Commercial Contracts lawyers

Viviana Vilardo

Lawyer - Associate

bureau Plattner

Vivien Chaplin

Vivien Chaplin is a Director in our Corporate & Commercial practice and Head of the Mining & Minerals sector. Vivien has over 20 years' experience in advising on local and cross border mergers and acquisitions, company law and corporate governance issues and drafting specialised commercial contracts.

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Volker Junghanns

Dr. Volker M. Junghanns, LL.M. (Bruges) is a partner in Dentons' Frankfurt office. He focuses on corporate finance and M&A, with a focus on private equity and venture capital. He has broad expertise in regulated industries, such as telecommunications and multimedia. In this context, Volker advises numerous national and international clients on M&A transactions, corporate matters (including joint ventures, reorganizations and restructurings) as well as on operational business matters (in particular with regard to distribution systems and commercial contracts). His capabilities also include the setup of ecommerce platforms and related digital documents (contracts and general terms and conditions).

Dentons

Vusala Babayeva-Nazirli

Senior Associate

VLM and Partners

Wahib Geagea

Counsel

Mermoz Avocats

Walter van Overbeek

Partner

HabrakenRutten

Wang Jinlei

Partner- Commercial Contract, Corporate Governance, Investment and Financing, M&A

Beijing DHH Law Firm

Wassim Kudmani

Wassim has over 15 years of extensive experience in the structuring and restructuring of entities and businesses for clients in the Gulf and the broader Middle East region. Wassim has diverse experience advising major companies on a wide range of issues, including M&A transactions, legal due diligence, joint ventures, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, agency law issues, regulatory affairs, e-commerce, electronic transactions, privacy, data protection and other IT law-related issues. Wassim is also an experienced litigator with a complete understanding of the United Arab Emirate legal and judicial systems. He has drafted numerous court pleadings in complex civil and commercial matters.

BridgePoint Law

Watson Seaman

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Wayne Atkinson

Wayne is a qualified Guernsey Advocate and BVI Attorney, working with a broad range of regulated entities and investment funds on fundraising, transaction and investment structuring, commercial contracts and mergers and acquisitions. As one of the leaders of Collas Crill's risk and regulatory team he also regularly advises businesses on regulatory compliance including money-laundering issues, listing rules requirements, competition law, data protection, ESG matters and Guernsey financial services regulation more generally.

Collas Crill

Weerasa Makepongtorn

Partner

Blumenthal Richter Sumet & Schuler Ltd.

Wen Li

Partner

Dehehantong Law Offices

Wenche Maartmann-Moe

Partner. Maartman-Moe specialises in dispute resolution and contract law. She has particular experience of fabrication contracts (construction) and professional liability. She has acquired considerable experience of managing wide-ranging and complex dispute cases through many years in private practice. Disputes have related to consulting/financial liability, directors’ liability, compensation claims relating to expropriation, final settlement of construction projects and claims relating to various types of commercial contracts. Maartman-Moe is particularly committed to alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and is certified as a mediator by the Norwegian Bar Association. She accepts assignments as a mediator in individual cases and as a member of mediation panels for major fabrication projects (PRIME/KLR). Maartman-Moe has experience as an arbitration judge and is frequently appointed as an expert/arbitrator in construction law disputes. Maartman-Moe assists clients in all phases of a construction project, from initial preparations and contract negotiations to execution and final settlement. She assists with all kinds of fabrication projects relating to buildings, infrastructure and technical installations. Maartman-Moe is proactive and known for doing her utmost to safeguard her clients’ interests. She is keen to provide clear and balanced advice that also takes her clients’ commercial interests into account. This is illustrated by her commitment to alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, which springs from the understanding that it will often be quicker and less expensive for the parties to commercial disputes to investigate the possibility of reaching an amicable solution.

