We can assist you to achieve your commercial objectives and manage business risk. Our commercial lawyers advise businesses of all sizes that are bringing to market new goods and services, improving quality, becoming more efficient, transforming their business model, entering new markets or collaborating with others.

Our clients appreciate our commercial insight as much as our technical excellence. Our commercial lawyers are specialists with industry and sector expertise enabling them to quickly get to the heart of the matter. Some of us have experience working in-house both in the UK and internationally.  We pride ourselves on providing practical legal solutions providing clients with the advice they need before making important commercial decisions.

Our work is wide-ranging and includes advertising and promotional work, agency and distribution, business process outsourcing, facilities management, franchising, joint ventures, logistics agreements, managed services and manufacturing agreements to sponsorship agreements, strategic alliances, supply chain management and tender processes.

We also specialise in drafting and advising on general terms and conditions, data protection and GDPR compliance, IT and Fintech.

Data Privacy

Compliance with data privacy laws is mandatory for all businesses.
 
A business' ability to transfer and use customer data and other information is required for the day-to-day running of a company and is vital for its profitability and success. With the introduction of new and more severe data privacy laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (known as the GDPR), it is critical that businesses are fully informed and fully compliant.
 
We regularly advise clients on data privacy and confidentiality, especially in relation to the GDPR. There are strict penalties for non-compliance under the GDPR and the Information Commissioner’s Office can impose fines of up to 20 million Euros or 4% of group worldwide turnover (whichever is greater) against both businesses that are data controllers or data processors.
 
Our lawyers frequently advise clients on their GDPR compliance programmes and solutions. For example, we review a business' strategy and amend its’ contracts for:
  • justification of its processing of personal data; 
  • data policies and data transfer agreements for local and international transfers; and
  • outsourced processing of personal data.
We have deep litigation experience and deal with data protection authorities to support our clients through complaints, claims and investigations relating to data privacy and other issues across their businesses. This includes strategic advice as to the approach to be taken and advising on issues such as data loss response, including representing clients before data protection authorities, other supervisory authorities and the courts.
 

Outsourcing

Our commercial lawyers have expert knowledge and extensive experience in both routine and complex outsourcings. We frequently advise companies of all sizes and across multiple sectors and we help our clients manage their projects from the beginning. We anticipate issues and provide commercially sound solutions at every stage, from structuring procurement processes and supplier selection to IP protection and exit and transition management.

For complex outsourcings, we have the capability to use our multi-disciplinary expertise in data privacy, IT, Fintech, IP and employment.

We often act for suppliers and customers and we have a clear and balanced view of what is considered ‘market standard’ in negotiations. This experience and insight enables us to help our clients achieve the best possible outcome in the shortest possible time.

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Russell Mozumder

Managing Partner

Russell Mozumder is the Managing Partner and leads our Insolvency & Company Restructure and Litigation & Corporate Crime Defence practice groups. Russell founded RM Legal Solicitors in 2009.....