Business Services - Approachable, friendly, professional.
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We understand the time and financial constraints on a business and recognise that commercial reality is one of the most important aspects whenever making a business decision. Richmonds offer full legal support tailored to the needs of all kinds of businesses and professional organisations, including:


Commercial Property: Working for you in all matters related to your premises including acquisition and disposal, leasing, renewal, rent review and sub-letting.

Business Start-ups: Advice on setting up your business, or changing how it is organised including incorporation as a limited liability partnership or limited company.

Negotiation, preparation of contracts for supply of goods and services: Ensuring that all paperwork used in everyday transactions protects you in dealing with your customers and suppliers.

Employment Contracts: Negotiating your way through the often confusing jungle of employment law including drafting Contracts of Employment and dealing with a claim by an existing or former employee.

Debt Collection: Debt management and recovery either by helping you manage your own recovery internally or acting directly on your behalf.

Dispute Resolution: Advising and acting for you in any contractual or other dispute, whether this involves Court action, arbitration or alternative dispute resolution.

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Commercial Property
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Richmonds has a young, forward-looking and dedicated commercial property team. We have successfully assisted numerous types of businesses and appreciate the varying degrees of advice that investors require in the Commercial Property arena.

Our service is founded on forging strong partnerships with our clients. We are able to offer you clear, achievable and commercial legal advice to allow you to work confidently towards achieving your end goals. Richmonds are flexible to adapt to your needs, whether offering written advice concerning a proposed lease or offering our complete service which includes negotiation assistance, transaction documentation, carrying the transaction to completion and continued legal support throughout the term.

Naturally, there are many areas that a lease may cover. You will require advice as to whether or not to exclude statutory law and how this will effect the termination of the lease. Our range of advice includes changes in stamp duty, environmental concerns and a break clause suitable for this type of industry.

We will provide a professional and business orientated approach to enable the transaction to proceed as efficiently as possible.

Business Disputes
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At Richmonds we offer a commercially motivated, common sense approach to business disputes. We appreciate the importance for businesses to be able to tackle disputes as quickly and cost effectively as possible to enable you to concentrate on making your business a success. From simple debt recovery matters through to partnership and shareholder disputes, we have the know-how to help you achieve the best possible results.

Dispute resolution encompasses not simply court action but also arbitration, mediation and other informal forms of dispute resolution. As such, it makes sense for you to arrange an appointment with us the moment you anticipate that you may have a problem. We offer business clients a free half hour consultation and thus you will have nothing to lose in coming to see us. Many disputes can be satisfactorily concluded by taking early action.




Business Start-ups
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It is extremely important when considering a business start-up that you bring all the pieces of the jigsaw together. You will certainly need advice from a lawyer but also from an accountant and / or bankers. We will be able to provide you with, amongst other advice and services, the following:

What type of business should you set up, i.e. sole trader, partnership or limited company.
Commercial leases - where do you want to run your business from?
Employment contracts - We can keep you up to date with this ever changing and complex area.

Terms and conditions for supply of goods and services - We can advise you as to how to maximise your business efficiency.

We can set up your limited company or draft tailored partnership agreements according to your needs.

As a business there are a large amount of choices in front of you as to how you proceed. With well drafted and secure agreements we can provide you with the solid foundation you require to build a strong and flourishing business. Remember if you do not build on a solid foundation, from our experience, the expense and time involved in putting things right when they have gone wrong far outweighs the initial costs of getting it right in the first place.




Debt Recovery
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At Richmonds we offer debt collection services for all sizes of companies. We have staff with experience of credit control in a wide range of sectors. Our services include:

With our advice, you can improve your existing internal debt recovery procedures, allow us to act on your behalf in recovering oustanding debts. We can also prepare a pre-litigation report assessing whether the matter is worth taking to court. If court proceedings do arise, our Dispute Resolution team can conduct proceedings on your behalf.

Employment
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We can help you negotiate your way through the often confusing jungle of employment law including drafting Contracts of Employment or dealing with a claim by an existing or former employee.

Please contact one of our solicitors about an employment law matter by calling 01179 869555












Sale and Purchase of a Business
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Selling or Purchasing a Business is an extremely important commercial decision and can be a difficult and complicated process. Each transaction is individual and there are a large number of factors that can change from transaction to transaction.

As your Solicitors we have an obligation, if you were selling, that all the information from seller to buyer is channelled through this firm and if you are buying, that the seller’s Solicitor provides us with all the necessary information. We recognise that you may well be trying to run a business whilst the sale or purchase is going on and we will always do our best to anticipate the information coming from or going to the other side’s Solicitor, to ensure the minimum of fuss is caused to your business.

Free Business Surgery
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We offer a FREE half hour business surgery - We can arrange this at either our office, or a visit to your premises can be arranged (both options are by appointment only).

Our solicitors will be available to give free advice (limited to half an hour maximum per person / company).