Introduction

We help our clients to navigate the wide range of legal and commercial issues encountered in a typical outsourcing or public service partnership project. These include:

Choosing the right legal format:

• Options appraisal
• Company incorporation & conversions
• Company secretarial support

Regulatory issues:

• Legal powers and statutory duties
• Administrative law and delegation issues
• Consents and approvals
• Corporate Governance
• Charity Law

Navigating tender processes:

• Conducting a tender
• EU procurement rules
• Bid evaluation
• Risk analysis
• Contract drafting, negotiation and funding

Managing property assets:

• Leases
• Acquisitions and Disposals
• Development and construction

Protecting your workforce:

• TUPE
• Pension rights
• Relevant agreements or statutory provisions applying to affected staff

Information transfer:

• Intellectual property protection
• Data protection
• Freedom of information
• Licensing issues

Employment Practice and Procedure:

• Contracts and related issues;
• TUPE;
• Redundancy;
• Parental rights;
• Performance and capability;
• Disciplinary and grievance procedures;
• Discrimination;
• Dispute resolution procedures;
• Compromise agreements; and
• Employment tribunal practice and procedure.