Whether you’re a manufacturer in need of a contract with your suppliers or customers, or a customer who needs a contract to engage a manufacturer to make products for you, our commercial specialists can help you through their extensive experience of supply and manufacturing contracts.
Our team advises start-ups through to FTSE listed companies on their manufacturing and supply chain contracts.
We can assist with:
- Documents at the start of a commercial relationship, e.g. confidentiality agreements, heads of terms and letters of underwrite to allow a manufacturer to start ordering time sensitive tooling, raw materials or parts while the parties conclude the manufacturing agreement.
- Contracts with suppliers for raw materials and parts.
- Collaboration agreements for the development of a product.
- Contracts for the supply and manufacturing of products (whether “off the shelf” to the design of the manufacturer or to a design and specification of the customer).
- Contracts for warehousing and transport for raw materials, parts and finished products.
- Intellectual property issues arising from manufacturing and the supply chain, including:
- conducting due diligence searches for registered intellectual property rights in the types of products to be manufactured; and
- Licensing, or transferring ownership of, rights in products, tooling and parts.
We can also provide advice relating to contentious manufacturing issues including:
- Contract disputes
- Disputes regarding intellectual property
- Product liability claims arising from manufactured products
Why Trethowans?
Our specialism and experience means our lawyers can provide businesses with truly sector focused and commercial legal advice.
Our Corporate & Commercial team are recommended as a Top Tier firm in the Legal 500 UK Guide.
To speak to our specialists, contact us using the form or call us on 0800 2800 421.
