Legal services for Technology Businesses
What we do
Our tech-fluent lawyers provide legal services for Technology Businesses, helping them grow with less risk
What legal services do you need?
We work with top technology businesses providing expert guidance at every step of the way.
From winning and delivering work to employment matters, to protecting your business online, or building lasting partnerships – we’ve got you covered with expert advice, rapid contract review and timely negotiation.
Commercial law
To win new business, you need a legal team that can partner with you and provide the support you need to close deals quickly and efficiently.
We may be the only lawyers who can actually speed up the sales cycle!
Employment law
Knowledgeable, caring and compassionate - our employment team know how important your employees are to the success of your business.
We will help you to have policies in place to protect them and your business.
Website and App
Having well considered website and app policies in place will keep your business safe and can help you to avoid unnecessary fines.
They are also essential for protecting your website's intellectual property.
Partnerships and referrals
Having a team of lawyers that understand the intricacies and complexity of your technical work is vital.
Law 365 will help ensure that you're not compromised by one size fits all contracts and agreements.
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Win and deliver work
If you’re providing support and/or managing systems, you’ll need to ensure that your template is tailored perfectly.
Support terms are different from build terms, so you’ll need a specialised approach – we can help you with that.
This document acts as a framework agreement – supported by statements of work for each service a customer takes out with you.
If you often propose both consulting / build type of services, alongside support arrangements, we can build a Master Services Agreement that’s perfectly suited to your needs.
All your professional services – including build and consultancy – are covered in a Professional Services Agreement.
It acts as a framework agreement, supported by statements of work. Building an excellent client relationship is easy when you have the right documents and specialist advice.
A statement of work is the first step to defining what you’ll provide for a client.
For all statements of work, it’s important that the terminology and the right information is inserted to marry up the main agreement.
Our expert lawyers can help you write the perfect statement of work.
This is a four-page document for consulting work less than £25,000.
If you need to simply consult without much risk but with contractual cover, we’ll help you create a document that’ll get your business moving.
We love to review, revise and negotiate any customer paper you receive and need help getting over the line.
We’re pragmatic and effective in our review and negotiations, and we have a track record of getting contracts over the line quicker than most.
We can draft various as-a-service agreements such as SAAS, PAAS and IAAS.
No matter what services your business offers, we’ll be able to ensure that your agreements are watertight and your clients are happy.
EULA are essential, especially if you have a proprietary piece of software you need to protect and offer rules on its use.
Your users will have the best experience with your software when you provide a EULA tailored by our expert lawyers.
These are important in a support service relationship.
They indicate what the supplier can offer – in terms of its service levels in the guise of priority levels and response times – alongside fix times, downtime, uptime and associated remedies (sometimes these may include service credits).
If you need to transfer ownership of an IP, we can help you with this.
Using an IP agreement, we can help you seamlessly manage ownership and ensure that every party is happy.
If you’re reselling third party licenses, how do you ensure that you’re covered contractually between you and your customer – if your third party has caused an issue?
Flowing down terms is a watertight way of ensuring no gaps between your terms with your customer and your terms with the third parties.
If you’re a Microsoft CSP provider, you need to ensure you have a Customer Agreement in place with your customers.
Have you ensured this is built into your terms yet? The work of CSP is changed in October 2019, so please contact us for more information.
To speed up the process of reviewing NDAs without sacrificing accuracy we developed an AI tool to review them for you.
If you need to licence and maintain an IP product – and need the right mechanisms to describe the use of this product and its support and maintenance – this is the document for your business.
Our lawyers will help you negotiate the right terms to help you grow.
Website and App
When using your website, it is important to set ground rules on how to use the website properly.
We can help you understand how to protect yourself and your clients with ease.
A privacy policy is essentially a legal document that is needed whenever you collect personal information from your customers.
We’ll ensure that your privacy policy tells your clients everything they need to know.
The last thing you want is for your site to be abused by some shadier characters who prowl the World Wide Web. An Acceptable Use Policy can arm you with the power to claim against misuse.
The Acceptable Use Policy sets out the rules which visitors must adhere to when using your website.
A cookie policy informs users of your website about the use of cookies on your website.
With a comprehensive policy from Law 365, it’s easy to help your users understand exactly what they can expect.
We can guide you on all the areas of your business that will need GDPR compliance and help you meet the specifications with ease.
Helping you protect your clients’ data is our top priority.
Employment services
As well as defining the role of an employee, an employment agreement sets out the areas which, as a business owner, you need covered.
Without one of these, your business is exposed to risks that we can help you avoid.
Laws for hiring interns are different than traditional employment terms.
In these cases, you will need to put together a specific internship agreement – Law 365 can help.
When you need to exit an employee and you have both decided to settle any potential claims, we can help with a settlement agreement.
Your social media policy can be a key tool in protecting a business from defamatory statements and damage to your reputation or company image.
A social media policy can be added to complete a company’s staff handbook, or it can be a stand-alone policy.
Keeping an office a safe place to work needs be high on an employer’s agenda, and we’ve all heard tales of claims people have made from accidents at work!
Learn more about why you need a Health and Safety Policy, and read our answers to your FAQs.
Half the world will experience the menopause in their lives, and it may influence their work life.
The effects can be both physical and psychological.
It is therefore important for both employers and employees to increase their awareness and sensitivity to avoid discrimination.
If an employee has issued a formal grievance at work, it must be handled with sensitivity and professionalism.
There are strict rules and responsibilities that have been created through government acts and recommendations from ACAS.
Once an employee has been with a company for 26 weeks, they have a statutory right to make a formal request to change certain provisions in their employment contract.
These changes can range from the hours and days they work, to the location of work.
A consultancy agreement is useful when hiring a contractor or consultant, as it formalises the relationship between those involved and avoids any IR35 issues!
A staff handbook is a binding or non-binding agreement that documents the internal policies you have for your employees.
It’s essential for guaranteeing happy and productive employees – we’re happy to help you create one.
An Equality and Diversity policy acts as a statement that you will not tolerate intolerance and discrimination.
Action against human trafficking and slavery must be taken in all levels of society, from the individual to international bodies.
Society has come along way in the fight for tolerance, inclusivity and equality.
But there is still work to be done for the LGBTI+ community, and particularly transgender people in the workplace.
Having a Transgender Policy in place is a positive and compassionate way for a company to contribute to the cause.
The odds are that all managers will have to deal with a disciplinary procedure at some point in their career, whether it’s giving a staff member a warning or dealing with gross misconduct.
Looking for costs relating to tribunal services?
This page aims to set out and help you grasp the process, fees, and issues that may arise when a claim is brought against an employer in the Employment Tribunal
Partnerships
When working with a subcontractor for one of your customers, you’ll then be liable for any mistakes from your subcontractor.
We can also develop templates where you are the subcontractor. These are essential for mitigating risk outside of your organisation.
When two or more individuals form a partnership, a Partnership Agreement defines how the partners will run the business and share profits.
The agreement will also list costs and assets, alongside the contributions expected from each partner.
The Reseller and Partner Agreement sets out the terms by which a party may sell your SaaS (Software as a Service) product, including licencing, fees and liability.
A Referral Agreement helps your business make or receive referrals with pre-defined, reasonable expectations.
Receiving a glowing referral is highly valuable to your business, so let us help you get the best.
A Software Development Agreement must catch all provisions and scenarios that can arise in a developer/customer relationship in order to avoid any uncertainty.