Retail and leisure

Our specialist retail and leisure team contains a number of lawyers with years of experience advising regional and national retail and leisure clients. We do not see our role as solely reactive. Our lawyers are proactive, understand the needs of your business, and take steps to ensure that you benefit from up to date advice in the retail sector, allowing you to stay ahead of your competitors.

Our areas of expertise include:

• Real estate (i.e. warehousing, retail units and lease arrangements)
• Corporate disposals to acquisitions
• Reputation management
• Intellectual property (including branding and brand protection)
• Employment and human resources (i.e. dealing with such issues as the working time directive and the agency workers regulations 2010)
• Product liability
• Supply chain management and outsourcing
• Commercial contracts
• Corporate acquisitions
• Strategic alliances
• Defending Employers liability and Public liability personal injury claims
• Road traffic accident claims
• Environmental and planning law
• Dispute resolution
• Information technology

For more information on retail and leisure, contact Patrick Whetter on 01865 781000.