At Ashtons Legal, our manufacturing and engineering solicitors have a wealth of experience working with local and national companies, helping these organisations to safeguard their interests and assisting them to work toward their commercial goals.
Our specialised commercial law team understands that both manufacturers and engineers will often need legal assistance in areas that extend beyond corporate and commercial law. That’s why we have a cross-disciplinary team of business lawyers who specialise in different practice areas such as corporate, commercial, employment, property, disputes and regulatory law.
Our expert team work closely together to offer a comprehensive, joined up legal service for clients working in the manufacturing and engineering field.
Ashtons Legal is highly ranked across a number of areas by leading independent client guides Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500. We have a fantastic reputation thanks to our transparent, pragmatic legal advice, along with our commercial expertise and sector-specific experience.
Contact our manufacturing and engineering solicitors
For expert legal services tailored to your needs, please contact our local offices in Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Ipswich, Leeds or Norwich.
Alternatively, please fill in our online enquiry form and a member of our team will be in touch shortly.
Our manufacturing and engineering expertise
We can offer a variety of different services to manufacturers and engineers, such as:
- Commercial contract review and negotiation, including:
- Technology and software contracts
- Supply of goods and services
- Distribution and agency
- Collaboration and research agreements
- Buying and selling businesses
- Investment rounds
- Financing and bank lending
- Data protection and information law
- Intellectual property protection and licensing
- Commercial property law, including:
- Buying and selling property
- Landlord and tenant matters
- Employment law
- Dispute resolution and litigation.
How Ashtons Legal has helped our recent clients
Examples of our recent work include:
- Acting for the management team at Titan Engineering in their MBO of the business
- Acting as the sole employment and HR advisors to several national food and beverage manufacturers and FMCG businesses such as Premier Foods (Mr Kipling, Oxo, Bisto, Ambrosia, Lloyd Grosman, Cadburys, Sharwoods), Valeo Foods (Kettle Chips, Foxes Mints, Liquorice Allsorts) providing nationwide advice to all manufacturing sites and Head Office functions, including discrimination, multi-site restructures, employment tribunals and international transfers
- Acting for a high-growth bio-plastics business in their Series A investment round and R&D collaboration agreements
- Advising Cosworth on all of their commercial contracts, including licensing their products and selling and buying goods and services and advising them on employment and HR matters
- Advising the investors in a Series A investment round for a start-up developing a drone delivery service for emergency medical supplies
- Acting for the seller of Vaiopak, an award-winning food and beverage packaging manufacturing business, in their sale to Zeus, the Irish conglomerate, as one of a series of acquisitions by Zeus worth around €15m, which were widely reported in the national press
- Helping an SME in the medical device manufacturing sector seeking advice on intellectual property protection and regulatory compliance
- Acting as the sole commercial, employment and HR advisors to several companies operating across the UK in the automotive industry, such as Cox Powertrain and Sentronics
- Assisting a local construction business requiring assistance in drafting and reviewing health and safety policies
- Advising local businesses in the renewables and sustainable materials sectors.
Why work with our manufacturing and engineering solicitors?
Our specialist team has a fantastic track record of working with manufacturing and engineering clients on a wide range of diverse and multifaceted legal matters.
At Ashtons Legal, we have represented clients across many different industries. These include consumer goods, automotive, software and technology procurement projects, outsourcing and renewables.
With many years of experience in the manufacturing and engineering sector, we have a detailed awareness of the fast-paced and competitive nature of the industry.
Our team have an in-depth knowledge of engineering regulations that may impact your daily operations, as well as the different legal responsibilities of manufacturers and how best to navigate these.
Using our knowledge and expertise, we work closely with our clients to fully appreciate their requirements and offer solutions that are both cost-efficient, practical and tailor-made.
Contact our manufacturing and engineering solicitors
For expert legal services tailored to your needs, please contact our local offices in Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Ipswich, Leeds or Norwich.
Alternatively, please fill in our online enquiry form and a member of our team will be in touch shortly.