Commercial
Supporting you in an increasingly competitive and commercially aware world
Our experienced solicitors are committed to providing a comprehensive, practical and cost effective solution to your property and business law requirements.
Our work ranges from large scale property developments for regional house builders and commercial developers, to buying, selling and refinancing residential investment properties and portfolios for individuals. We also advise private companies, owner managed businesses, partnerships and sole-traders on the buying, selling and renting of premises in the retail, office and industrial sectors.
How we can help
We can offer you all the support you may need in the following areas of commercial property, development, company and employment law:
Commercial Property Law
Development
We have vast experience in advising residential and commercial property developers and working with them throughout the site acquisition, planning, assembly and disposal processes to provide a truly integrated service with the minimum of fuss.
Investment
Our clients include:
- Private individuals buying residential buy-to-let properties
- High net-worth individuals
- Those involved in the buying and selling of pension funds
- Individuals and companies involved in letting and managing portfolios of office, industrial and retail premises
Landlord and Tenant
We provide a comprehensive service to a range of clients, whether that's advising landlords with multi-let industrial states and office buildings or guiding new business ventures on the preparation and negotiation of their first shop or office lease. We also support landlords and tenants on all leasehold management matters such as assignments of existing leases, lease renewals, statutory regulation, lease surrenders, rent review and dilapidation claims.
Acquisitions and Disposals
Whether it’s your first purchase of a residential buy-to-let property, the acquisition or disposal of your business premises or a reorganisation and refinancing of your property holdings to a pension fund, we can tailor a service to your individual commercial needs.
Secured Lending
We provide a pragmatic and highly efficient service to several high street banks on acquisition, investment and development finance, and it's this attention to detail within a commercial framework that is essential to our lender clients. This speed of delivery and accuracy is also paramount to the institutions we providing bridging finance to.
Company Law
We possess expertise in the following areas of company law:
- Incorporation of new companies
- Acquiring shares in companies to effect takeovers
- Shareholder agreements
- Share purchase agreements
- Advice on raising finance from commercial sources, including loan agreements and other security documents
Property Investments
We can support you in all the legal aspects of managing portfolios of investment properties, including acquisition and disposal and landlord, as well as tenant law including tenancy agreements and their interpretation. We're also experts in the area of possession and other proceedings including service charges, their statutory control and recoverability.
Employment Law
It’s essential that businesses of all sizes and structures can access immediate and practical advice on employment law. This area of law is developing quickly and employee rights are continually being created both by Europe and the UK government.
At Emsleys, we offer a personal service on employment law. We believe this advice must be candid, realistic and clear, taking into account and balancing the rights of employees with the need for employers to make business decisions to run their businesses more efficiently.
We can advise on all major areas of employment law including:
- Unfair dismissal
- Redundancy
- Discrimination
- Contracts of employment
- Disciplinary and grievance procedures
- General proactive advice on how to minimise exposure to claims and compensation
- Compromise agreement
Debt Recovery
We provide advice on the range of procedures available to recover bad debts, including drafting and issuing proceedings to obtain judgment.
