Goods and Services
Supply arrangements for services or goods
Manufacturing agreements
Outsourcing agreements
Standard terms and conditions in business transactions
Our goal is to create a long-term professional relationship with you and your business. As the law changes, contracts may need to be amended; we will ensure that your contracts remain up to date and in line with any legal developments. We are also able to provide consultations and advice regarding changes in the law.
What are contracts for the supply of goods and services?
Well-structured contracts dealing with the supply of goods and services are essential to ensuring that your business relations with others (for instance, suppliers, consultants, customers or consumers) are robust. Since contracts are legally binding, they can protect your business in case things go wrong down the line. For instance, personal relations may deteriorate or either party may be facing financial difficulties and be unable to pay.
We aim to mitigate potential problems by tailoring contract terms to your situation. These terms may include:
- The price of the service or goods (including variables such as third-party costs, inflation, development and improvement costs, etc.)
- Delivery timeframes and transfer periods
- Payment terms
- Remedies and incentives
- Limitation of liability
- Termination provisions
- Ownership of Intellectual Property (IP)
how barnes law can help you ?
Barnes Law are experienced in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts that are core to our clients’ businesses. We can provide you with a personalised service, through which we work closely with your team to find out what is important to you, and work to implement this in the contract.
As relationships develop, contracts also require change. We are able to redraft your supplier contracts and service agreements to fit the new context of your relationship with your supplier and adapt to the growth of your business.
In the event that a contract is breached, Barnes Law can provide you with a powerful litigation team. We offer an end-to-end service, ranging from drafting the contract to potential redrafting and amendments, all the way to representing your case in litigation if necessary.
Our expert dispute resolution lawyers are experienced in both mediation and litigation. We understand the emotional strain that comes with contract breaches, and so we aim to make this a well-informed and clear process for you. For more information on how we can help in these situations, please visit our Dispute Resolution page and contact our team to discuss your situation and how we can help.
You can also contact our commercial contract team by calling us on +44 (0) 208 092 2700 or emailing info@barnes-law.co.uk. We also offer 30-minute initial consultations free of charge:
Yulia Barnes
Managing Partner
Yulia Barnes is our Managing Partner. She is an experienced solicitor and advises on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters for both private and corporate clients.
Experience Yulia started her legal career at a large international Magic Circle firm. She then became a partner at a regional law firm and headed a Dispute Resolution Department. She then moved in-house before starting her own Boutique practice, Barnes Law, with the aim of providing exclusive services to high net-worth individuals and privately-owned businesses. More details can be found on her LinkedIn profile.Expertise Yulia and her team are widely recognised for their professional and practical approach to matters. She is committed to ensuring that her clients’ objectives are achieved in the most cost-effective way possible.
Approach Yulia has a wealth of experience working with businesses of all sizes: from large multinational corporations to start-ups. She has particular expertise in a hospitality industry, investment funds, private and corporate clients, and focuses on startups and technology-driven companies. Yulia brings the same level of attention to detail, professionalism and a personal touch to every case and client, and truly immerses herself in her clients’ businesses. She prides herself on her problem-solving, commercially astute approach and her track record of partnering with clients to help them achieve their strategic objectives.
Will Moran
Solicitor
Will joined Barnes Law as an Associate Solicitor in Spring 2023, shortly after qualifying in September 2022.
Will works mostly on real estate and corporate/commercial matters. Will enjoys providing advice on transactional matters.
Away from the office, Will can be found reading or playing golf. While he played rugby until university, and rowed throughout his degree, he now tends to watch both from the sidelines. During the winter he can also be found skiing.
Will plans to continue developing his legal skills and experience at Barnes Law, under the expertise and guidance provided by Yulia.
Mark Corran
Solicitor
Mark is an experienced solicitor whose practice areas include intellectual property (IP), IT, data protection and general commercial law.
Mark advises businesses of all sizes – from sole traders to corporations. Among his clients are: clothing and lifestyle brands, restaurants and food suppliers, IT companies, banks, hedge funds and venture capital firms, education providers, medical and pharmaceutical brands.
Outside of his practice, Mark also advises members of the Institute of Directors as part of its Directors’ Advisory Service.
Recent transactions- Prosecuting a UK trademark application on behalf of an education provider and representing them in related UK IPO opposition and revocation proceedings;
- Advising a publisher and a delivery business on data protection matters, B2B and B2C Ts & Cs of sale, website and app Ts & Cs, all aspects of global brand protection;
- Advising footwear brands, alternative asset managers and hedge funds on their global brand protection, including overcoming various refusals, representing them in opposition proceedings and settlement negotiations;
- Representing a central bank in opposition proceedings before the UK IPO;
- Advising a lifestyle brand concerning trademark clearance and protection, negotiations for a website/app development and maintenance agreement.
Ioulia Tatawat
Family Law Adviser
Ioulia has a solid background in family law and offers guidance, clarity, and support to clients during one of their most challenging times in their life.
She advises on all three pillars of separation: divorce, children matters and financial settlements. Ioulia is a member of Resolution and is keen to try to settle matters at early stages.
Ioulia is dedicated to assisting clients and navigating them through their legal matters with clarity and support.
Alex Reidy
Paralegal
Alex joined Barnes Law in September 2023 after finishing his master’s degree in law. Prior to joining Barnes Law, Alex worked in property litigation at Ashfords. Alex assists Yulia on a variety of both contentious and non-contentious matters.
Outside of the office, Alex enjoys reading and hiking. Prior to working in law, Alex was a competitive tennis player.
Alex continues to develop his skills in legal practice under Yulia’s guidance, he plans to sit the Solicitor’s Qualifying Exams (SQE) in 2024.
Mehves Selamoglu
Paralegal
Mehves joined Barnes Law in August 2023, right after graduating from Queen Mary, University of London (LLB Senior Status). As part of her qualification journey, Mehves is currently pursuing her Legal Practice Course (‘LPC’) at the University of Law. She also holds a degree in European Union Law from Maastricht University, Netherlands.
Mehves works closely with Yulia on a variety of contentions matters and also writes Barnes Law’s legal blogs, manages social media accounts and is responsible for marketing.
Outside of work and studies, she enjoys running, tennis and yoga.
Mehves is looking forward to developing her legal skills at Barnes Law.
Julia Podgornova
Investor Relationship Manager
Julia guides clients in making important business decisions based on comprehensive risk assessment and strategy. She supports investors in devising strategies designed to maximise each business’s potential from pre-seed to IPO.
Julia’s particular area of expertise are IT start-ups at different stages. Julia supports business through their fund-raising journey. As an Investor Relations Manager, Julia communicates with investors to facilitate a smooth round and legal part of each transaction.
In her free time Julia enjoys sailing, ballroom dancing, art exhibitions and travel.