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shared services survey 08
how we can help
We recognise that an in-depth knowledge of how you work and an
understanding of the issues you face is paramount in providing you
with an effective legal service. We will work closely with you to
provide the bespoke solutions you need.
Our committed and experienced team see themselves as an
extension of your own team, working to the same core values and
beliefs and providing you with practical and straightforward
advice. Our focus is on long-term relationships with our clients
that are friendly, straightforward and accessible; our aim is to
provide the service that you want, how and when you want it.
Our services
As a full service law firm we can advise on a wide variety of
legal matters. Our comprehensive range of legal services
includes:
- Governance and
litigation – corporate governance, legislative
interpretation, administrative law principles, commercial
litigation, personal liability, complaints
- Vires – statutory
powers – advising on the legal basis for each organisation’s
participation in shared service arrangements
- Risk management–
advising upon the liability issues facing joint deliverers of
services, risk-horizon scanning and health and safety issues.
Advising on policies to minimise and mitigate risks. Providing
early support and advice in relation to potential claims,
complaints and investigations
- Administrative
law – consultation and decision taking – advising
on public law principles and procedures to be followed to avoid
legal challenge such as consultation, fairness and governance
issues
- Procurement, contracts and
joint ventures – trading, IT contracts, telecom
& digital communications, vehicle & equipment leasing
contracts, public procurement issues, outsourcing advice, joint
ventures, intellectual property issues, PFI/PPP projects, state
aid
- Data protection and
freedom of information - advice on data protection
and information sharing
- Funding –
banking and finance, grant funding, asset finance, project
finance
- Partnerships, LLP agreements and
corporate– acquisitions, business and share sales,
shareholder agreements, advice on corporate governance and
directors duties
- Employment
– TUPE, redundancies, grievances, tribunal claims, equal pay
issues, disciplinary procedures and discrimination
- Pensions, tax and
charities – advice to employers and trustees on
pension schemes and dispute resolution, advice on all taxes,
including employment taxes, VAT and SDLT, both on one-off
consultancy matters and on transactional work
- Property –
advice on property issues and transactions, planning, freehold
& leasehold tenures, planning & management of estates,
environmental impact of premises and projects, site sharing
- Construction – project
scoping, structuring & financing, standard form and bespoke
building contracts, collateral warranties for appointment of
related professionals, dispute resolution