28 March 2013
Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2013
The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/395) (Regulations) came into force on 16 March 2013 and ... read more

20 July 2012
Strategies for Managing Risk
Wake Smith LLP's commercial team are experts in reviewing contracts and situations to help clients plan ahead and deal ... read more

15 March 2012
Enforceable Guarantee Created by Email Chain
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that an enforceable guarantee can be created by a series of e-mails. In ... read more

The team understands how businesses in the private sector operate and advises its business clients throughout their life cycle of start up, growth, success and failure, so we know every key issue that affects them.

We advise clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters from terms and conditions of business and agency/distributorship agreements to complex multi-party documentation often found in heavily regulated industries. The work we do requires us to have an appreciation, not just of the legal issues, but also the underlying commercial objectives. As a result of working with a broad range of business clients we have developed considerable sector knowledge of specific industries.

We provide a complete service for commercial contracting that covers all of the following and more:

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