Entrepreneurs An introduction At Nabarro we have our own group dedicated to entrepreneurs and entirely focused on the specialised needs of the entrepreneur community. We have been closely involved with young growing companies and their investors for many years. Nabarro understands the needs of entrepreneurs, so no matter how complex the situation we will offer you plain, unequivocal advice, not pages of jargon. PRODUCTS We understand the needs of entrepreneurs - and that’s why we’ve developed a suite of innovative products to take care of the legal side of your business which we offer on a fixed fee basis. We aim to make the process as straightforward as possible for you on a wide range of issues: •Raising equity capital or bank finance •Advice on the Enterprise Investment Scheme •Share incentive plans •Employment advice •Protecting intellectual property rights •Terms of business •Commercial Contracts •Real estate contracts •Dispute resolution We are renowned for our positive, practical approach and for providing a service that is user-friendly in every way. We have relationships with a number of useful organisations who support entrepreneurs and SMEs such as: Entrepreneur Country, Envestors, Entrepreneur World, Angel News, Enterprise Ventures and YABA (Yorkshire Association of Business Angels). Our extensive network of contacts has also enabled us to open doors to people and organisations entrepreneurs would not normally have access to or didn’t even appreciate existed. We don’t just provide a legal service, we think outside the box and want to do as much as we can to help you achieve your goals. Having acted for the whole suite of parties, be that investors, debt funders, landlords, customers etc we appreciate and understand what each person wants and are more than happy to be used as a “sounding board” to help focus and fine tune your ambitions. At Nabarro we believe our entrepreneurs group can deliver a first class bespoke service to meet your individual needs. It takes a special kind of person to be an entrepreneur. It takes a special kind of law firm to support them. CLIENTS Nabarro has worked with a number of Entrepreneurs and SMEs including: •3B Nexus Limited •A Glass and a Half Limited •AKA Group Limited •AudioBoo Limited •Bodacious Limited •Bright London (UK) Limited •Bromley Technologies Ltd •Cherrygood Limited •Cisiv Limited •Connexion 2 Limited •Equal Media Limited •Ether-Ray Limited •Ezyboat Limited •First Sports Group Limited •Global Dawn Limited •GoHello Limited •Hearthstone Investments plc •Illumix Software Limited •Intacare International Limited •The Kendal Group Limited •Kirkstall Limited •Knowledgemill Limited •Knowledge Now Limited •Land & Sanders (Tenfour Ventures) •Languagelab Limited •Lilestone Holdings Limited •MET Parking Services Limited •Microtechs Limited •Modacity Limited •Monkey Bizness Limited •MyGeeQ Holdings Limited •NEST (UK) •Odyssey Entertainment Limited •Paul Cowlishaw •Performance Engineering Services (PES) •Phase Focus Limited •Promoveo Technology Limited •Quiconnect Limited •R3 Products Limited •Rahu Catalytics Limited •SentryBay Limited •Shutt Velo Rapide Limited •Skiplex Ltd •Speaks 4 Me •stylefantasia Ltd •Supreme Biotechnologies Limited •Sustainable Venture Development Partners Limited •Team Cooper •Titanium Fire Ltd •Toximet Limited •YooMoo Limited For further information visit: www.nabarro.com London Lacon House 84 Theobald’s Road London WC1X 8RW T +44 (0)20 7524 6000 CONTACT Please talk to your usual Nabarro contact or Andrea Cropley, Partner T +44 (0)114 279 4157 a.cropley@nabarro.com Ben Hendry, Partner T +44 (0)114 279 4071 b.hendry@nabarro.com Sheffield 1 South Quay Victoria Quays Sheffield S2 5SY T +44 (0)114 279 4000 Brussels 209A Avenue Louise 1050 Brussels Belgium T +32 2 626 0740 Singapore 50 Raffles Place 22-01 Singapore Land Tower Singapore 048623 T +65 6645 3280 Alliance firms: France August & Debouzy Gilles August T +33 (0)1 45 61 51 80 www.august-debouzy.com Germany GSK Stockmann + Kollegen Rainer Stockmann T +49 (30) 20 39 07 - 0 www.gsk.de Italy Nunziante Magrone Gianmatteo Nunziante T +39 06 695181 www.nunziantemagrone.it Spain Roca Junyent Miquel Roca Junyent T +34 93 241 92 00 www.rocajunyent.com Nabarro LLP Registered office: Lacon House, 84 Theobald’s Road, London, WC1X 8RW. 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