London-based law firm specialising in intellectual property, technology, corporate, commercial, data protection and employment law
Established in 2002 to provide an alternative option to the growing number of tech SMEs looking for legal advice, we have since steadily grown both in size and in breadth of expertise to a firm that provides advice on: disputes, commercial, corporate, employment and data protection law. However, we still retain a strong intellectual property and technology sector focus.
We now act for the full spectrum of business clients including individual entrepreneurs, SMEs, and companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, AIM (the Alternative Investment Market) and NASDAQ, and government agencies.
We are one of the few boutique UK law firms that have been ranked for a number of years in the prestigious Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners legal directories and as well as intellectual property publications such as the World Trademark Review.
Our team is made up of IP solicitors who have years of experience helping clients protect, manage, exploit, enforce and defend their intellectual property rights.
Our team of corporate solicitors offer expert legal advice on a wide range of corporate matters, including venture capital, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions.
Our team of commercial solicitors can provide advice and assistance on a range of commercial law issues, contracts and disputes.
Our team of specialist solicitors offer employment and HR advice to both businesses and individuals. Expert guidance on workplace law, from small businesses through to multi-national employers with thousands of employees.
Our team of data protection solicitors have expertise across a range of privacy matters, ranging from drafting a simple privacy policy, to advising multi-national corporations regarding their obligations in the EU, and everything in between.
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We have brought together individuals with a wide variety of backgrounds, who all believe in our firm's approach to work and have a strong desire to help our clients achieve their goals.
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We have used Waterfront’s services on several projects in the last few months and have been pleased with their work. Costs were transparent and their lawyers were quick to respond to our queries and gave clear, pragmatic advice tailored to our sector.
The commercial and corporate teams are very professional, responsive and knowledgeable - on top of that, they are very friendly.
We have turned to Waterfront for advice on HR issues for several years now. We find their lawyers to be very knowledgeable, responsive and able to find practical solutions to the HR challenges we face as a large organisation.
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