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Our sizable, award-winning commercial team ensures that your contracts, agreements and policies are effective and tailored to meet your commercial objectives.
We also provide further specialist advice in areas like data protection, public procurement and eCommerce to help clients protect their interests, avoid costly legal disputes and achieve their commercial objectives.
We’re proud to be recognised as a pre-eminent commercial team by The Legal 500 (appearing in ‘Tier 1’) with “outstanding industry knowledge” and as having one of the best and most “sizable” commercial teams in the country by The Times Best Law Firms 2026. We also won the Regional Law Firm of the Year award at the Legal Business Awards 2025.
We provide robust, no-nonsense legal advice with charisma and a positive, solutions-focused attitude — cutting straight to the important issues at the heart of your contractual concerns without overcomplicating things. Many of our clients are entrepreneurs and business owners, so we understand commercial pressures and how to alleviate your burden.
Plus, with a wide range of sector knowledge and experience — from healthcare to regeneration, retail, sport and technology — we have experts who speak your language. We can work with you wherever you’re based nationally or internationally.
Our diverse client base includes well-known organisations and businesses such as Commonwealth Sport, the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, The Royals Parks, Leicester City Football Club, Wrexham AFC, Parcel2Go.com and James Hall & Company (SPAR). We’re a trusted partner to many clients throughout their growth and scaling journeys, from start-ups right through to becoming national and international businesses.
To discuss your corporate legal requirements email hello@brabners.com, call us on 0333 004 4488 or message us.
“It’s unusual to find a legal practice that understands our business requirements and tailors solutions so effectively.”
Client feedback, The Legal 500
“Richard Hough has been an outstanding legal partner to us for over a decade — pragmatic, straight talking and commercially sharp. He was instrumental in setting up our white label business and his calm, clear guidance has been invaluable in navigating a complex, multi-country launch with a strategically important international logistics operator.”
Adam Harris, Chief Commercial Officer, Parcel2Go
“[Richard Hough] is the best in the business. Very responsive and also very knowledgeable.”
UK Meds Direct Ltd
“Praised for its ability to go 'go above and beyond' and 'outstanding industry knowledge', Brabners... [handles] the full scope of corporate and commercial matters... Feedback from clients has always been favourable... consistently high-quality level of service.”
The Legal 500 2026
“Richard Hough stands out for his expertise in healthcare and complex contractual work, assisting clients with terms of business, outsourcing, distribution, agency, franchising and joint venture agreements.”
The Legal 500 2026
Your commercial contracts and agreements should work for you — achieving your objectives and locking in the value of your relationships while providing clarity and protecting you from costly and distracting disputes.
For cost-conscious businesses, the temptation may be to treat terms and conditions and other commercial contracts as a necessary evil, rather than key assets. However, we know from experience just how costly it can be if you fail to invest in getting them right. A poorly drafted contract can cause huge headaches down the line and in the worst cases even diminish the value of your business.
If you’re thinking about selling or exiting your business — whether now or in the future — any potential buyer will scrutinise the robustness and financial certainty of your underlying contractual arrangements.
When you come to us, our commercial solicitors will look to understand your business inside out so that your contracts are uniquely tailored to your requirements, as well as being well thought out and fit for purpose. This will help you to realise your ambitions and objectives, reduce risks and liabilities and ensure compliance with the latest legislation.
We provide support in reviewing, drafting and negotiating all trading agreements including terms and conditions, supply and purchase arrangements, distribution and agency arrangements, collaborations and joint ventures, technology and IT agreements (software development and licensing, maintenance and support, hosting, ERP agreements), licensing agreements and franchising.
We also advise on website terms and privacy policies, consumer protection and eCommerce.
Our team is led by vastly experienced commercial and healthcare regulatory lawyer Richard Hough. He advises clients on a broad range of commercial matters and works extensively with international businesses and UK businesses expanding abroad as our primary contact for the Association of European Lawyers and Eurolegal. Recognised as a ‘Leading Individual’ by The Legal 500 for 2026, former pharmacist Richard “stands out for his expertise in healthcare and complex contractual work”.
Michael Winder brings extensive public procurement experience to the team. He advises both sides of the procurement coin — contracting authorities and utilities as well as private sector companies and property developers — providing a complete service that adds immense value to any proceedings. Michael works on a variety of infrastructure and regeneration projects and previously worked in-house at a large county council.
Sara Ludlam has cemented her reputation for pragmatic, commercially‑driven advice grounded in deep sector knowledge. She acts for university spin-outs in the bioscience and games development sectors as well as for brand owners in both the clothing and baby products sectors, strengthening longstanding relationships that have been built over decades.
