Artington Legal

Director, SolicitorKey specialisms include:  commercial and business law - for example, advising on supplier and customer contracts, standard terms and conditions, distribution, sales and marketing agreements, e-commerce, website terms and conditions, software licensing, consultancy agreements and supply of goods and services agreements. corporate law – for example, advising on shareholders' agreements, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, investments, partnerships, joint ventures, directors’ liabilities, issue of shares or share transfers, company formations and start-ups.

Senior Commercial in-house lawyer with C-Suite experience.Her sector experience includes fintech, food-tech, software licensing inc SAAS and PAAS distribution, IoT, utilities (including insurance), retail, entertainment, digital content distribution and outsourced services. Alison has experience of public sector procurement, and consumer law regulatory issues.

Dallia is a senior solicitor specialising in corporate and commercial. She has over 20 years' experience. Key specialisms Drafting and advising on all types of information technology agreements including: software maintenance and development agreements; software licences and OEM Agreements; GDPR compliance and associated documentation; Terms and conditions of sale and supply; Supply of goods and services agreements; Joint venture agreements; Share and asset sales; Franchise agreements; Shareholder and subscription agreements; Facility agreements; FX and electronic money services agreements.

David is a Warsaw-based solicitor working with Artington Legal. He is an  English qualified solicitor and a Polish qualified Adwokat. He specialises in commercial and corporate transactions, focusing on Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions in Poland and CEE/CIS countries. Key specialisms include Corporate M&A / Private Equity Commercial Contracts

Emma is an experienced general commercial lawyer with over 10 years post qualification experience.  She has experience in a range of contentious matters dealing with both private and commercial clients. Practice areas general commercial law; general commercial litigation Key specialisms include standard terms and conditions master services agreements website terms of use, acceptable use policy privacy policy and cookie policy freelance/contractor agreements non-disclosure agreements and general commercial contracts. Experience Preparing a master services agreement for a research and creative consultancy. Drafting a supply of services agreement for a cyber security consultancy. Preparing general terms and conditions for use by a local tradesman. Reviewing existing privacy policy and amending to ensure it is current and up to date. Reviewing a non-disclosure agreement for a client and highlight points of concern. Preparing a partnership agreement for use in a local security company. Qualified 2011 Joined Artington Legal 2020 Previous firms Wheelers (now Morr & Co Solicitors) Shoosmiths In-house experience Hogg Robinson Group

Kash is an experienced commercial litigator with a particular focus in the construction, oil & gas, and finance sectors. He specialises in the resolution of complex, high-value disputes, usually with an international element, and has successfully advised clients in all forms of dispute resolution including adjudications, international arbitrations, mediations and high court litigation. In the construction sector, he has significant experience in negotiating amendments to standard-form construction contracts including ancillary construction documents such as collateral warranties, parent company guarantees, and other related agreements. Practice areas Construction Commercial Litigation International Arbitration

Khuram is a Commercial Property Lawyer qualified in England and Wales who offers straight talking tailored legal advice. Key specialisms include Overage Deeds Business Sale Asset Agreements Transfer of equity Landlord & Tenant: new grants, assignments, under leases, surrenders, variations Sale and purchase of commercial freehold and leasehold premises. EXPERIENCE Examples of how Khuram has helped clients include: Splitting title at the HM Land Registry following partition of a mixed use property Development of farmland to multi tenanted industrial units Specialist knowledge of Vehicle Charging Point Leases & Licences

Mark advises clients of all sizes – from sole traders to listed companies – in a diverse range of industries, including fashion, asset management, high street and online retail, pharmaceuticals, food and drink, virtual reality, computer games, traditional and online publishing, perfumery and homewares. Mark also advises a national charity on a pro bono basis and, outside of his practice with Artington, provides legal advice to members of the Institute of Directors through its Advisory Service.

Key specialisms Mark is a consultant solicitor specialises in commercial property and particularly in the Drinks Hospitality and Leisure sector. He has extensive experience in Landlord and Tenant work, acting for both institutional landlords and blue chip FTSE 100 tenants, amongst others, He has acted for both the buyer and seller in many hotel acquisitions/disposals in recent years, and has been responsible for negotiating agreements to procure the development of hotels across the country. He also advises on lease restructuring and has recently completed a £100M single asset property refinance, with banking support. Although not working full time, Mark offers considerable expertise in providing competitively priced pragmatic legal and commercial advice and services in all matters property related. In his “free time” Mark is also involved in a commercial arable farming enterprise with his 2 brothers.  

