Jon Alvarez

A highly respected team of Company Commercial law specialists will work with you to look beyond the legal complexities to see the bigger picture to ensure we are fully aware of your objectives and work with you to allow you to achieve your business goals.
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We know the evolving set of ongoing challenges our clients face and pride ourselves on being equipped with the technical skill and expertise to offer outstanding professional insight and commercially focused solutions with real benefits to your business.
Our focus is on objective led advice working with you to achieve what you are seeking to achieve rather than telling you what you cannot do we aim to provide solution-driven advice.
This is reflected in our firm’s history where we have built extensive professional networks based on a collaborative approach. This is combined with an in-depth understanding of commercial and corporate law to guarantees real insight and added value on every business matter we deal with.
Our experienced team regularly advise a huge range of businesses from start-ups, sole traders, small and medium-sized businesses through to multinational and international organisations across a wide range of key industry sectors.
Our highly respected company commercial team have extensive experience of acting in a wide variety of transactions including mergers, sales and acquisitions (both share and asset-based).
In an increasingly litigious society, having the correct legal structure can go a long way to protecting and growing your business without which your business could be vulnerable.
Our company commercial team have a wide range of experience of formal corporate joint ventures as well as the various other arrangements that may be used for short term or long term strategic partnerships and joint ventures.
Our team is experienced in helping businesses negotiate and prepare a wide range of commercial contracts.
As your organisation grows you may wish to expand share ownership in order to assist with staff retention or to provide rewards for past performance or future incentives.
Whether you are seeking further investment into your business for future growth or you are seeking to invest in a new business for the first time, it is important that you are properly advised by a team who have experience of seeing the bigger picture.
A business may have taken years to develop its brands, designs, client materials and developed its knowhow. It is important to regularly consider how you protect that Intellectual Property or exploit it through licensing or joint ventures.
More and more businesses are operating fully or partially online and Machins can help you navigate your legal obligations when operating your business online.
All businesses need to operate in accordance with current Data Protection and Privacy laws. The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on the 25th May 2018. With the end of the Brexit transition there are bound to be ongoing changes in this area.
Our firm has a long history of providing advice in this niche area having been involved with the aviation industry for nearly 50 years.
Our experienced solicitors are on hand to give you advice and assistance.
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The High Court has outlined what constitutes a business partnership in law following a dispute between a couple who ran a business together. The case involved Ms Burnett and Mr Barker. Barker had set up a business as a sole trader offering fire safety services at events. Burnett was working for a company that dealt
The High Court has outlined what constitutes a business partnership in law following a dispute between a couple who ran a business together. The case involved Ms Burnett and Mr Barker. Barker had set up a business as a sole trader offering fire safety services at events. Burnett was working for a company that dealt
A worker at a pet food shop has won her claim of unfair dismissal after she raised concerns over her employer’s Covid protocol. Leah Best worked for Embark on Raw, a pet food retailer owned by husband-and-wife team David and Andrea Fletcher. In March 2020, during the beginning of the pandemic, measures were put in
The franchisor of a care home business has been granted an interim injunction against a franchisee for alleged breaches of their agreement. The case involved Senior Care at Home Ltd (t/as Right at Home UK) and Adult Home Care Ltd. Senior Care was the franchisor of the RIGHT AT HOME brand under which its franchisees
A businessman with an exemplary record has been disqualified from being a director after failing to question a VAT fraud at his company. The case involved the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and XE Solutions Ltd. Three of the company’s directors were disqualified for between 11 and 14 years under the Company
Join Stephen Nolan and Neil O’Callaghan for our latest #AskMachins podcast discussing the consequences of being a rogue company director.
If you have any questions or would like to get in touch with our Commercial Litigation Team then they’d to love to hear from you on 01582 514000
Presentation slides from the webinar ‘Getting to grips with data protection law post-Brexit’ which took place on Thursday 21st October 2021.
Presentation slides from the webinar ‘Getting your terms and conditions right: why the small print matters’ which took place on Thursday 23rd September 2021.
Presentation slides from the webinar ‘A beginner’s guide to debt and equity finance in private limited companies’ which took place on Thursday 17th June 2021.