Commercial
Crucial to any business is access to good quality, practical and commercially focused legal advisors who will quickly understand your business and your objectives.
Taylor&Emmet LLP always looks to provide commercial advice from your perspective. We understand that you want a problem solved quickly, not a regurgitation of the law. By adopting this approach we have “gained an enviable reputation” for the quality of our work, according to the Legal 500.
We want to build a longstanding partnership with you and your organisation, and to become your trusted advisors. We will be there when you need us, we will ensure that work gets done on time, and we will invest our time in understanding your business.
If our approach to commercial law sounds right for you, why not get in touch and let us know what we can do for you?
- We specialise in...
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We specialise in:
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Terms and conditions
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IT contracts
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E-commerce
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Shareholder and partnership agreements
- Some recent examples of our work
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Some recent examples of our work
Preparation of digital home working contracts for unique development undertaking
Taylor&Emmet acted for the UK’s first development company, based in Sheffield. We acted in respect of the prepared contractual documentation for their Digital Inward Investment Home Working for Business Project – a unique undertaking being attempted for the first time anywhere in the world.
Preparation of service provider agreement
Taylor&Emmet prepared, negotiated and finalised a service provider agreement providing a call distribution system, related software and associated services to a number of leading insurance companies.
Provision of procurement advice
Taylor&Emmet acted for one of the main Government Sector Skills Councils in relation to a tender for the provision of certain services to the Sector Skills Council on a “call-off” basis. Our advice involved ensuring that the Invitation to Tender was compliant with the Procurement Directive, and preparing a suitable form of contract to be put in place with each successful tenderer.
Preparation of agency agreements
Taylor&Emmet acted for one of Sheffield’s major suppliers of silverware in preparing and finalising agency agreements governing their arrangements with agents in Italy, Germany and the Netherlands.
Shareholder arrangements
Taylor&Emmet acted for a leading Yorkshire and Midlands independent financial advisory firm in putting together detailed arrangements between the majority shareholders and a share incentive package for minority shareholders
- Meet the team
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Commercial team
Crucial to any business is access to good quality, practical and commercially focused legal advisors who will quickly understand your business and your objectives.
Peter Crawford
SolicitorPeter specialises in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, general company/commercial law and banking. He has acted for a number of large national and international companies in multimillion-pound deals.
Lisa Wallis
SolicitorLisa has experience of a wide range of corporate and commercial law, including management buyouts, share sales, shareholders’ arrangements, partnership arrangements and commercial agreements.
Amit Bansal
Legal assistantAmit is a Legal Assistant in Taylor&Emmet’s Corporate team. Amit completed the LPC in 2009 at Nottingham Law School and began working in central London as a Paralegal for Goodgers Solicitors. He has also work as a Paralegal for City law firm Clyde & Co.
Andy Shooter
ConsultantAndy, until recently, was a career banker with RBS/NatWest Group where he held a variety of roles, many of which were in the Corporate and Commercial banking arena, finishing his 37 years as a Director in the South Yorkshire team.
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The Legal 500 describes Taylor&Emmet’s corporate and commercial team, led by Peter Crawford, as displaying “exceptional knowledge and ease.” |
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Taylor&Emmet LLP’s corporate and commercial group has ‘extremely good communication with clients’, and is increasing its market share. It recently advised Triten International on the acquisition of Penistone Hard Metals. The well-regarded Peter Crawford heads the team." |
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