Commercial
Overview
As A&T, we have in-depth understanding of commercial matters, ranging from business agreements and commercial contracts – general commercial and business advice – technology, media and telecoms (TMT), to data protection and have developed a dependable commercial approach that enables us to deliver cost-effective, solution-oriented, straightforward, practical and pragmatic advice to our clients.
We know what our clients’ precise commercial requirements are and give importance to their businesses by working closely with them on a broad range of day-to-day commercial matters across our sectors. In particular, insofar as commercial matters are concerned, we work with local and global clients with a cost-sensitive approach, since we are well aware that we are able to generate remarkable cost savings and to help them achieve the right commercial benefit through our practical guidance.
Business & Commercial Contracts
A&T provides practical, professional and wide-ranging advice on all types of business agreements and commercial contracts. Our practitioners are used to delivering to our clients first class commercial and legal advice on the day-to-day business requirements of their operations.
We advise on, review, develop, draft and negotiate terms and conditions of all types of commercial agreements both national and overseas covering the entire range of business activities including:
- Agency, licensing agreements
- Business collaboration agreements
- Carriage contracts
- Company incorporation and secretarial matters
- Construction and engineering contracts
- Consultancy agreements
- Credit agreements
- Derivatives agreements
- Freight forwarding agreements
- Healthcare contracts
- Information technology (IT)
- Joint venture and shareholder agreements
- Leasing and hire contracts
- Licensing
- Logistic contracts
- Marketing agreements
- Operating agreements
- Outsourcing agreements
- Product liability, safety and labelling
- Regulatory and compliance
- Sale of goods contracts
- Sports and media agreements
- Supply, procurement of goods and services, facilities management and sponsorship
- Terms and conditions of business
Data Protection
We continually address our clients’ specific objectives in an effective manner. We are well experienced to deal with critical issues and create innovative strategies so that our clients are capable of driving their businesses with lightening speed from inception to finalising. We offer an unparalleled legal and strategic guidance to evolve our clients’ business successes.
We regularly advise on data protection matters including:
- Auditing data collection, retention and processing policies
- Creation and transactions of databases
- Data and information management
- Data dispute resolution
- Data licencing
- Data protection and privacy
- Data transfer
- Insurance coverage and claims for data security issues
- Local and global regulatory compliances
- Outsourcing
- Procurement of compliant IT systems
- Reviewing, developing, drafting and negotiating of IT contracts
- Reviewing, developing, drafting and negotiating of privacy policies for data use
- Risk management
Technology, Media & Telecoms (TMT)
We are dedicated ourselves to monitor developments in complex TMT industry and provide practicable advice to our clients by identifying legal and commercial risks. We act for a broad range of clients across the industry including advertisers, broadcasters, content creators and owners, customers, event operators, financial investors, suppliers, telecommunications operators and vendors, tourism and leisure companies, TV production companies.
We are able to advise on day-to-day operational and transactional matters including:
- Content, rights and licensing agreements
- Database rights and security
- Domain name strategy – recovery
- Hosting agreements
- IT outsourcing projects
- IT products and services risks, liability and insurance
- Software licensing and development
- Supply and procurement of hardware, software, and other technology
- Systems integration and maintenance services
- Web and mobile-based projects
- Website audits, website development and web hosting agreements