• Property
  • Financial Institutions
  • Conflict Resolutions
  • Construction
  • Corporate
  • Advice
  • Fees
 

THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
The Commercial Property Team has wide experience in dealing efficiently with the legal and financial aspects of
building, buying, selling, leasing or sub-letting of shops, offices and industrial and commercial premises of all kinds.
The team handles an extensive range of commercial property transactions for large and small companies as well as private individuals.
The Team is highly regarded for its property expertise. Its work includes the following:

  
   
   
 

Commercial Sales and Purchases
Covering all types of commercial property from institutional purchases and sales of tenanted property and the break-up of industrial estates,
through to purchases and sales for landed estates, farmers and private individuals

  
   
   
 

Property Development
Acquisitions and disposals of land for commercial and residential development, highway agreements, planning,
funding and onward disposals of developed sites.

  
   
 

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Advising on the establishment, operations of financial institutions and compliance with appropriate regulations. HUMAN RESOURCES: advising on legal issues relating to human resources such as employment contracts and labour negotiations.

  
   
 

Finance And Banking
# All aspects of derivatives legislation
# Capital markets advice
# Bond and loan issues
# Complex cross-border structured finance
# Emerging markets investments & structures
# Offshore investment vehicles

  
   
  International
# Double taxation relief, withholding taxes, transfer pricing
# Foreign property holding structures
# Holding Company Structures
# Inward and outward investment
# Permanent establishment issues		  
   
  Litigation And Dispute Resolution
# Customs disputes
# MTIC fraud and allegations thereof
# Remittance of duties
# Taxation disputes
# Tribunal proceedings
# VAT disputes		  
   
  CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Resolutions of disputes through litigation, arbitration including the structuring and conduct of arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (ADR).		  
   
 

We advise on:

  
 

Film, Television and Radio
# Broadcast agreements
# Broadcasting Commission Standards/ITC/Advertising Standards complaints
# Distribution agreements
# Exploitation agreements
# Moral rights
# Option agreements
# Pre-broadcast advice, defamation and slander
# Product placement
# Production and content agreements
# Releases, clearance advice and chain of title reports

 
   
  Publishing
# Defamation
# E-Book licensing and distribution
# Ghost writer agreements
# Libel reading		  
Music
# Artist and band agreements
# Musical productions
# Music publishing agreements
# Music video production
# Recording agreements
   
  Sports
# Branding
# Constitutional documents, commercial rules and sporting regulations
# Contracts and transfers
# Disciplinary and doping matters
# Gambling arrangements
# Merchandising agreements
# Product endorsement
# Sponsorship and advertising agreements
  

 

  CONSTRUCTION
Handling negotiations and drafting of building and civil engineering contracts and resolving FIDIC contracts. Securities and financial market experts. We have a specialised knowledge of the securities and financial markets enabling us to advise the major players in their practice or operations. Our profound knowledge of the financial and securities markets has put us in a position to respond rapidly and effectively to the needs of our clients in these areas.		  
   
  Deployment
# PAYE regulations
# Pensions
# Personal service companies
# Remuneration packages
# Share option and share incentive schemes
# Termination packages property
# Capital allowance structuring
# Development structures
# Enterprise zone schemes
# Stamp Duty savings schemes
# VAT structures		  
   

 

  CORPORATE
Our Corporate group advises the full range of corporate entities from early stage, high growth companies to larger corporations. We act for proprietors, management, venture capitalists and business angels on a variety of transactions. We also advise on other business structures such as partnerships, LLPs, collective investment schemes and corporate structures for not-for-profit organisations.		  
   
  Corporate Recovery And Insolvency
Insolvency presents a crisis, but it can also provide opportunities. We are dedicated to devising strategies that achieve the best possible outcome with an emphasis on rescue, recovery and restructuring wherever possible.
We act for financial institutions, insolvency practitioners and turnaround experts, companies and individuals. We are well-placed in the market to understand and provide assistance in most sectors including property, aviation, sport, music, media, entertainment, banking and financial services.		  
   
 

We advise on: 
* Administration
* Company re-structures and re-financing
* Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVA)
* Creditors' rights on Insolvency
* Directors' duties and disqualification
* Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVA)
* Landlords' rights on Insolvency
* Liquidations
* Personal bankruptcy

  
   
  Corporate Tax
Taxation matters in the United Kingdom are becoming ever more complex and difficult for businesses to manage. At ALC Law, we have a team of specialist solicitors who provide dedicated stand alone tax advice, tax structuring advice and transactional tax advice resulting from any business activity. Our expertise crosses a wide range of taxation issues affecting commercial transactions, including VAT and stamp taxes and those arising from corporate re-organisations and disposals. We also advise on contentious taxation matters, defending and pursuing claims against HMRC, and some international tax matters.		  
   
 

We advise on: Corporate
# Applications for EIS/VCT relief
# Asset finance
# Corporate restructuring and MBOs
# Exit strategies
# Fund raising, CGT planning,
# Joint Ventures, franchising, IP licensing PFI/PPP projects
# Mergers, acquisitions and disposals

  
   

 

 

  ADVICE


# Agency disputes
# Arbitration (international and domestic)
# Banking disputes
# Claims against Insurance underwriters
# Commercial contract disputes
# Construction disputes
# Debt collection
# Director's duties
# Distress for commercial rent
# Employment Tribunal claims
# Fraud and breach of fiduciary duties
# High Court and County Court actions
# Inheritance Act and wills disputes
# Injunctive relief
# Insolvency related issues
# Insurance disputes
# Intellectual property disputes
# IT disputes
# Landlord and tenant disputes
# Libel and defamation
# Mediation
# Passing-off actions
# Patent disputes
# Pre-publication libel reading
# Professional negligence (non-medical)
# Property disputes
# Shareholder disputes
# Small Claims Court
# Software disputes
# Taxation matters including Tax Tribunals
# Trademark actions

* Boardroom disputes
* Breaches of employment contracts
* Business transfers
* Changing employment terms
* Collective consultation
* Data Protection Act
* Director's service agreements
* Disability discrimination
* Disciplinary issues
* Dismissal
* Drafting employment contracts
* Employed or self employed?
* Employee share schemes and options
* Employee Fraud
* Employment policies
* Employment Tribunal applications
* Equal opportunities and pay
* Firing staff
* Former employees
* Health and safety
* Hiring staff
* Work permits
* Immigrating employees
 * Industrial action
* Insolvent employers
* Maternity rights
* National Minimum Wage
* Parental leave
* Paying staff
* Pensions
* Protecting confidential information
* Race discrimination
* Redundancy References
* Restrictive covenants
* Retirement Service lettings
* Sex discrimination Sickness
* Sickness

 

 

* Advertising and marketing contracts
* Agency agreements
* Collaboration agreements
* Company formations
* Competition law
* Consultancy agreements
* Consumer protection and distance selling
* Contractual joint venture agreements
* Distribution Agreements
* Environmental law
* Franchise agreements
 * Health and Safety
* Lease, hire and maintenance agreements
* Limitations of liability
* Logistics agreements
* Manufacture, purchase and supply agreements
* Non-disclosure agreements
* Outsourcing agreements
* Partnership agreements
* PFI agreements
* Pricing agreements
* Privacy policies
 * Reseller Agreements
* Software and hardware development agreements
* Sponsorship agreements
* Terms of business In-house legal

 

 
  FEES
We maintain a flexible approach to our billings. Clients may opt for contingent fees, hourly billing, flat fee or a combination of any of the three modes of billing. Fees are negotiable and always within the range of fees recommended and approved by the Ghana Bar Association.		  
   
     

 

 

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