BHW Solicitors The East Midlands' leading specialist commercial law firm

1. The East Midlands’
leading specialist
commercial law firm
5 Grove Court, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicestershire LE19 1SA
Tel 0116 289 7000 Fax 0116 281 6229
Email info@bhwlaw.co.uk Web www.bhwlaw.co.uk
This firm is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority - SRA number 383490

2. The East Midlands’
leading specialist
commercial law firm
BHW provides the highest quality
legal, commercial and strategic
advice to businesses of all types
and sizes.
We offer the full range of
commercial legal services and
specialise in many industry sectors,
including aerospace, agriculture,
information technology, plant hire,
retail and schools.
Our approach is cooperative,
straightforward and businesslike.
Put simply, we get the job done.
BHW is a Legal 500 “leading
firm” and has been recognised
by the Law Society for exemplary
standards of client care and
business management.
If you would like to discuss
any of our services,
please give us a call.
Our expertise, experience
and commitment will
exceed your expectations.

3. Corporate
Our corporate team combines the best legal expertise
and market knowledge with an understanding of
our clients’ aspirations, strategic objectives and
deal methodologies to deliver a package which is
constructive, practical and cost effective.
Our pragmatic advice always takes into account your individual circumstances
and we believe that by getting to know you and fully understanding your goals we
can deliver an unrivalled service.
Our services include: -
• Share and asset acquisitions
• Share and asset disposals
• Mergers
• EIS and EMI share offers
• Joint ventures
• MBO’s and MBI’s
• Group reconstructions
• Finance, security and investment
agreements
• Venture capital investments
• Data room services
Please contact Nick Bridle to
discuss our corporate services.
Phone: 0116 281 6220
Email: nick@bhwlaw.co.uk
Commercial
Our commercial team provides expert and cost
effective business solutions to all types and sizes of
business – from start-ups to multi-nationals.
Sound contractual relationships Our full range of commercial
with your suppliers, customers and services include: -
commercial partners are crucial for • Agency and distribution
your business, adding value and agreements
minimising risk.
• Franchising
We will protect your interests and • Licensing
help you build a better business.
• Purchase and supply terms and
conditions
Please contact Ed Nurse • Long term supply agreements
to discuss our commercial • Shareholder agreements
services. • Joint ventures
Phone: 0116 281 6230
Email: ed@bhwlaw.co.uk

4. Commercial Property
Our team advises on all aspects of freehold and leasehold
property, acting for national and local businesses.
We act on major acquisitions in Typical transactions include: -
shopping centres, high streets
• The acquisition of major retail
and retail parks around the UK.
premises
The department also specialises in
• The construction and letting of
leases for data centre premises and
substantial distribution depots
distribution depots.
• Sale and leaseback of business
We deal with the sale and purchase premises
r. of agricultural property, agricultural • The acquisition of new head office
w.co.uk tenancies and option agreements premises
relating to the potential development
• Taking leases of specialised data
of agricultural land. We also deal with centre premises
wind farm agreements.
• Buying and selling investment
properties
Please contact Julie White • Agricultural property
to discuss our commercial
property services.
Phone: 0116 281 6228
Email: julie@bhwlaw.co.uk
Pension Scheme Property Transfers
We are the East Midlands’ leading law firm for pension
scheme property transactions and we act for some of the
UK’s leading pensions advisers and their clients.
More and more commercial properties We also deal with bespoke pension
are being purchased through pension scheme transactions, for example,
schemes because the tax benefits are property purchases by multiple
potentially significant – but there are pension schemes, purchases of
risks. Tax advantages can be lost if mixed use properties and purchases
the strict procedures and guidelines which are part individually funded and
laid down by HMRC are not followed. part pension scheme funded.
There are various financial limits
If pension scheme lending is not
that apply to scheme borrowing
secured on commercial property,
and requirements for formal letting
BHW can help secure lending over
arrangements to be in place. Please contact Beverley Merrell
other assets – for example company
Because we specialise in pension assets such as equipment and to discuss our pension related
scheme property transactions we can intellectual property. property services.
help you ensure that your proposals Phone: 0116 281 6221
will work and will be compliant. Email: bev@bhwlaw.co.uk

5. Aerospace
BHW are the UK’s leading lawyers for supply chain
contracts in the Aerospace industry. We have been
instrumental in defining the latest generation of standard
industry contracts with the world’s primary aircraft OEMs
and Tier 1 suppliers.
We help our clients negotiate We understand the pressures of
balanced contracts, providing ramp up modifications and through
both security of supply for the programme development. We can
customer as well as commercial prepare you for review meetings
security for the supplier. We are and can operate as discreet in-
experts in implementing supply house advisers or take an active
chain and procurement systems role in negotiations if required. We
enabling secure flow down of client never lose sight of the overriding
requirements to their supply chain. objective – to achieve a commercial
solution.
Please contact Ed Nurse
to discuss our aerospace
services.
Phone: 0116 281 6230
Email: ed@bhwlaw.co.uk

6. School to Academy
Conversions
BHW are the experts for school to academy conversions.
We pride ourselves in getting to know each school’s
learning ethos, priorities and values and in making
sure that the work we do enhances rather than
diminishes those values. We have testimonials and
recommendations from every school that we have
converted into an academy.
Whether you’re converting on your Our Academy Support
own, as part of a chain, an Umbrella Programme is also there to
Trust or a Multi Academy Trust, we help you after conversion
have the expertise and experience providing a professional
to guide you and to help you decide and cost effective “post
which option works best for you. conversion” package, to
deal with your legal, HR,
We offer competitive fixed fees procurement, commercial,
to provide you with a best value funding, governance and
solution and to help you plan your property needs.
first academy budget with the
certainty you need.
Please contact Ed Nurse
to discuss our academy
conversion services.
Phone: 0116 281 6230
Email: ed@bhwlaw.co.uk

