Business Contracts

We’ll ensure that your assets are protected, and your liabilities are limited through comprehensive, watertight contracts that are unique to your business. Our talented commercial solicitors handle a wide range of agreements for both UK and international businesses across a variety of sectors. As a leading commercial contracts law firm, we combine sector knowledge with commercial insight to deliver contracts that genuinely protect your business.

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Don’t bet the farm

Contracts play a critical role in every business and are the key to ensuring that, should a relationship break down or a deal go awry, your risk is minimised.

The best kind of contracts are simple yet effective, and our experienced commercial lawyers work tirelessly to tick those boxes on behalf of our clients, covering:

  • Reseller, distribution, franchising and agency
  • Domestic and international supply of goods and services
  • Strategic advice including contract variations and terminations, exits and transitions
  • Terms and conditions
  • Manufacturing agreements
  • Transport, warehousing and logistics
  • Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)
  • Outsourcing and projects
  • Partnership agreements
  • Waste management and recycling services
  • Facilities contracts
  • Consumer law

Every commercial contracts lawyer in our team brings deep sector expertise, ensuring your agreements are practical, enforceable, and built around how your business actually operates.

Breadth and depth of experience

Working alongside you and your team, we get to know your business and its objectives, and help drive you towards success with high-quality contracts for your UK and international activities.

Our Commercial Contracts team advises clients working in a range of sectors including healthcare, automotive, logistics, higher and further education, telecoms, IT infrastructure and technology. We are also known for our experience dealing with the specialist issues affecting:

  • Professional partnerships
  • Vets
  • GPs
  • Dental practices
  • Charities
  • Schools
  • Technology companies (including fintech, agritech, robotics, AI, regutech, insurtech, creative tech, ecommerce, big data and the digital economy).

Whatever industry you’re operating within, we’ll ensure your contracts are fit for you and your business, safeguard your income and protect you, and your assets, from claims.

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Recognition of our work

Legal 500 2026 – Top Tier Firm

Legal 500 2026 – Top Tier Firm

The Times Best Law Firms 2026

The Times Best Law Firms 2026

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Hear what our clients say about us

HCR are always prepared to go the extra mile to deliver a project on time and to budget. The most unique feature about HCR has to be the people. everyone in the organisation is highly motivated, experienced and has a robust understanding of our needs as a business. HCR has such a breadth of expertise to support in any situation. They are able to bring together the right team to support our needs. We have never found HCR to be wanting in any transaction.

Legal 500 2024 – Corporate and Commercial

Thank you for your highly flexible approach – fitting with our timeline can’t have been easy, especially considering you delivered such high-quality advice

Chris Paton MD of Quirk Solutions, and a former Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Marines

How can we help you?

Frequently Asked Questions

A commercial contracts lawyer drafts, reviews, and negotiates the agreements that protect a business’s assets and limit its liabilities, covering areas such as supply, distribution, and terms and conditions. HCR Law’s commercial contracts lawyer team works across sectors including healthcare, automotive, and technology, ensuring every agreement reflects the realities of the client’s business rather than relying on generic templates.

A specialist commercial contracts law firm brings sector-specific experience that generalist advice cannot match, particularly for businesses in regulated or complex industries. HCR Law is a commercial contracts law firm with deep experience across healthcare, education, logistics, and technology, allowing us to anticipate risks specific to each sector and draft contracts that genuinely protect our clients’ income and assets.

A commercial contracts lawyer typically handles reseller and distribution agreements, supply of goods and services, manufacturing agreements, NDAs, outsourcing arrangements, and partnership agreements. HCR Law’s commercial contracts lawyer team also advises on strategic matters such as contract variations, terminations, and exits, ensuring businesses are protected at every stage of a commercial relationship, both domestically and internationally.

Businesses should instruct a commercial contracts law firm before entering new agreements, expanding into new markets, or facing disputes over existing contracts. Early advice from a commercial contracts law firm like HCR Law helps identify risks before they become costly, particularly around liability, termination rights, and regulatory compliance across UK and international business activities.