Commercial and Corporate Law Solicitors

At Barnes Law, we advise businesses, business owners and high-net worth clients on complex commercial and investor-state arbitrations, and arbitration disputes for both domestic and international arbitrations.

Our experienced arbitration lawyers provide extensive advice on how to effectively use and draft arbitration clauses, guidance on choosing a forum, seat, and arbitral institution, represent clients at arbitral proceedings, as well as advise on the enforcement of awards.

Our arbitration services span a range of diverse sectors including energy, construction, intellectual property, retail and telecoms, as well as offering cross-border and domestic capabilities.

Barnes Law has a successful track record in representing clients before the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”) and under the rules of other prestigious arbitration centres worldwide. We also advise on ad hoc arbitration proceedings.

At Barnes Law, we advise businesses, business owners and high-net worth clients on complex commercial contracts, managing intellectual property matters, and advising on privacy, data, and website-related agreements.

Our experienced commercial solicitors and commercial lawyers provide extensive commercial law services to diverse sectors spanning business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) contexts, as well as cross-border and domestic capabilities.

Whether you are a startup, scaling business, or established corporation, our commitment is to guide you through the complexities of commercial law with confidence.

At Barnes Law, we advise businesses, business owners and high-net worth clients on complex commercial litigation, business dispute resolution and contentious trusts.

We protect clients’ interests and advocate for their objectives, whether advancing proceedings through litigation or securing outcomes through arbitration, mediation and other alternative dispute resolution methods.

Acting with focus in UK courts and arbitration centres globally, we represent clients in wide-ranging corporate and shareholder, commercial, construction, property and trust disputes.

At Barnes Law, we advise businesses, business owners and high-net worth clients on complex corporate transactions throughout the lifecycle of a business, from complex M&A, strategic transactions, joint ventures to corporate reorganisations.

Our top-tier corporate solicitors and M&A lawyers provide extensive corporate law services to diverse sectors spanning business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) contexts, as well as cross-border and domestic capabilities.

Whether you are a startup, scaling business, or established corporation, our commitment is to guide you through the complexities of corporate law with confidence.

At Barnes Law, we advise professionals, senior executives and employers across diverse industry sectors on the entire spectrum of both contentious and non-contentious employment law matters.

Our experienced employment lawyers and solicitors provide support to professionals and senior executives on redundancy, unfair dismissal, workplace harassment, and discrimination issues. We also support employers with non-contentious employment advisory matters, as well as on contentious issues such as defending claims at the Employment Tribunal.

At Barnes Law, we advise businesses, brand owners, entrepreneurs, SMEs and scaling companies on complex intellectual property matters throughout the lifecycle of a business, from trade mark clearance, UK and international filings and portfolio strategy to licensing, commercialisation, enforcement and IP disputes.

Our intellectual property solicitors, trade mark attorneys and IP disputes lawyers provide commercially focused IP services to clients across diverse sectors.

From our offices in Mayfair, London, we support clients across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Whether you are launching a new brand, protecting a growing IP portfolio, commercialising valuable rights or responding to infringement, our commitment is to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property with confidence.

At Barnes Law, our property solicitors deliver expert legal advice across all residential and commercial property transactions. Navigating UK property law requires precise and straightforward guidance, whether you are a first-time buyer, an overseas investor, or dealing with complex property law.

Commercial real estate clients also face unique challenges when expanding operations, renegotiating rent, or securing commercial leases. Our partner-led team of real estate lawyers works closely with you to provide proactive, commercial solutions. With senior property solicitors overseeing sales, purchase, and financing, we efficiently navigate complex property legislation, providing the tailored legal advice and solutions needed to achieve your objectives.

At Barnes Law, we advise businesses, business owners and high-net-worth individuals on complex sanctions issues affecting commercial transactions, investments, assets and business relationships.

Our experienced sanctions lawyers provide advice on UK financial sanctions, sanctions due diligence, ownership and control issues, frozen assets, contractual performance, licensing and reporting obligations, and disputes arising from sanctions-related restrictions.

Whether you are navigating sanctions risk in a transaction, dealing with a disrupted payment or commercial arrangement, or responding to an urgent issue involving a counterparty, asset or investment, we provide practical advice tailored to your commercial objectives.

At Barnes Law, we advise executors, administrators, trustees, and beneficiaries, as well as high-net-worth individuals in a wide range of trust disputes involving complex trusts and estates. We recognise that pursuing or defending a claim like this can be extremely stressful and impose an emotional toll on those involved.

Trust and estate disputes are often extremely complex, with wealth often spread across the world in the form of trusts and other assets. Our experienced contentious trusts and estates solicitors provide advice on complex and multi-jurisdictional issues, and help our clients achieve their objectives across a variety of dispute resolution mechanisms, from mediation to litigation.