Services for Business

Corporate and Commercial services advising businesses through complex legal and practical issues in company law.

“The limited liability corporation is the greatest single discovery of modern times. Even steam and electricity are less important than the limited liability company.”

-N. M Butler, President Columbia University
(quoted by A. L. Diamond in Orhnial (ed.), Limited Liability and the Corporation (Law Society of Canada, 1982) p. 42.

Our company commercial work is at the heart of our practice. We advise on all commercial transactions within a diverse area of law.

From startups to well-established enterprises, we provide a wide range of corporate services designed to empower your business and contribute to its long-term success.

With the potential risks and challenges that businesses face, having a trusted legal partner by your side is essential to safeguard your interests, mitigate risks, and ensure compliance. At Ai Law, we take pride in offering a comprehensive suite of corporate services tailored to address your unique needs and challenges.

Contact us today to see how we can help you to build a strong legal foundation for your business and navigate complexities with confidence.

Agency and Distribution

We offer a wide range of agency and distribution law services, including:

Drafting and reviewing agency and distribution agreements: We can help you draft or review agency and distribution agreements to ensure that they meet your specific needs and comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
Resolving disputes: We can help you resolve disputes with your agent or distributor, including through mediation, arbitration, or litigation.
Enforcing your rights: We can help you enforce your rights under your agency or distribution agreement, including by seeking damages or injunctive relief.
Intellectual property protection: We can help you protect your intellectual property rights, such as trademarks, copyrights, and patents, in relation to your agency or distribution business.
Regulatory compliance: We can help you comply with all applicable laws and regulations governing agency and distribution law, including the Competition Act 1998 and the Sale of Goods Act 1979.

To learn more about our agency and distribution law services, please contact us today.

Commercial Contracting

Agreements are inevitable to do business and it is important that one is protected adequately and aware of their rights and obligations.

From rules on transfer of title and risk, to insurance obligations, damages provisions and jurisdiction clauses, it is important that a contract is able to continue to operate even when the unexpected happens, in order to achieve your commercial aims, therefore it is essential that professional advice is sought to deal with drafting and interpreting your contracts.

Commercial Lending and Security

We offer a wide range of lending and security services, including:

Drafting and reviewing lending agreements: We can help you draft or review lending agreements, such as loan agreements, credit agreements, and security agreements, to ensure that they meet your specific needs and comply with all applicable laws and regulations
Taking security: We can help you take security over assets, such as property, equipment, and intellectual property, to protect your loan or investment.
Bridging and Facility Agreements
Quasi-Security: Advising on alternative methods of security depending on the circumstances such as protection through contractual provisions, retention of title and third party guarantees

Commercial Dispute Resolution

Should a dispute arise, Ai Law are experienced in handling contentious matters. Often, business disputes require a pragmatic approach to achieve swift results that protect your commercial interests with the least disruption to business. Where a resolution cannot be found our litigation team are able to represent your interest and present your case in a strategic and clinical way.

E-commerce and Online

Carrying on business online poses its own risks. In a global marketplace it is important to be aware of and protected from the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction in which you do business.

It is important to ensure you and your customers are sufficiently protected online when doing business.

Terms of business
GDPR and data protection
Privacy
E-commerce
Drop shipping and logistics
Service level agreements and media agency agreements
SEO and digital marketing agreements
Policies
IP copyright and trademark infringement
Defamation and libel on social media
Cease and desist
Cross-border issues
Distance selling and implied terms

Import / Export Trade Law

IP Protection / Trademarks

Trademarks are identifying signs for a business to denote quality and differentiate their products from those of another. It captures the businesses brand and builds recognition and goodwill.

We advise businesses on their trademarks, including offering our tailored Trademark Application Services.

We also advise on all aspects of IP rights, including infringement, creation, protection and enforcement.

Start Ups

Setting up a new business? We advise on all aspects involving:

Start ups and company registration
Structuring and advising on appropriate forms of entities
Drafting of Articles of Association
Shareholder agreements
Joint Ventures
Board Meetings and Minutes (and chairing)
Terms and Conditions

Structuring

Sound corporate governance is the backbone of responsible business practices. We will help you establish governance frameworks, policies, and procedures that align with your objectives and keep you in compliance with the latest legal and regulatory standards.

Restructuring
Articles of association
Taking security
Joint ventures
Shareholder agreements
Affiliation and collaboration agreements
Directors duties and service agreements
Employee share schemes
Employee incentives and workplace benefits
Company policies

Trademark application Service

We advise businesses on their trademarks, including offering our tailored Trademark Application Services.

How our Trademark Application Service Works:
We are able to carry out a preliminary review of your proposed Trademark. We also offer the assurance application service for which you will be eligible to a 50% fee reduction if the Trademark is not acceptable to the UK Intellectual Property Office.

We always advise that you instruct us to carry out a search of trademark registers in UK and EU. If you would like us to do this before proceeding to apply for your trademark registration, please let us know.

The process to register your TM will be as follows:

You tell us the TM you want to have registered and for what services and in what location.
We shall review your TM and tell you what classes you can register in.
If you would like us to carry out a search for existing similar trademarks, for a view on whether there is risk of opposition, we shall do this.
We shall apply to register your TM.
We shall keep you updated on the process and on any objections or potential oppositions to your TM.
Finally we shall send you your TM registration certificate.

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