Consumer Goods and Retail

Our team of expert lawyers provide full-service support at every stage. Whether you are a business or consumer, we are here to protect and further your interests in the consumer and retail market.

With the introduction of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, the consumer goods and retail sector is undergoing significant transformation. New regulatory requirements, increased enforcement powers and heightened consumer protection obligations are creating a more complex legal and commercial environment for businesses and individuals alike.

We offer a broad and integrated range of legal expertise designed to support both businesses and individuals operating within the consumer goods and retail landscape. Our team provides strategic, practical and commercially focused solutions, helping you adapt to regulatory change, mitigate risk and achieve your commercial objectives with confidence.

How can we help you?

Our clients benefit from the team’s depth of knowledge and cross-sector experience, underpinned by a collaborative and client-focused approach. We deliver tailored advice drawing on specialist expertise in corporate and commercial, dispute resolution, employment and property law, ensuring seamless support across all aspects of your business or personal legal needs.

We offer expertise in areas such as:

• Terms and Conditions and e-Commerce
• Franchising and licensing arrangements
• Intellectual property: trademark registration and dispute resolution
• Corporate governance
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Joint ventures
• Corporate reorganisations
• Financing
• Product liability
• Real estate: negotiating and drafting commercial leases and other occupational agreements, property acquisitions and disposals, real estate development projects, property management, secured lending, planning matters
• Guidance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices
• Health and Safety law compliance
• Employment contracts and policies
• Workplace investigations
• Discrimination and harassment claims
• Staff training
• Workforce restructuring