Legal health check service
A company legal health check identifies gaps and risks in the legal foundations of your business. Artington Legal reviews your corporate documents, contracts, policies and procedures, providing clear priorities to help prepare your company for growth, investment or sale.
As a business develops, its legal requirements change. Documents and arrangements that were suitable when the company was established may no longer reflect its ownership, operations, workforce or commercial relationships.
Our company legal health check provides a structured review of your business’s current and future requirements. We assess the relevant documentation and provide an executive report identifying anything that is missing, out of date or creating unnecessary risk, together with practical recommendations for addressing it.
Your health check can be as detailed as circumstances require and can cover:
- Constitutional documents – are your articles of association fit for purpose? Do you have or need a shareholders’ agreement?
- Shareholder structure – is your shareholder register up to date? Have all of your shares been properly issued?
- Intellectual property – are your IP matters (trade marks, design rights, software, etc) and your commercial rights properly owned, licensed and protected?
- Suppliers – do supplier agreements dovetail effectively without potential points of failure or commercial weakness?
- Data protection – are data protection regulations, policies and marketing strategies all properly aligned?
- Employment – are key personnel bound by employment contracts with appropriate notice periods and non-competes?
- Sales contracts – if sales contracts are negotiated without legal supervision, does the sales force know how to properly identify and mitigate risk?
- Standard terms and conditions – do all terms and conditions and standard form documents reflect what the business does and are they fit for purpose?
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Navigate the complexities of UK business law with tailored legal guidance and flexible solutions wherever you are in the world.
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Our UK legal team brings years of specialised experience, offering deep insight into business law across multiple industries.
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We’re committed to long-term partnerships built on trust and aim to safeguard your business’s growth through informed decisions and transparent communication.
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FAQs
Corporate law covers the law relating to companies and other legal entities and their formation, operations, mergers and acquisitions, and investment and funding rounds.
A company legal health check is a structured review of the legal foundations of your business. It helps identify missing, outdated or unsuitable documents and highlights areas that may expose the company to unnecessary legal or commercial risk. The review can cover matters including corporate governance, shareholder arrangements, commercial contracts, intellectual property, data protection and employment documentation.
The scope will depend on the size, structure and activities of your business. It may include reviewing your articles of association, shareholders’ agreement, statutory records, customer and supplier contracts, standard terms and conditions, intellectual property ownership, data protection arrangements, employment contracts, workplace policies and regulatory obligations. We will agree the scope with you so the review focuses on the areas most relevant to your business.
We offer comprehensive support to those companies entering the UK market. Our services include setting up the corporate structure, brand protection, engaging employees and directors, commercial leases, constitutional documentation (such as articles of association and shareholders’ agreements), and supplier and customer contracts.
We have experience working with clients from various industries, including technology, finance, travel, EV charging, and digital marketing. Our expertise spans a wide range of sectors.
We offer a retainer service which we call our general counsel service. We offer prompt and expert advice in all areas of commercial law, as and when needed, at a monthly fixed cost. This is as close to you having your own in-house legal team.
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Whether you are preparing for investment, considering a future sale or simply want a clearer understanding of your company’s legal risks, our lawyers can provide a practical and proportionate review.
Request a company legal health check to identify any gaps in your legal foundations and establish clear priorities for protecting and strengthening your business.