TLT

Business advisors as well as lawyers, TLT works in step with its clients to protect their interests today and progress their ambitions for tomorrow. The firm has local, national and international reach and draws on its diverse expertise to find solutions and create opportunities. The firm’s approach is to use its expertise, with efficient processes and integrated technology, to anticipate change and keep clients ahead of their challenges.

The firm: The firm is known for its strengths in clean energy; digital; financial services; government and public services; leisure, food and drink; real estate; and retail and consumer goods.

It has long-standing relationships with a range of UK and international clients from major household names to high-growth businesses and private individuals. Clients include NatWest, Triodos, Santander, Sainsbury’s, WHSmith, Greene King, BT, Government Legal Department, Metropolitan Police Service, Vodafone, SSE, Ecotricity and Savills.

Types of work undertaken: TLT works with clients on high-value strategic work and major projects. It also supports clients on day-to-day legal requirements, using its people, with efficient process and technology to deliver.

Banking and finance: advising on all types of finance transactions, both domestic and cross border.

Commercial: advising across the whole spectrum of business and trading arrangements.

Commercial shipping: advising on the full range of finance and commercial issues involving a diverse range of vessels traded worldwide.

Competition and EU law: advising on all aspects of competition law from merger notifications to cartel and market investigations.

Construction, infrastructure and projects: advising on the full spectrum of construction matters and disputes for private and public sector projects of any size.

Corporate: advising on mergers and acquisitions, management buyouts, private equity and venture capital investments, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements and associated agreements, as well as business turnaround issues and governance.

Data privacy and cybersecurity: advising on cybersecurity, data protection, freedom of information, confidentiality and privacy issues in the UK and internationally.

Disputes: advising national and international organisations on complex, sensitive litigation issues involving arbitration, mediation and litigation.

Employment: advising on all aspects of employment law, as well as dealing with disputes, mediations and complex tribunal claims.

Employee benefits and incentives: advising on all types of short and long-term incentive arrangements, bonus schemes, salary sacrifice and exchange programmes.

Family: especially known for complex financial provision on divorce or separation, including international and cross-border issues, complex trust and tax structures, businesses, pensions and property portfolios.

Franchising: advising businesses looking to expand by granting or taking a franchise including the establishment of UK and international franchises, master licensing, development agreements and issues arising in the operation of a franchise such as re-sales and dispute resolution.

Intellectual property: advising on patents, copyright, design rights, trade marks, passing off and unfair competition, database rights, rights in confidential information and related competition issues.

International trade: helping clients to get the best out of cross-border trade opportunities, whether that’s navigating the law, expanding into new markets or influencing key trade policy.

Investigations: all aspects of regulatory law, from commercially-based compliance advice right through to protecting the interests of companies or individuals facing regulatory investigation or prosecution.

Licensing: advising on all aspects of premises licensing, from a one-off event to managing UK-wide estates and advising on operational matters and board level strategy.

Mortgage litigation and recoveries: providing recovery services to banks, building societies and other secured lenders across the UK, handling mortgage litigation and repossession conveyancing and advising on fixed charge receiverships.

Outsourcing: advising on outsourcing various business functions to deliver cost savings, service improvements and to take advantage of the latest technologies.

Pensions: advising on all areas of pensions law and regulation – including change and restructuring projects, the implications of corporate transactions and managing pension liabilities.

Planning: providing a complete planning advice service and a unique multi-faceted perspective on planning issues.

Private wealth: private client expertise across family and personal tax, trusts and probate law.

Real estate: advising across property development, investment, asset management, dispute resolution, construction, planning, environmental, tax and more.

Regulatory: advising on all aspects of existing and emerging regulatory law, from compliance advice to protecting the interests of companies or individuals facing a regulatory investigation or prosecution.

Restructuring and insolvency: advising on all areas of restructuring and insolvency law.

Tax: helping clients manage their tax risks in context and across all UK taxes.

Technology and communications: advising on development and licensing, ICT procurement, outsourcing, cloud services, e-commerce, social media and data privacy.