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Areas of Practice

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Areas of Practice

The Commercial Property

The Commercial Property Team has wide experience in dealing efficiently with the legal and financial aspects of building, buying, selling, leasing or sub-letting of shops, offices and industrial and commercial premises of all kinds. The team handles an extensive range of commercial property transactions for large and small companies as well as private individuals. The Team is highly regarded for its property expertise. Its work includes the following:

Commercial Sales and Purchases

Covering all types of commercial property from institutional purchases and sales of tenanted property and the break-up of industrial estates, through to purchases and sales for landed estates, farmers and private individuals

Construction

All aspects of construction including advising on the most suitable contract procurement route for the project, drafting and negotiating building contracts, sub-contracts, professional consultants' appointments, performance bonds, parent company guarantees, collateral warranties and other similar security documents.

Landlord and Tenant

All property transactions associated with landlords and tenants including commercial leases in the retail, industrial and office sectors, assignments and surrenders of leases, licences to assign and sublet.

Property Development

Acquisitions and disposals of land for commercial and residential development, highway agreements, planning, funding and onward disposals of developed sites.

Town & Country Planning

Dealing with every sort of planning problem, from advising on the legal position relating to existing or proposed development and assisting with all types of planning applications, to conducting planning appeals from beginning to end, including advocacy at public inquiries and hearings and the conduct of High Court challenges to planning decisions. Also negotiating and drafting planning obligations and other agreements under planning and highways legislation and dealing with all other aspects of planning and development.

Corporate

Our Corporate group advises the full range of corporate entities from early stage, high growth companies to larger corporations. We act for proprietors, management, venture capitalists and business angels on a variety of transactions. We also advise on other business structures such as partnerships, LLPs, collective investment schemes and corporate structures for not-for-profit organisations.

Corporate Recovery and Insolvency

Insolvency presents a crisis, but it can also provide opportunities. We are dedicated to devising strategies that achieve the best possible outcome with an emphasis on rescue, recovery and restructuring wherever possible. We provide practical advice to companies and individuals on the best way forward in these situations, be it a corporate rescue or restructure, sale of part of a business as a going concern or protection of individuals.

Corporate Tax

Taxation matters in the United Kingdom are becoming ever more complex and difficult for businesses to manage. At ALC Law, we have a team of specialist solicitors who provide dedicated stand alone tax advice, tax structuring advice and transactional tax advice resulting from any business activity. We provide practical advice to companies and individuals on the best way forward in these situations, be it a corporate rescue or restructure, sale of part of a business as a going concern or protection of individuals.

Conflict Resolutions

Resolutions of disputes through litigation, arbitration including the structuring and conduct of arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (ADR).

Corporate Finance & Securities

Advisory services to issuers and underwriters of debt and equity securities including legal services required for listing securities on the Ghana Stock Exchange.

Financial Institutions

Advising on the establishment, operations of financial institutions and compliance with appropriate regulations. HUMAN RESOURCES: advising on legal issues relating to human resources such as employment contracts and labour negotiations.

Construction

Handling negotiations and drafting of building and civil engineering contracts and resolving FIDIC contracts. Securities and financial market experts. We have a specialised knowledge of the securities and financial markets enabling us to advise the major players in their practice or operations. Our profound knowledge of the financial and securities markets has put us in a position to respond rapidly and effectively to the needs of our clients in these areas.

Employment

# PAYE regulations # Pensions # Personal service companies # Remuneration packages # Share option and share incentive schemes # Termination packages property # Capital allowance structuring # Development structures # Enterprise zone schemes # Stamp Duty savings schemes # VAT structures

Media/Technology

# Film funds 5 # Research and development tax relief/credits

Finance & Banking

# All aspects of derivatives legislation # Capital markets advice # Bond and loan issues # Complex cross-border structured finance # Emerging markets investments & structures # Offshore investment vehicles

International

# Double taxation relief, withholding taxes, transfer pricing # Foreign property holding structures # Holding Company Structures # International employee structuring # Inward and outward investment # Permanent establishment issues

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

# Customs disputes # Defending claims by HMRC # Judicial review of HMRC actions # MTIC fraud and allegations thereof # Remittance of duties
Whether a dispute threatens or it has already materialised, our specialist team can draw upon a wide range of expertise and experience to help you reach a satisfactory settlement. Whatever the size of your business or the problem, we can help assess the issues and formulate a plan for resolution. Whether a dispute threatens or it has already materialised, our specialist team can draw upon a wide range of expertise and experience to help you reach a satisfactory settlement. Whatever the size of your business or the problem, we can help assess the issues and formulate a plan for resolution.
# Taxation disputes # Tribunal proceedings # VAT disputes
We advise on: # Agency disputes # Arbitration (international and domestic) # Banking disputes 6 # Claims against Insurance underwriters # Commercial contract disputes # Construction disputes # Debt collection # Director's duties # Distress for commercial rent # Employment Tribunal claims # Fraud and breach of fiduciary duties # High Court and County Court actions # Inheritance Act and wills disputes # Injunctive relief # Insolvency related issues # Insurance disputes # Intellectual property disputes # IT disputes # Landlord and tenant disputes # Libel and defamation # Mediation # Passing-off actions # Patent disputes # Post employment disputes/breach of restrictive covenant claims # Pre-publication libel reading # Professional negligence (non-medical) # Property disputes # Shareholder disputes # Small Claims Court # Software disputes # Taxation matters including Tax Tribunals # Trademark actions

