UK Business Information / Commercial Law

Businesses Entering the UK - Summary of Key Legal Issues

The purpose of this guidance on commercial law is to highlight the main ways in which an overseas company - any company incorporated outside the UK - can establish a business in the UK and certain other important legal considerations which may be of interest to an overseas company when setting up a business in the UK. 

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The Commercial Law section was supplied SGH Martineau LLP- one of the UK's leading independent law firms, providing a full range of commercial legal services from its offices in Birmingham and London. In particular, SGH Martineau LLP has a broad range of experience and knowledge in advising overseas companies wishing to invest and set-up in the UK.  SGH Martineau LLP's areas of expertise include advising on matters such as: incorporating a UK company or setting-up a UK establishment; commercial agreements (including agency agreements, distribution agreements, standard terms of sale etc); employment contracts and employment law issues; real estate matters such as the negotiation of a lease or the acquisition of a freehold property; and the protection of a company's intellectual property and brands when it enters the UK (including the registration of trademarks and patents etc).