What We Do: Business Legal Services

Solutions built around your business

Our experienced business lawyers provide clear, commercially focused advice across a wide range of legal matters. Explore our practice areas below to discover how we can support your business at every stage.

Commercial Law

Clear, commercially focused advice on the agreements that keep your business moving. From customer contracts to supplier arrangements, we help you negotiate and protect what matters.

Corporate Law

Clear, commercially focused advice on the transactions and structures that shape your business. From acquisitions and shareholder arrangements to investments and reorganisations, we help you navigate complexity and protect what matters.

Data Protection Compliance

Practical, commercially focused advice to help your business manage data protection obligations without losing sight of what matters commercially. From GDPR compliance and data processing arrangements to data breaches, privacy policies and regulatory risk, we help you navigate complexity, reduce exposure and build robust processes that support your business.

Employment Law

Clear, commercially focused advice on the employment issues that shape your business. From employment contracts and senior appointments to restructures, disputes and exits, we help you manage workplace challenges, protect your interests and make confident decisions in a changing regulatory landscape.

Intellectual Property

AI & Tech

Our approach to business legal services

We believe legal advice should be practical, commercially focused and easy to understand. We know that most businesses aren’t looking for lengthy legal opinions or unnecessary complexity. They want clear answers, sensible guidance and advisers who understand the realities of running and growing a business.

By combining legal expertise with commercial insight, we provide advice that helps you make confident decisions, manage risk and seize opportunities.

Whether you need support with a one-off matter or ongoing legal guidance, our approach remains the same. We are responsive, approachable and focused on delivering solutions that work in the real world.

We see ourselves as an extension of your team, providing legal support that is straightforward, strategic and genuinely useful.

Get to know Ares Legal

We’re more than legal advisers. We’re a team of commercially minded people who believe legal support should be accessible, practical and built around your ambitions.

Meet the team

Get to know the people behind Ares Legal and the experience that shapes our advice.

Get in touch

Sometimes, a conversation is the quickest way to get the answers you need.

Insights

Explore our latest thinking on legal developments, business challenges and emerging opportunities.

Any questions?

Sometimes, a conversation is the quickest way to get the answers you need. Just practical advice and a team that’s here to help.

Phone: 02382 420035

Alisha

Jon was really helpful in reviewing a contract for me. He made clear every point I needed to consider - explained them and gave me points that I could raise if required. I don’t underestimate at all the importance of having someone review legal documents, but Jon is so down to earth and easy to talk to - I would recommend him to anyone!

Becky

ARES helped me during a particularly complex and stressful shareholder and company dispute, and I couldn’t have asked for better support. They were clear and pragmatic and helped me navigate what could easily have become overwhelming. I really valued their ability to explain my options plainly, and keep the focus on what actually mattered. Communication was timely and professional, advice was well-judged, and I always felt they had my best interests at the centre of their thinking. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to anyone dealing with a difficult contractual or legal situation.

Richard

I worked with Jon and his team on refreshing our client and subcontractor contracts this year and was highly impressed from start to finish - fast, knowledgeable and responsive - I got exactly what I needed and wouldn't hesitate to work with them again.

Sarah

We contacted Ares Legal for some support in creating handover contracts to our sub-contractors. We gave an outline of what we thought we needed and then were given some excellent advice and suggestions before the final version was provided. We didn't feel hurried, were encouraged to discuss our concerns so the solicitor could explain in detail why she had suggested what she had, didn't feel that any question was considered stupid and had our minds put completely at rest. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Ares Legal to anyone requiring good business focused advice. Thanks to Jon and the team.

Ben

Incredible experience with Ares Legal. They provided us with prompt assistance and legal advice throughout the closing of our funding round. Thanks to Aurelia and Jon!

Grant

Five star service, reliability, adaptability and a quick response time to all communications is why FGIH uses the services of Ares Legal. It's great to work with someone who offers a friendly approach in guiding us, answering our questions and providing appropriate solutions. Thank you. Grant Parker, Chief Operations Officer, Forensic Genomics Innovation Hub.

Renée

When I needed some business-related legal advice regarding the updated use of songs on social media, Jon was a superstar! He explained everything I needed to know in a clear and straightforward way. Highly recommended for legal advice across a wide variety of topics! Many thanks Jon!!

Janell

Excellent commercially focused advice and incredibly responsive to questions and feedback. Jon provided clear, practical guidance on our new business terms and associated agreements, ensuring they were robust and fit for purpose. Highly recommend reaching out to him for all your commercial contracts and data protection queries—he’s an absolute guru in this field!

Alex

Great experience with Jon and the team. Trust worthy and reliable. We will partner with them again for future work.

What We Do