Solicitors are skilled in a wide variety of business-related services and can assist individuals, companies and businesses to establish and thrive in the commercial world. Legal issues permeate all aspects of business and a solicitor's input is often a key requirement to ensure that businesses meet their regulatory and compliance obligations.

Your solicitor can assist you with a number of business matters such as:

• setting up in business
• forming a company
• directors' duties
• data protection issues
• defence of litigation
• contracts
• competition law
• financial advice
• debt collection 
• employment matters
• taxes
• franchising
• patents. trademarks, copyright.