Commercial – Clients and Case Studies

Recent work has included:

• Drafting standard form contracts for supply and maintenance of medical products
• Negotiating a joint venture between two manufacturers and a product user for the development of a product for a particular mineral exploration application
• Raising second stage venture capital for a software supply company
• Preparing an agreement for supply of certain services to NHS Trusts
• Negotiation of a contract with the Ministry of Defence for development of a product
• Sale of patent and trademark rights in a product in consideration of licence-back and shareholding in assignee
• Negotiating a contract for the supply of computer hardware and software with a multinational and a UK Government department
• Preparing a standard form distributorship agreement for a medical equipment manufacture
• Acting on a product specialisation agreement under which the client ceased production of a product and transferred certain product technology and received an exclusive purchasing commitment for other products
• Advising a major computer and software supply installation and configurations company on sales to industry customers and major reseller agreements
• Advising an internet start-up information services company in relation to intellectual property licences with site information providers and advertisement rights, hypertext linking issues, privacy, data protection and disclaimer issues
• Acting for an international mail order company which has recently crossed over to internet sales and website promotions
• Negotiating a contract for a manufacturer to act as a beta test site for major plant and equipment, in return for priority supply of such equipment to it
• Drafting standard agreements for EU distribution of medical instrumentation products
• Advising a major software consultancy on its development agreement for formulation, development, installation and maintenance of a new IT system for a large finance institution
• Advising a UK professional body on an IT outsourcing arrangement
• Drafting standard terms and conditions for users of an online trading facility for used vehicle dealers and advising on related compliance issues
• Advising a life-sciences company on its research and development agreements with three UK universities and a US research insitution and related beta-site agreements
• Advising on a licensing agreement with a pharmaceutical company for a client specialising in the development of drugs for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and advising on terms of acquisition of intellectual property from individual consultants on advantageous terms