Matt Brown is a market-leading specialist in commercial contracts, data protection and competition law, with particular prominence in advising on complex commercial arrangements for major infrastructure, healthcare, logistics and technology organisations. Known for his ability to simplify and negotiate technically complex agreements, Matt is frequently retained to advise on strategic, business-critical projects where regulatory, commercial and operational considerations overlap.
Eleanore Beard leads our data protection offering. An experienced commercial lawyer and Data Protection Practitioner (PC.dp), Eleanore advises on GDPR and PECR compliance as well as freedom of information. She also has extensive experience in acting as a Data Protection Officer (DPO) and creating robust privacy governance programmes.
The international governing body that oversees the Commonwealth Games and Youth Games instructed us in respect of a multi-million-dollar dispute following the decision of the State of Victoria, Australia to withdraw as the host state for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
We advised Commonwealth Sport in an action for breach of contract, which was successfully concluded in an agreement worth AUD $400m.
We further advised on multiple high value, multi-territory arrangements for the 2026 and 2030 Commonwealth Games cycles, including drafting, negotiating and updating host city contracts and host collaboration agreements for Glasgow 2026, Amdavad 2030 and the Malta 2027 Youth Games.
These were major, multi stakeholder agreements involving governments, organising committees and commercial, media, marketing, sponsorship and broadcaster arrangements across numerous territories (including host broadcaster arrangements, distribution arrangements and multi party media rights).
We provided the global luxury lifestyle services brand with extensive, high value legal support including international franchising, commercial contracts, risk mitigation, strategic governance and litigation. We advised continuously on complex, time-critical franchise agreements across multiple territories including Lebanon, Japan and other jurisdictions.
Our team managed negotiation rounds with prospective franchisees and their local counsel, including preparing joint review meetings and advising on adjusting commercial terms, insurance related risks and alternative solutions. This work directly enabled Quintessentially’s accelerated international expansion strategy.
We also handled key strategic commercial arrangements with major non-local partners, Mastercard and VISA.
We delivered high value commercial technology support to the highly regulated veterinary endocrinology and topical dermatology leader — which has a broad portfolio of analgesia, anaesthetics and other pain treatment products — on a number of high value and time‑critical contractual matters. This included detailed, technical and commercial advice on service levels, service credits, outage provisions and termination rights.
This relationship demonstrates our ability to act as a trusted advisor to a complex, multinational, highly regulated life sciences business. It showcases our expertise in technology, outsourcing and commercial contracting within a global pharmaceutical environment, including advising multiple senior stakeholders across an evolving programme of digital transformation and infrastructure projects.
Dechra has praised the “comprehensive nature” of our contract reviews and “the strength of the resulting contractual position”.
We provided Wrexham AFC — the football club owned by Hollywood superstars, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney — with wide ranging legal support, delivering a blend of commercial contracts, regulatory guidance and intellectual property support tailored to the operational demands of a fast growing professional football organisation.
Much of this work has centred on ensuring that the club’s commercial relationships, supporter facing documentation and brand assets are legally robust, aligned with regulatory requirements and capable of supporting its ongoing domestic and international growth.
We advised the club on its major supplier arrangements — most notably assisting with the negotiation and refinement of its kit supplier agreement, addressing commercial terms, compliance matters and drafting improvements required to finalise its long term technical partnership.
We also supported the club in strengthening its contractual governance across membership, season ticketing and matchday operations through the preparation and updating of key fan facing terms and conditions.
We advised Peel Ports Group on its major long term concession agreement with Global Ports Holdings (GPH) in relation to Clydeport — a strategically significant transaction that’s expected to deliver transformational economic and commercial benefits across the Clyde region.
The deal builds on the successful commercial framework previously implemented for the Port of Liverpool (Peel Waters) transaction and reflects Peel Ports Group’s wider national investment strategy in partnership with GPH.
The project involved complex multi-stakeholder negotiation, long term risk allocation, regulatory structuring and integration with Clydeport’s broader regeneration and development plans. The arrangement is expected to materially expand Clydeport’s cruise and tourism capacity and represents one of the region’s most high-impact port infrastructure investments in recent years.
We also provided legal support across a range of significant commercial and technology‑related matters. This work centred on complex contracting and the delivery of large‑scale technology and operational projects, including multi‑million‑pound IT infrastructure initiatives designed to strengthen core systems and modernise operational capabilities.
We advised on procurement strategy, software and services contracting, licensing, implementation arrangements and the wider commercial frameworks required to embed new digital tools within essential port and canal operations. Throughout, we applied a practical, commercially minded approach, helping Peel Ports Group to navigate sophisticated contractual issues, manage risk and ensure that operational and strategic requirements were supported by robust, well‑structured agreements.
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