7. Software and
Information Technology
We are software and information technology specialists.
We know the importance of providing advice and
documentation that works for all sides – developers,
service providers, licensees and end users alike.
We have extensive experience We also know how dangerous
advising on all types of agreements information technology disputes can
relating to: - be and take a commercial approach
• Software development to resolving contractual differences.
We can work with you to rebuild
• Software licences
project relationships and to get
• Software support and maintenance service provision back on track.
• Outsourcing
Our technical expertise is genuine.
• Software as a Service (SAAS) Matt Worsnop leads our Information
Technology team. In addition to being
a solicitor, Matt has an M.Eng in
Please contact Matt Worsnop Electronic Systems Engineering. With
to discuss our information over 10 years’ practical experience as a
technology services. software developer, Matt and his team
can quickly understand the technology
Phone: 0116 281 6235 behind project software ensuring that
Email: matt@bhwlaw.co.uk the best practical and commercial
contract solutions are implemented.

8. Innovation, Branding
and Intellectual Property
Careful management of Intellectual Property (IP) can help
your business secure its innovations, products, brands and
creative designs in a similar way to physical property.
At BHW we can help you identify Our expert legal team offers advice on
your Intellectual Property and how a full range of IP including: -
best to protect it in the UK and • Copyright
world markets.
• Design right
We can also help you develop a • Patents
clear Intellectual Property Strategy,
• Trademarks & service marks
including systems to help you audit
your current IP, gain protection and • Trade secrets & confidential
information
Please contact Ed Nurse
deal with infringements and disputes. to discuss our intellectual
• Trademark applications
property services.
(both UK and EU)
• Trademark and software licensing Phone: 0116 281 6230
• Trademark oppositions and Email: ed@bhwlaw.co.uk
litigation

9. Employment
Being an employer is becoming an increasingly complex
business and there are always new proposals in the
pipeline. We help you balance the need to be a fair
employer with the need to run a competitive business
and provide a practical and common-sense approach to
issues arising in the workplace.
We can provide you with up-to-date We cover all areas of employment
and unambiguous contracts, policy law, including: -
documents and staff handbooks, to • Contracts of employment
reduce the likelihood of any disputes.
• Staff handbooks and policy
Should you need to defend a claim documents
from an employee, we have the
• Workplace disputes
knowledge, experience and expertise
• Disciplinary and grievance
to help you deal with it effectively
procedures
and commercially.
• Unfair and wrongful dismissal
• Redundancy procedures
• Discrimination laws
• Maternity and other family friendly
entitlements
• Compromise and termination
agreements
• Transfers of businesses,
outsourcing, restructures and
mergers (TUPE)
Please contact Laura Allanson to discuss our employment services.
Phone: 0116 281 6237
Email: laura@bhwlaw.co.uk

10. BHW Employer Support
and Protection Scheme
For many of our clients, the best way to use our
employment services is through our BHW Employer
Support and Protection Scheme.
This includes a contract and staff The Scheme can be insurance backed
handbook review to ensure your so that if an employee brings a claim
employment documentation is up- against you, all your costs and the
to-date and compliant, unrestricted amount of any award you have to
telephone support, access to pay is covered. The Scheme is very
a comprehensive suite of best cost effective and is payable in equal
practice guides, email updates and a monthly instalments allowing you to
quarterly newsletter. cap your costs.
Training and Support
We provide practical HR and business We have also developed our own
compliance training courses to give BHW HR Toolkit - a cost effective
your staff the confidence, knowledge software package specifically designed
and skills to manage effectively. You to allow small and medium sized
can choose from our comprehensive businesses to deal with
range of pre-packaged courses, or their HR administration
we can tailor a course to suit your with a minimum of fuss.
particular needs.
Please contact Laura Allanson to discuss the BHW
Employer Support and Protection Scheme or for more
information on our Training and Support services.
Phone: 0116 281 6237
Email: laura@bhwlaw.co.uk

11. Dispute Resolution
Our Dispute Resolution team is robust, pro-active and above
all, commercial. Whether your problem is simply an unpaid
debt or a complicated contractual dispute, we’ll adopt
the best strategy to get a resolution as quickly and cost
effectively as possible.
We are also experts in helping Our services include: - Additionally, BHW is one of the
implement strategies to minimise risk. • Contract disputes few firms in the East Midlands able
to handle contentious probate
We know when to litigate and • Product liability
disputes. Our services include
when to negotiate. Lisa Wainwright, • Banking disputes
challenging and defending Wills,
who heads the Dispute Resolution • Shareholder disputes and unfair promissory estoppel claims and
Department, is both a solicitor and a prejudice petitions
negligence claims against professional
qualified mediator. • Injunctions advisers.
We understand how important it is • Partnership and LLP disputes
We can also advise on the full range
for our clients to know we’re on their • Professional negligence claims
of contentious insolvency issues,
side. We do whatever it takes to get • Debt recovery helping both insolvency practitioners
the right result and our commitment is
• Car dealership disputes and individuals in bringing and
demonstrated in everything we do.
• Property disputes defending claims for wrongful and
fraudulent trading, preferences,
transactions at undervalue and
Please contact Lisa misfeasance.
Wainwright to discuss our
dispute resolution services.
Phone: 0116 281 6223
Email: lisa@bhwlaw.co.uk

12. Our expertise, experience
and commitment will
exceed your expectations.
5 Grove Court, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicestershire LE19 1SA
Tel 0116 289 7000 Fax 0116 281 6229
Email info@bhwlaw.co.uk Web www.bhwlaw.co.uk
This firm is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority - SRA number 383490