The Waterfront Partnership

Our services are designed to address key business issues enabling our clients to maximise their revenues, minimise their risks and achieve their goals. We strive to provide innovative and proactive solutions that add tangible value to your business no matter what its size.

We summarise below the key areas on which we advise. More detailed information on each area can be found by clicking on the menu to the left hand side of each page.

Intellectual Property

We provide sector specific expertise and broad ranging advice covering all aspects of intellectual property rights. This includes advising on whether you require intellectual property protection, how best to obtain it, whether you or your competitors' intellectual property rights are valid, whether you should litigate and how you should exploit your intellectual property rights for maximum commercial gain.

Technology

We will ensure that you fully protect your IT and software assets whilst maximising the commercial gains that you derive from them. Whether you are licensing a stand-alone software product or delivering a large-scale IT development project, we will give you the legal advice you need to help you meet milestones, remain within budget and avoid taking unnecessary risks.

Contracts and Commercial Law

We will provide you with the commercial agreements you need to enable you to minimise your business risks and maximise your business revenues. Our contracts address and enhance the entire sales and delivery process and are robust tools which enable you to manage your commercial relationships with confidence.

The Internet & Data Protection

Whether you are a service provider or have a great idea for the latest way to exploit user-generated content, we have the experience and expertise to advise you on all internet related areas of law ranging from drafting website terms and conditions, compliance with regulatory requirements (such as e-commerce and distance selling regulations) to handling domain name registrations and copyright disputes. In addition, if your website collects information about people who visit it, then you’ve got to consider the Data Protection implications. We can advise you on the policies and procedures you need to put in place, for example we can work with you to draft your website "Privacy Policy". As data protection is a growing issue in the offline world, we can also advise you on these issues in more general situations.

Outsourcing & Procurement

We provide a full range of legal services to the outsourcing industry. If you are involved in public procurement (or would like to be!), or you are a prime or sub contractor or if you want to ensure that you can deliver the service levels that you are contractually committed to, we offer legal services which will enable you to navigate the procurement process hurdles whilst minimising your risks and maximum your revenues.

Telecoms

Whether you are a fixed line service provider or a mobile network operator, we offer a full range of telecoms specific commercial and regulatory advice ranging from the various industry codes of practice, consumer terms and conditions of business, MVNO and MVNE agreements, interconnect and access agreements and all telecoms-specific service provider agreements.

Employment

Employment law is now understandably recognised as a complex area for businesses to navigate and which has potentially costly pitfalls for those who fall foul of the statutory rights and obligations it imposes. Whilst it is the case that legislation passed in recent years has transformed employment law, and the area continues to develop rapidly, it is possible to manage the demands placed upon businesses with a little proactive risk management and ingenuity! We advise on all areas of employment law including both contentious and non-contentious matters.

Bio-Pharma

We have significant experience working with companies and universities in the Bio-Pharma sector. Our expertise includes both contentious and non-contentious work which ranges from advising on patent infringement and invalidity actions in the UK to negotiating and drafting licences for intellectual property rights, drug development documentation, collaboration arrangements and other partnering and exploitation contracts.

Digital Media & Entertainment

We have significant experience providing legal advice to the music industry, both to the independent sector and to the majors. We provide advice on the full range of music related law, from recording and publishing agreements to enforcing your rights when your music is used without your permission.

Virtual In-House Lawyer

Rather than specific, reactive advice, our Virtual In-House Lawyer service allows you access to one of our solicitors on a regularly scheduled basis - whether in your office or remotely. A Virtual In-House Lawyer obtains a detailed understanding of how your business operates on a day-to-day basis and so is able to provide cost effective support for the long term.