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Agency Agreements

Get your products and services into new markets or territories with the legal protection of a professionally drafted agency agreement.

Intelligent and focused business expansion is the key to success in challenging marketing conditions. Agents are one means of getting your product into new markets without the overhead of a new office or retail presence. Develop an agency strategy for your business, lead by our expert commercial lawyers.

Experts in commercial law

In addition to drafting, negotiating and reviewing agency agreements, our team can assist you across all areas of commercial law, including:

Commercial Contracts
Confidentiality & Non-Disclosure Agreements
Drafting Subcontractor Agreements
Franchise Law
Joint Venture Agreements
Sale & Distribution Agreements
Service Agreements
Supply of Goods Agreements
Terms of Business

Expand your business with an expertly drafted agency agreement

Our team of commercial contract lawyers can support you as an agent or supplier with:

Advice on agency agreements

and the right route for your business, whether that’s an exclusive agreement, a sole agency agreement or a non-exclusive agreement.

Advice on exiting the agreement.

Defining the parameters

of your agency agreements ensuring they detail the rights and obligations of both parties.

Advice on Commercial Agents Regulations 1993 and UK and EU competition law

so you are aware of how the regulations and law apply to your business model and your agreements.

Reviewing and redrafting existing agency agreements

to ensure that they remain fit for purpose and consistent with your strategy.

Drafting your agency agreements

to ensure your business is legally protected.

Dispute resolution services

if there is a dispute over the terms of the agreement.

Essentials of agency agreements

Agency agreements are regulated by the Commercial Agents Regulations 1993 and competition law, so they need to be tightly drafted to avoid legal pitfalls. Working with you to understand your business goals, we’ll help you answer the following questions when drafting your agreement to ensure you get the best possible commercial benefits:

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Is the territory in your agency agreement clearly defined? And which jurisdictions are covered by the Regulations (or by equivalent regulations)?

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Is the agency agreement legally binding and do the contents fall foul of Commercial Agent Regulations or competition law?

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What will be the duration of the agency agreement?

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What are the requirements regarding payments to the agent?

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Are the terms of the agreement clear or could terms be implied under common law?

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What is the mechanism for ending the agreement?

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If there is a dispute with an agent does the agreement cover how the dispute will be resolved?

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Can the terms of the agency agreement be varied by the parties? If so, how?

How an agency agreement will help your business develop

Expand your business with legal protection in place

With the right legal support and agency agreement in place, your third-party agents can help get your product into new markets to increase your economies of scale and market reach.

Create new revenue streams
Generate additional revenue with an agency agreement to move into new territories. With a carefully drafted agreement in place your business could quickly and economically develop.
No need to increase overheads
Access new markets without the cost of hiring new staff and without hours of your time spent searching for the right team. With an agent in place there’s no need to significantly increase your overheads but you retain control of your business and its expansion.

Who we help: From bold start-ups to high growth SMEs

We support a wide range of ambitious entrepreneurial clients and growing businesses keen to expand their offering and explore cost-effective solutions to do so. We aim to make legal support more accessible for start-ups and scale-ups, ensuring that you’re able to work with experienced lawyers to move your business forward. This is all made possible by our legal subscription plans, with which you can access legal support from as little as £140 per hour and continue to regularly work with the Suis Law team across a range of business legal services.

You may be a scientist entrepreneur with a new idea, having issues with manufacturing your device or supply chain issues, be concerned about protecting your intellectual property or have an IP dispute, want advice on contracts and commercial issues, or involved in a transaction like a merger or acquisition.

Equally, you may work within the NHS or other public sector body and seeking to collaborate or share services with another in a similar field, or be a university looking to set up a commercial body to exploit ideas. We have individual life science lawyers and multi-disciplinary teams to assist you.

Why choose Suis Law Lawyers?

We can assist with the expansion and increased profitability of your business through carefully drawn up agreements. Our commercial lawyers have a wealth of experience and business acumen in successful commercial strategy and in identifying your potential business expansion routes, whether that’s through an agency agreement, a sale and distribution agreement, or otherwise. Working with your business we’ll ensure it is legally protected with the right agreements are in place.

Our lawyers have worked at partner level in top 100 firms or in house at major international businesses, and have considerable experience supporting businesses across each stage in their growth. Find out more about the commercial team here:

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