5 Mar 2026 • Article 2 min read
Every organisation reaches a point where clear, practical advice on its commercial contracts becomes essential. Whether you are preparing new terms, negotiating a complex agreement or dealing with issues during a contract’s life, you need guidance that fits the realities you operate in.
Too often, legal advice focuses on theory and misses the practical context. We take a different approach.
We start by understanding how your organisation works, the pressures you are managing and the results you need. That context shapes our advice. It allows us to be proportionate, precise and focused on outcomes rather than abstract legal positions. If the commercial route is the right route, we say so. If a risk needs to be tested or rebalanced, we will explain the options and their implications.
If you are reviewing a contract, preparing for negotiations or dealing with commercial contract disputes, we can help you assess your options early and plan your next steps. We provide commercial contract drafting services and we, support clients facing legal issues related to contract termination. By combining legal analysis with commercial judgement, we help you take decisions that make sense both legally and operationally - keeping relationships workable and your organisation moving.
Our Services
Our work covers the full lifecycle of commercial contracts. We advise both customers and suppliers, including Registered Providers, Local Authorities, developers, growing businesses and established commercial organisations. Many of our clients operate in regulated environments where precision, accountability and practical direction matter.
We help you structure, negotiate and manage contracts of every scale. Where negotiations are complex or time-sensitive, we provide calm, experienced support, including contract negotiation and mediation lawyers input where disputes are emerging. When you are forming or reshaping collaborative arrangements, we provide joint venture agreements legal support to help you establish frameworks that work in practice, not just on paper.
We regularly advise on:
- Supply and services agreements
- Service level arrangements
- Frameworks used within public and private sector procurement
- Purchase order terms and conditions
- Property and facilities management agreements
- Care and support contracts
- Joint venture, partnership and collaboration agreements
- Agency, distribution, manufacturing and franchising arrangements
- Energy and heat supply contracts
- Consultancy and professional appointments
- Publishing, advertising and marketing agreements
- IT and technology contracts, including licensing, telecoms and managed services
Working alongside our specialist procurement team, we support you at every stage - from early planning and market engagement through to contract award, mobilisation and ongoing management. If issues arise, we help you address them constructively and, where necessary, prepare for formal processes.
Meet the Team
Kris Kelliher, Partner, has extensive experience across commercial contracting. He advises on facilities management, supply and distribution arrangements, energy contracts, care and support services, joint ventures and a wide range of frameworks and terms of business. Clients value his clear, practical judgement and steady approach to complex negotiations.
Joanna Bouloux, Partner, specialises in corporate and commercial work. She advises on joint ventures, acquisitions and disposals, IT agreements and a broad range of commercial arrangements. Her work spans both day-to-day contracting and strategically significant projects, helping clients align their contracts with wider corporate objectives.
Jonathan Jarvis, Partner, brings together governance, regulation, joint ventures and major commercial transactions. He advises on mergers, stock transfers and regeneration projects, offering guidance that balances legal structure with organisational priorities and stakeholder expectations.
Thomas Molony, Solicitor, works across commercial, procurement and corporate matters. He supports clients on a wide range of contracting models and helps them navigate the practical decisions that sit behind each agreement, from initial scoping through to completion and implementation.
Together, the team offers detailed, joined-up advice on commercial contracts, drawing on specialist input from colleagues in procurement, real estate, construction, housing and disputes where needed. You get a single, coordinated view of your contracts and the steps needed to keep them working effectively.
Contact us
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