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Our Commercial team can help you navigate the full range of legal challenges associated with any type of transaction including manufacturing agreements.

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As a business operating in today’s increasingly regulated markets, you need to manage your commercial risk while achieving your business objectives. Your success is built upon the effectiveness and robustness of your relationships with third parties, whether they are your customers, suppliers or intermediaries. Contractual arrangements attuned to the sectors and markets in which you operate are key.

Whether you require advice on supply arrangements, services agreements, technology or telecommunications contracts, IP licensing, manufacturing agreements, consumer arrangements, software licensing, outsourcing or any other bespoke commercial arrangement, our specialists can guide you towards the best business outcome for you.

We are market-leading practitioners, and have shaped many of the landmark deals in the various sectors which we serve. This means that we do not simply counsel our clients on how to paper their transactions, but work with them from the start to come up with the structure which is most effective for them, and share with them our experience of the many other deals we have executed.

Our commercial lawyers also benefit from the support of colleagues expert in complementary legal areas. Tax lawyers ensure that contracts are tax-efficient and that any liability is properly allocated between the parties. Competition law specialists enable contracts to exploit rights or distribute products as effectively as possible, within the constraints of an ever-changing legal and regulatory framework.

We don't distinguish "legal points" and "commercial points". If an issue is relevant to the deal we are working on then we will understand it and help our clients to resolve it. We also understand that contracts are important for our clients, and time-pressured. Our clients don't need to explain to us that something is urgent or critical; we know already.

Commercial Insights

Forthwell v Pontegadea: the UK Supreme Court clarifies the scope of transferred loss in Scots law

Forthwell v Pontegadea: the UK Supreme Court clarifies the scope of transferred loss in Scots law

30 Sep 2026 7 min read
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CMS Unscripted

23 Sep 2026 6 min read
The EU KIDS Act: New rules for children’s use of social media, gaming and AI services

The EU KIDS Act: New rules for children’s use of social media, gaming and AI services

22 Sep 2026 14 min read
Recent trends in asset recovery in the UAE

Recent trends in asset recovery in the UAE

10 Sep 2026 12 min read
The EU Package Travel Directive is no longer really about package holidays. It is increasingly about who controls the customer journey

The EU Package Travel Directive is no longer really about package holidays. It is increasingly about who controls the customer journey

19 Aug 2026 15 min read
The European Health Data Space: are your collaboration agreements future-proof?

The European Health Data Space: are your collaboration agreements future-proof?

18 Aug 2026 7 min read
Digital platforms are redefining package travel liability

Digital platforms are redefining package travel liability

18 Aug 2026 5 min read
English Court of Appeal clarifies the limits of state immunity in the enforcement of investment treaty awards under the New York Convention

English Court of Appeal clarifies the limits of state immunity in the enforcement of investment treaty awards under the New York Convention

31 Jul 2026 10 min read

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