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Commercial Contract Specialist Solicitors in Essex & London

Commercial contracts are the backbone of company commerce. They are an important factor in ensuring that supply chains can operate, finance can be raised and organisations can get the assurance they need to operate in a sustainable fashion. 

The success of a project, or relationships is often determined by the contractual process. That is setting out clear terms, with associated objectives and key results, and ensuring that the commercial agreement not only ticks the boxes from a risk and compliance perspective, but that it maximises the chances of delivering on the initial vision and desired outcomes of a project, or collaboration.

Newboulds Law’s Contract Negotiation and Drafting services offer an integrated, end-to-end model that helps your organisation establish a transparent trading situation with clear, deliverable obligations - from contract formation through to exit obligations.

We are by your side, whether you’re buying, selling or collaborating - and across public and private sectors - to help bridge the gap between your business objectives and contractual commitments. 

We have unrivalled experience proving contract law expertise for some of the world’s biggest infrastructure projects - which bring together billion pound central government budgets with large enterprises.  We have a demonstrable track record in helping to support the delivery of projects on-time and to budget, and providing huge savings on the cost of doing business and in preventing unnecessary and costly legal disputes arising from bad practice in the production, management or dissemination of contractual terms and conditions.

How our Commercial Contract Drafting & Negotiation services can help with your business growth journey:

  • Contract formation - working procurement side, supplier side and as an independent mediator to ensure commercial law best practice avoiding pitfalls in the procurement process
  • Requirements analysis/solution risks - reviewing draft commercial contracts to outline, assess and mitigate business risk
  • Implementation arrangements & issues - scenario planning and operational forecasting to set out the feasibility and validity of proposed implementation plans and deliverables
  • Operational terms - review proposed and in-project operational terms and support in improving visibility, transparency and performance evaluation and monitoring
  • Change management/negotiation - ensuring that any changes to scope of works doesn’t come with unplanned or avoidable disruption to business operations
  • Escalations (issues and disputes) - providing a clear pathway in the event of disagreement to ensure swift, and cost effective resolution - avoiding costly court proceedings wherever possible
  • Business continuity & disaster recovery - putting in place contingency plans to ensure that day-to-day operations can continue in the event of an unforeseen challenge
  • Exit obligations (duties, dependencies, liabilities, costs etc) - ensuring a clean handover of commercial responsibility and that all parties are clear on ownership and accountability lines

What else can we do for your business?

As well as helping with intellectual property law, we can also assist with:

Talk to our procurement and commercial lawyers about how we can help support and grow your business - https://calendly.com/newbouldslaw/30min