| Reflecting today's fast moving
but increasingly regulated business environment, Goodman Derrick
LLP provides a comprehensive and professional response to
the needs of its clients.
- We take pride in our ability to offer practical solutions
that draw upon our specialist knowledge of the commercial
world.
- Each client receives the personal attention of a partner
of our corporate group, working closely with colleagues
in other specialist disciplines such as banking, property
and employment.
- We anticipate our clients’ future requirements by
gaining a greater understanding of their business and by
developing a close working relationship with them. This
leads to constructive solutions tailored to our clients’
particular circumstances.
- We make full use of advanced IT facilities to deliver
a service that is relevant to those needs and is delivered
in a timely manner.
- Our aim is to provide a seamless service that meets the
exacting standards of our clients and ensures that we achieve
the best results for them in each case.
Today’s entrepreneurs face a multitude of complex legal
issues, whether establishing a company, managing its operation,
responding to the opportunities of acquisitions, mergers or
disposals or adapting to the impact of new market conditions.
- We aim to provide clear and effective guidance and a cost
effective service across a broad spectrum of key business
sectors.
- We aim to take away the burden of the legal aspects of
decision making so that our clients can move forward confidently
knowing that Goodman Derrick understands their ambitions
and produces legal solutions which fulfil those ambitions.
- We aim to assist businesses to maximise opportunities
whilst limiting legal risk.
- We structure our services with a view to saving expensive
management time, thereby producing cost effective decision
making.
- We are able to advise on all legal aspects of corporate
and business life.
Corporate Team
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KEY SERVICES
Corporate
- mergers and acquisitions
- company and business sales
- share options and employee benefit schemes
- reconstructions and restructurings
- joint ventures and shareholders’ agreements, with
specialisations in broadcasting, publishing and media, and
property development
- LLP's, partnerships and strategic alliances
- secured and unsecured debt financing
Corporate Finance
- IPOs on the Official List and AIM
- rights issues, open offers and placings
- demergers and takeovers
- regulatory guidance and corporate governance
- capital raising for private and non-listed companies,
including EIS
- venture capital; MBOs and MBIs
IP/IT/E-Commerce
- protection, licensing and exploitation of intellectual
property
- software development and licensing arrangements for developers,
suppliers and purchasers
- web-site advice, including development, hosting and content
arrangements
- data protection; privacy policies
- electronic publishing; e-commerce
- copyright issues; digital TV
Commercial
- commercial contracts and advice
- sponsorship and merchandising agreements, especially
sports events
- agency and distribution arrangements
- commercial exploitation / spin-out agreements for universities
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