Manufacturing is one of our core practices. We act for many manufacturing-sector clients, including UK and international companies involved in a wide range of activities, including automotive, aerospace and engineering.

 

We draw on our firm's different strengths to offer comprehensive legal services to our clients. Our corporate team has acted on many acquisitions and disposals for manufacturing-sector clients, including the Trelleborg Group. We provide multi-level support, deploying specialists from our environmental and property, tax, banking, and employment teams.

 

We have one of the UK's largest and most highly-rated litigation and dispute resolution teams, with extensive experience of the types of disputes faced by manufacturers and suppliers. Our product liability group deals with both contentious and non-contentious product-related law, including product liability and product recalls, for products as varied as motor vehicles, white and electrical consumer goods, foodstuffs, circuit boards, pre-pay gas meters and medical devices. 

 

We advise on warranty and indemnity claims arising from business acquisitions, and on disputes concerning the procurement and implementation of IT systems, inbound component supply logistics arrangements and product distribution franchises. Our experience extends to advising on the implications of different insolvency regimes for trading relationships, including retention of title disputes.

 

Our commercial team acts for manufacturing-sector clients looking to outsource their work, or seeking to implement new technology solutions, and we also advise on procurement and competition law issues where applicable.