Miranda is a senior solicitor qualified in England and Wales and New Zealand with over 15 years´ experience specialising in investment funds, financial services and general commercial  law Key specialisms Financial Services regulatory environment: Analysis and advice on the financial services regime in the UK, including the FCA Handbook. She also advises on authorisation requirements and can undertake regulatory risk analysis. Financial Services entities: Miranda can assist with applications to the FCA, and can draft or advise on investment fund related documentation, distribution agreements, joint ventures, client or service terms and conditions, appointment as SUP Skilled Person, and provide due diligence and risk assessments. Commercial: Most types of commercial agreements, including agreements for services, agency and distribution agreements,  advising on client or service terms and conditions, intercompany agreements, software licenses and application development agreements. Corporate: Set up of companies in UK via Companies House, Director’s resolutions, Board minutes, dissolution applications.

Senior Solicitor  employment; general litigation; and business sale and purchase.

  Nigel has a keen understanding of what companies want from their legal advisers, and he ensures that his legal input adds value and supports a company’s commercial and operational imperatives. Practice areas technology; intellectual property; general commercial law; sports; travel; and company secretarial. Key specialisms include commercial contracts; general counsel services; special projects; legal health checks; legal A&E; and training. Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating various commercial contracts, from extremely short tactical agreements to multi-million pound international agreements, for IT, sports, new media, mobile payments, travel and property management; training numerous in-house lawyers and contract negotiators, including practical hints and tips about how to add and safeguard value and provide the service which the business requires; providing specific and strategic input to companies which do not have in-house legal resource but where experienced legal input is required to help focus, guide, support and act as a sounding board; acting as a single point of management and contact for a project in order to allow key legal staff to concentrate on business as usual; stepping in when contracts and negotiations are going off the rails and a fresh pair of experienced eyes has been needed to assess the situation and bring it back on track; and providing legal health check audits for investors and management to ensure a business has the correct legal and contractual foundations for expansion whether by rolling out new products and services, attracting new investment, or moving into new territories or preparing for sale. Qualified 1994 Joined Artington Legal 2015 Previous firms Norton Rose In-house experience IMG Hogg Robinson Group Spendvision Luup Peverel

Key specialisms Travel & Tourism Financial Services & Banking Procurement and Outsourcing  

Raphaelle is an experienced data protection and privacy compliance specialist. Practice areas Raphaelle has over 20 years’ experience in running privacy compliance programmes, providing DPO services, supporting Clients through pragmatic privacy advice and shaping customer and employee privacy solutions. Raphaelle has worked as a data privacy specialist for the Halifax, Centrica and was Head of Privacy at British Gas for over 4 years. Since 2016, Raphaelle has worked as an independent data privacy consultant and has worked with charity, automotive, oil and gas and health sectors. She qualified as a solicitor in 2014 whilst at British Gas but is currently non-practising. Key specialisms Data protection compliance and programme management, including audits, short health checks and governance reviews Data and its commercial exploitation Data Protection Officer services Change programmes involving personal data, including Data Protection Impact Assessments Website cookies compliance Third party relationships – contracts, due diligence, international transfer considerations Data protection documentation – privacy policies, records of processing, data breach procedures Support with Data Subject rights – subject access requests, complaints Interface with the Information Commissioner’s Office Privacy training for staff.

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Sara is a highly-skilled commercial lawyer with six years’ experience working in a global role for the world’s largest publicly traded oil services company; and a further six years running her own employment law business in the UK. Practice areas employment; supply chain; and general commercial. Key specialisms non-contentious employment law, such as  advising on service agreements, terms and conditions, policies and procedures, staff handbooks, TUPE, termination of employment (including redundancy), grievance and disciplinary procedures; contentious employment law, such as advising on Employment Tribunal claims (including discrimination, whistleblowing and TUPE) and appeals and reviewing settlement agreements; general legal support for HR and small businesses including legal health checks and training on issues such as contract formation, recruitment, managing sickness absence, conducting grievances and disciplinary processes and dismissals; drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, including supply of goods and services, licence and standard form agreements; and commercial marine law, reviewing and drafting vessel charters and shipyard agreements.

Founder and Managing Director of Artington Legal, Solicitor