Commercial Law

Oxford Employment Law Solicitors specialise in Commercial law and regularly provide advice to clients in the following main areas:

	Commercial contracts
	Shareholders agreements, joint ventures and partnership agreements
	Terms & Conditions
	Business sales and purchases

Shareholders Agreements
In a limited company, each share carries a prescribed number of votes. In most cases all the shares are of the same class - ordinary shares - and each carry one vote. That means that a majority (over 50%) controls the company.

A Companies Terms and Conditions
You have to give all your employees a written statement of their main terms and conditions of employment, except employees you will be taking on for less than a month.

(Please note please to not use this as basis of writing your terms and conditions, this is an example of SOME of the information included in a Companies Terms and Conditions.)

The names of the employer and the employee;
The date when the employment (and, if different, the period of continuous employment) began;
Wages or salary and the intervals at which they are to be paid* (see below);
Hours of work, Holiday entitlement;
Entitlement to sick leave and sick pay;
Your and your employee's entitlement to notice of termination;
Their job title or brief job description;

The Sale of a Business
There are many aspects to consider when buying or selling a business

	Preparing to sell or buy a business
	Setting a price
	Complete the Sale of the business- Negotiating the sale of the business, assessing offers and understanding the legal and tax implications
	Floating on a stock market: your options
	The pros and cons of taking a company public
	Considering an exit strategy when you set up a business
	Responsibilities to employees if you buy or sell a business
	Handling potential redundancies
	How to achieve an employee buyout
	Succession planning and business transfer