Employment, Pensions & Incentives

Employers need an expert and practiced hand to guide them through the ever changing employment law maze. In the UK, employment is the fastest changing area of the law, with a raft of recent new legislation and employment claims and compensation payments soaring. In depth expertise is vital to help safe navigation of these difficult waters. This expertise at ALC is provided by a Team dedicated to advising employers and employees on employment law issues facing them. Our lawyers are committed to providing our clients with the most effective practical solution in a fast, efficient manner.
We advise on:     * Boardroom disputes     * Breaches of employment contracts     * Business transfers     * Changing employment terms     * Collective consultation     * Data Protection Act     * Director's service agreements     * Disability discrimination     * Disciplinary issues     * Dismissal     * Drafting employment contracts     * Employed or self employed?     * Employee share schemes and options     * Employee Fraud     * Employment policies     * Employment Tribunal applications     * Equal opportunities and pay     * Firing staff     * Former employees     * Health and safety     * Hiring staff     * Work permits     * Immigrating employees     * Industrial action     * Insolvent employers     * Maternity rights     * National Minimum Wage     * Parental leave     * Paying staff     * Pensions     * Protecting confidential information     * Race discrimination     * Redundancy References     * Restrictive covenants     * Retirement Service lettings     * Sex discrimination Sickness     * Sickness 8     * Stakeholder pensions     * Stress at work     * Trade union recognition     * TUPE     * Unfair dismissal     * Whistleblowers     * Working Time Regulations

General Commercial

Any company conducting business in today's fast moving society should ensure that their commercial arrangements are well-structured and well- documented. This is often much simpler and easier than companies expect. It brings peace of mind and can often address issues to prevent them developing into misunderstandings at a later stage.
We advise on:     * Advertising and marketing contracts     * Agency agreements     * Collaboration agreements     * Company formations     * Competition law     * Consultancy agreements     * Consumer protection and distance selling     * Contractual joint venture agreements     * Distribution Agreements     * Environmental law     * Franchise agreements     * Health and Safety     * Lease, hire and maintenance agreements     * Limitations of liability     * Logistics agreements     * Manufacture, purchase and supply agreements     * Non-disclosure agreements     * Outsourcing agreements     * Partnership agreements     * PFI agreements     * Pricing agreements     * Privacy policies     * Reseller Agreements     * Software and hardware development agreements     * Sponsorship agreements 9     * Terms of business In-house legal

In-House Legal

This unique practice area enables medium sized companies to receive a personalised legal service without employing a full-time lawyer or recruiting an in-house legal department. Our in-house lawyers combine the flexibility of a conventional law firm with the personal dedicated on-site attendance of an employed solicitor. Furthermore, they represent much better value than either option. ALC's in-house lawyers can work from your office, their satellite offices or, and most commonly, a combination of the two. Typically, attendance at your office takes place between one and three days per week and then on an hourly basis outside these days, if required. They will usually correspond with third parties using your stationary and email address and will, for all intents and purposes, be your own in-house lawyer(s). We find our clients experience considerable advantages in working with a lawyer who gets to know them and their business well. Having a commercially astute lawyer working closely with your business at the start of any initiative often results in a quicker and more cost-effective implementation of the business plan. In-house lawyers have a better understanding of the business, its products and strategy and tend to free up the directors of the business to concentrate on the business aspects of the deal. Other key commercial responsibilities include monitoring the company pension and insurance schemes, undertaking the company secretarial function and handling many property and general contract litigation matters, as well as advising on employment issues. ALC's in-house lawyers qualify as solicitors in private practice before spending at least 5 years working as in-house legal counsel for highly prestigious companies. They have access to all our usual support systems such as on-line precedents and knowledge databases as well as a £10 million professional indemnity insurance policy.

IT & E-Commerce

We advise on:     * Affiliate agreements     * Escrow agreements     * Compliance advice     * Confidentiality agreements/non disclosure agreements     * Contractual joint ventures     * Copyright and development rights     * Data Protection     * Distance Selling Regulations     * Due diligence     * Framing Agreements     * Heads of terms/memoranda of understanding     * Intellectual property rights     * IT Infrastructure agreements     * IT outsourcing     * License agreements     * Linking agreements     * Partnership agreements     * Privacy policies     * Shareholder agreements     * Reseller agreements     * Software and hardware development agreements     * Software licenses     * Strategic alliance agreements     * Telecommunications     * Website audits     * Website hosting and development agreements     * Website terms and conditions Media and sports Our Sports Group acts for sports governing bodies, stadium operators, clubs, agencies, sponsors, broadcasters, event organisers, brands and individual athletes. We are also able to draw on advice and support in litigation, corporate, tax, employment, competition and other areas of law involving solicitors who are experienced in the requisite area. We advise on: Film, Television and Radio # Broadcast agreements # Broadcasting Commission Standards/ITC/Advertising Standards complaints # Distribution agreements # Exploitation agreements # Moral rights # Option agreements # Pre-broadcast advice, defamation and slander # Product placement # Production and content agreements # Releases, clearance advice and chain of title reports

Publishing

# Defamation # E-Book licensing and distribution # Ghost writer agreements # Libel reading # Pre-publication advice # Publishing agreements

Music

# Artist and band agreements # Musical productions # Music publishing agreements # Music video production # Recording agreements

Sports

# Branding # Constitutional documents, commercial rules and sporting regulations # Contracts and transfers # Disciplinary and doping matters # Event agreements # Gambling arrangements # Image and personality rights # Merchandising agreements # Product endorsement # Sponsorship and advertising agreements # Ticketing

Intellectual Property

# Assignment of IPR # Branding Issues # Copyright # Holding structures # IPR Audits # Licensing agreements # Patents # R &D, collaboration, option and joint venture agreements # Trademarks