Business Legal Services
Commercial Contracts
Strategic legal contracts to fuel growth and protect your business
Your commercial contracts don’t just protect your business – they’re growth tools. Whether launching a product or expanding markets, we’ll help your business create robust, flexible agreements that reduce risk and drive smarter decisions.
From SaaS to licensing, outsourcing to partnerships – we build contracts that support long-term success.
Experts in commercial contracts
Helping your business create and manage better contracts
We advise on the full range of commercial agreements – NDAs, agency and distribution agreements, service terms, SaaS and technology licences, outsourcing contracts and more.
Our work goes beyond drafting and negotiation. We help you:
Review and optimise underperforming agreements to remove risk, clarify terms and improve outcomes.
Audit contracts to uncover risks and missed opportunities that could impact revenue, liability or enforceability.
Build scalable templates and playbooks to streamline negotiations and reduce inconsistencies.
Advice on contract management tools to help you streamline, organise, and control every stage of the contract lifecycle.
Implement contract management workflows that grow with your business to simplify oversight and support compliance.
Resolve disputes when deals don’t go to plan to protect your commercial interests and minimise disruption.
We take you into account
Commercial legal advice, your way
Legal advice should support momentum – not slow it down. We work the way you do: flexibly, clearly and strategically.
Responsive support on your terms
Whether you need one-off input, project-based expertise or a long-term overflow or strategic legal partner, we flex around your needs and timelines.
Clarity over complexity
We strip out the jargon to give you straight-talking, commercially focused advice that helps you make confident decisions and move forward faster.
Advice aligned with your business goals
Our legal advice is commercially grounded and aligned with your wider operations – from procurement and finance to sales and leadership.
Flexible delivery that grows with you
From quick-turnaround contract reviews to embedded legal partnerships, we scale our service around your stage, structure and strategy.
Strategic input from experienced lawyers
Every solicitor on our team has advised at the highest levels, bringing the experience to spot hidden risks, seize commercial opportunities, and build legal processes that grow with your business.
Consistency you can rely on
Work with the same senior lawyers over time, building trusted relationships and gaining support from people who genuinely understand your business.
Finding the right legal partner
Why work with Harper James
Choose a legal partner you can trust: we’ll help protect your goals, your business and your people so you can move forward with confidence and focus on growing your business.
Affordable, transparent and predictable pricing
Clear itemised invoices, subscription plans with up to 50% discount, and fixed fee products help you plan and manage legal spend – with no nasty surprises.
Proven track record and measurable results
We’ve supported over 8,000 businesses since 2014, with an ‘Excellent’ rating on Trustpilot and a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 60+ from monthly client surveys.
Straight-talking, responsive advice
We’re here to make things easier, not add complexity. That means fast response times, practical expert legal advice delivered in plain English, and dedicated client service and account management support.
Risk and compliance assured
We’re an SRA regulated firm, but more importantly, we build quality, data, and compliance best practice into everything we do.
Appointing a legal partner is a big decision. That’s why we’re open about our values, culture and model, so you can see what makes us tick. And because a productive partnership starts with understanding, we always begin with a conversation – listening to your goals, pressures and plans, then tailoring our support to fit.
Best-in-class legal advice
Why choose our commercial contract lawyers
We recognise that commercial contracts can be detailed and complex – each one is as unique as the business it involves.
However, our commercial contract lawyers each have a great deal of technical knowledge and experience and can help you in drafting, reviewing and negotiating different types of contracts and trading arrangements, while keeping the best interests of your business in mind.
All of our commercial contract lawyers have worked at partner level in top 100 law firms, or in-house at large international corporations. Find out more about each of our commercial contract solicitors here:
Testimonials
What our clients say
Top ranked SME focused firm
"Harper James is a one-stop shop for anything legal. It has excellent breadth, with experience on a large number of deals and multiple departments for different legal areas."
Chambers and Partners 2026
Pricing and service plans
Legal support designed
to fit your business needs
Our three transparent service plans are designed to give you the widest possible access to high-quality legal advice, whatever the size and nature of your business:
Engage
Flexible access to senior solicitors at highly competitive rates
An alternative to our subscription plans, offering access to full service legal expertise on a project-by-project basis.
Enable
Purpose built legal support for start-ups and smaller businesses
Monthly subscription plan for £239 per month, with £159 monthly credit and access to all legal services at 50% discount on our Standard Rates.
Extend
Comprehensive legal partnership for established businesses
Fully account managed and scalable annual subscription plan with support from a curated team of partners and senior solicitors, with up to 33% discount on our Standard Rates.
