We are pleased to offer our GDPR Transition Service, which we can tailor to your organisation’s specific requirements, and which is designed to make the transition to compliance with the new regime as painless as possible.

The support we provide includes a Privacy Impact Assessment, Implementation Plan, guidance and training for different types of companies and departments and staff within them, contract templates and amendments and ongoing support.

We can support you in conducting a GDPR privacy impact assessment (“**PIA**”) of your organisation. This will enable us and you to identify the “GDPR gaps”, as well as any data protection weaknesses generally (from the legal perspective), in your organisation where adjustments are required or recommended.

Due to the stricter GDPR rules on processing personal data, and its more specific transparency requirements, we can provide a template internal privacy policy – or amend your existing one (as you prefer) – to address these new requirements.

Due to the stricter GDPR rules on processing personal data, and its more specific transparency requirements, we can provide a template external privacy policy – or amend your existing one (as you prefer) – to address these new requirements.

Your existing customer contracts may require amendment for GDPR compliance. This will depend on the extent to which it is possible, or desirable, for your external privacy policy to cover your customer contracts.

We can support you with this process, including by providing template wording and/or tailoring clauses into customer contracts, as required.

The GDPR contains much stricter rules about what provisions all your data processor contracts (i.e. supplier contracts where your supplier will or may process personal data on your behalf) must contain.

We can prepare standard data processor contracts and/or provide you with template schedules, as required, to help you comply with these rules while also aiming to reduce the disruption factor to your existing relationships with your suppliers.

We are aware that different key departments of your organisation handle personal data in different ways. We can provide overview guides to assist these departments with GDPR-compliant processing of personal data.

We can provide GDPR training to suit the needs of your organisation.

We can provide ad hoc support for other GDPR-related issues that may arise during this GDPR-transition process and beyond.

Guidance on GDPR rules and enforcement in key areas is still pending (from both the Article 29 Working Party and the ICO). With this in mind, we are on hand to support you where newly published guidance results in the need or desire to make amendments to your legal documents relating to personal data processing.

Articles of Association

Articles of Association (“Articles”) are rarely considered as the contract between a company and its shareholder(s) or the basic manual for the operation of that company, but this is exactly what they are.

Once a client realises the importance of this document a Corporate lawyer is sometimes asked about the consequences of a company incorrectly filing the wrong set of Articles at Companies House. The error often occurs due to an administrative error. In such circumstances is the company bound by those Articles? 

Insuring Against Risk

Businesses expose themselves to risks every day, making it essential to have the right insurance in place.

One legal claim or catastrophic event could be enough to wipe out a small business or make a serious dent in a larger one. Fortunately, businesses have access to a wide range of insurance products to protect them, and it is imperative you consider the risks relevant to your business and ensure your business is insured accordingly.

Our specialist team is experienced in avoiding, managing and resolving claims and disputes in a variety of contexts.  Our work involves the identification of legal problems and solving them by effective advice and negotiation. Where necessary we use litigation in a variety of courts and tribunals.