Jacksons Solicitors acts for publicly quoted companies, private companies and private individuals. The individuals involved in the Firm have either worked for many years in City law firms or have had extensive experience in the business world and the Firm’s predominant aim is to provide high quality legal services whilst maintaining a reasonable fee structure. The Firm has a very commercial and businesslike approach to legal transactions and prides itself on its high standards of client care and its ability to find creative solutions to a client’s legal or business problems.
There are four major areas of activity
Company and Commercial
The Firm acts for quoted and private companies in a wide variety of transactions. Public company take-overs and mergers including Stock Exchange regulations and the rules of the Take-over Panel. Rights issues, placings and other types of corporate finance activities
Media and Intellectual Property
Advising on and drafting all kinds of commercial documentation including joint ventures agency and distribution agreements, franchising and licensing agreements. The Firm acts for a large number of e-commerce businesses, telecommunications and telemarketing companies as well as designers, publishers, authors, information technology companies, software houses, multi-media publishers, film producers and others. The Firm also works closely with patent agents in regard to patent registrations.
It has also assisted companies owning intellectual property rights to obtain funding both in respect of private equity, in terms of angel and seed capital investment, as well as venture capital investment.
Litigation and Employment
High Court, County Court arbitration and other mediation proceedings including:
- Commercial contract disputes
- Partnership and shareholders disputes
- Copyright infringements
- Confidentiality agreement disputes
- Employment disputes
- Employment tribunal claims
- Landlord and tenant disputes
- Insolvency related litigation
- Debt collection
- Drafting Employment Agreements, Directors Service Agreements, Disciplinary and Grievance Proceedures
Private Client and Property
- Property aspects of corporate and business acquisitions and disposals
- Purchases and sales of commercial property
- Business lettings (whether acting for landlords or tenants) and lease renewals
- Property development and funding
- Property aspects of insolvency
- Sales and purchases of residential property for individuals
- Wills, probate, family trusts and settlements
- Advice on inheritance tax and estate planning