“Through the strong relationships Capital already had with like minded and commercially savvy lawyers in the Consulegis network, the team on a global scale quickly and consistently delivered innovative, smart and uniform advice. For us it was the perfect blend; a wide team of legal experts channeled through one relationship, saving us a huge amount of management time. It really was an excellent business model to adopt at an extremely busy and pressurised time for the HR Team and Company which proved to be very successful”.
Liz Cook, Human Resources Director, Sega
"Capital Law makes international business straightforward. A great team of people - meticulous in their approach, creative in their thinking - never losing sight of the big picture."
John Dobson, Financial Director, Timbmet Group Limited
Clients include
- The Royal Mint
- Timbmet Group Limited
- Eckhardt GmbH Data & Outsourcing Services
- Isel (UK) Limited
As the commercial world gets more compact, opportunities to do business overseas multiply.
Our international trade team works with UK companies which have offices abroad and foreign companies with a UK connection.
But there’s more.
Through our association with Consulegis, the international network of lawyers, we offer a full commercial legal service in 40 jurisdictions. And through our associated Scottish law firm, CCW LLP we provide clients with access to expert Scots law advice as and when they need it.
Specialisms
To see our specialisms within a particular area please click on one of the options below:
- international and European employment and labour law>
- contracts and policies
- transfer of undertakings
- discrimination
- unfair dismissal
- disciplinary and grievance
- executive terminations
- workforce re-organisations
- immigration
- employment tribunal representation
- property acquisitions and disposals for foreign investors
- commercial leases
- commercial and residential development
- planning permission and appeals
- planning agreements
- compulsory purchase and compensation
- land assembly and disposal
- compliance and governance
- non-contentious construction
- development finance
- landlord and tenant
- cross border commercial contracts
- cross border corporate transactions and joint ventures
- mergers and acquisitions
- international insolvency and restructuring
- subsidiaries of foreign parent companies
- international group structures and re-organisations
- management buy outs and buy ins
- changing organisational structures
- group re-organisations
- venture capital and equity investments
- copyright
- trade marks
- patent registration and infringement
- domain name claims and disputes
- anti-counterfeiting
- protecting confidential information
- licensing and assignment of rights
- group structures
- ownership and licensing disputes
- IP strategies
- cross border litigation
- international shipping haulage and warehouse disputes
- maritime disputes
- international trade mark and IP infringement
- enforcing international contractual monetary claims
- defamation
- product liability and sale of goods disputes
- bailment/haulage liability claims
- breach of contract/restrictive covenant
- insurance policy interpretation cases
- injunctions
- enforcement of judgments
- landlord and tenant disputes
- planning issues
- insolvency
- professional negligence claims
- directors’ disqualification
- shareholder disputes
On and off-site HR support as and when you need it.
- disciplinary and grievance investigations and hearings
- strategic advice
- change management programmes
- management training
- HR policies and procedures
- redundancy processes
- stress risk assessment
- employment contracts and policies
- absence management and return to work processes
- practical instruction, training, and/or coaching
- independent auditing of HR function
- employee satisfaction surveys<
- HR improvement strategies including:
- grievances
- redundancy
- pensions
- absence management
- return to work
- succession planning
- performance appraisal
- recruitment and outplacement services
- employment law
- mock employment tribunals
- understanding different generational styles
- disciplinary and grievance
- absence management
- leadership
- interviewee skills
- interviewing skills
- company law
- disability discrimination
- return to work interviews
- appraisals
- bespoke courses
Snapshot of our experience
- Commercial joint venture in Ghana for a UK company
- Acting for German client in selling shares in a UK company to German corporate entity
- Advising a UK company in respect of dismissal of the CEO of its German subsidiary
- Claim against a UK company on behalf of an Austrian client
- Acquisitions of development sites for a Korean investor which included complex syndicated finance
- Appointing administrators over a UK subsidiary on behalf of its Dutch parent company
- Negotiating, advising on and drafting licence agreements, distribution agreements and IP assignments in multiple jurisdictions
- Acting on behalf of a European governmental body in respect of trademark infringement by a UK plc
As a matter of fact……
Some of our lawyers are dual qualified, which means they’re not limited to advising on English and Welsh law.
For instance, head of corporate and commercial, Duncan Macintosh is Scottish qualified and we have several lawyers who work across Europe and the rest of the world, drawing on the multi lingual capabailities within the firm.
