • We can provide a full sets of transaction documentation.
  • We can ensure the target has correct and full documentation and advise on an areas of deficiency.
  • We can lead in transaction negotiations.
  • We can provide advice around interactions with Employment law and TUPE structures.
  • We can liaise with other service providers such as Financial DD providers, Insurers, advisors.
  • We can advise on the post-completion integration plan and highlight any potential risks.
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Regulatory Advice
The regulatory environment in all jurisdictions is constantly evolving and this can be a constant headache for business leaders. Increasingly complex regulations can often lead to excessive external legal costs and impractical obligations for companies to remain compliant with regulations.
  • We can advise on latest regulatory systems, the effects that they are having across our network and provide practical solutions.
  • We can help put policies and procedures in place to ensure compliance and auditability.
  • We can advise if specialist external help is commercially necessary and can manage the costs of any external engagement.
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Data Protection and GDPR
Data Protection is a specific area of regulation which is in very high focus currently and non-compliance can lead to huge penalties, censures and reputational damage. We believe that this should be taken seriously by businesses of any size.
  • We can make you aware of the risks of any potential data that you hold and how what you do with it can drive your interactions with regulations.
  • We can put in place a Data Protection strategy and appropriate policies and procedures.
  • We can advise you on the legal, financial and reputational risks of your operations.
  • Advise on any data breaches or other issues should they arise.
  • Act as or introduce you to an external Data Protection Officer.
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Types of customers

We provide legal advice across a wide range of industries and topics, acting as in-house counsel for all aspects of the businesses that we serve.

Start-ups

  • Company formation
  • Assisting founders
  • Early-stage funding rounds
  • Legal pathway for growth

Scale-ups / growth companies

  • Assisting the C-suite with all legal matters allowing them to concentrate on scaling the business
  • Ensuring Legal robustness of contracts and governance
  • Taking time off the senior team

Larger Enterprises

  • Acting as flexible, on demand legal resource to cover team absences
  • International expansion
  • Specialist projects
  • Rapid response

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