Arntzen Grette

Wendy Hederman

Partner

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Wendy Tembedza

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Wieke van Angeren

Partner

Brinkhof

Will Everiit

Will is a partner in the firm’s Music Group, having specialised in media and entertainment law since qualification. Will’s music clients include artists, managers, record labels, publishers, producers, DJs and brands all of whom value the tailored advice he can give across the whole range of music industry contracts and related intellectual property matters. Will also has significant experience advising on live events, touring arrangements, sponsorship and endorsements. Over the past four years, Will has been instructed to represent the interests of all of the contestants in each TV series of The Voice UK, including the most recent series on ITV. In addition, Will adds his experience and expertise across the broader media and creative industries and is part of the firm’s Digital & Social Group. He regularly advises clients on contractual matters and the acquisition and exploitation of content via digital media. Will also represents clients in theatre and performing arts including composers, authors and writers providing bespoke advice across the whole spectrum of contractual, legal and commercial issues surrounding the development and production of stage plays, musical theatre and events.

Lee & Thompson LLP

Will Hedges

Will’s practice encompasses commercial contracts, outsourcing, intellectual property and wider commercial matters. Will has a broad commercial practice which is centred on advising on a wide range of commercial contracts and arrangements, with a particular focus on clients operating in the financial services, technology, media and hotel and leisure sectors. Will has a particular interest in outsourcing and has acted on a wide range of mandates, predominantly acting for customers. He has considerable recent experience acting on outsourcings for clients in the funds, asset management and broader financial services sectors. In addition to Will’s stand-alone commercial contracts work, he also advises on the commercial aspects of M&A and other corporate transactions, working closely with the corporate and M&A team to advise the firm’s wider corporate and private equity client base. Will also specialises in advising clients on the exploitation and commercialisation of their intellectual property assets, in particular in relation to brand licensing, sponsorship and franchising arrangements.

Macfarlanes LLP

Will Hill

Partner

Level

Will Seivewright

DLA Piper

Willem Steenkamp

Partner

Al Tamimi & Company

William Bowyer

Will is a Senior Associate within Lawrence Stephens’ Sports and Entertainment team. He is an experienced solicitor specialising in a mixture of non-contentious and contentious matters in sport. He delivers commercial and pragmatic advice for his clients and pays significant attention to the wider sporting context in which his clients sit. He represents elite footballers, talent management and commercial agencies, drivers, golfers, sports brands, tech brands and various other stakeholders in sport and entertainment. He prides himself on truly understanding his clients and their brand (personal or commercial) in order to give accurate and pragmatic advice. He works hard to deliver positive outcomes for his clients on complex and unique legal matters and relish working with the best athletes, entertainers and brands. He has an extensive network of professional and ancillary contacts in sport and ensure that all his clients benefit from those within his network as part of their wider advisory team. He has also been appointed to the Sport Resolutions Pro Bono service. A legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the service provides pro bono legal advice and assistance to athletes and individuals of limited financial means.

Lawrence Stephens solicitors

William Henry

Will is a partner in the Corporate Transactions & Securities practice group and currently serves as chair of the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions practice. He focuses his practice in the following areas: Mergers and acquisitions, principally in the middle-market space; Private equity, including add-on acquisitions and exits; Commercial contract drafting and associated counseling; and Corporate organization and general governance matters. Will has extensive experience in middle-market M&A transactions, having negotiated and closed transactions ranging in value from less than $1 million to over $500 million, with an aggregate value exceeding $3 billion over his career. His clients include private equity firms as well as privately-held and publicly-held Fortune 1000 companies. With regard to corporate drafting and counseling, in addition to working on transactions, Will has assisted clients in the drafting and negotiation of complex commercial agreements, ranging from purchase and supply agreements to complex long-term partnership and joint venture agreements. He also advises on day-to-day corporate governance matters, including employment agreements, consulting agreements and separation agreements. Recently, he completed a secondment at a division of a Fortune 10 company.

Thompson Hine LLP

William Miles

Partner

Briffa