A proven track record in negotiating complex agreements, ensuring high standards of legal governance, and aligning legal strategy with commercial objectives.
Passionate about embedding legal functions that enable businesses
to thrive whilst maintaining compliance and mitigating risk.
Commercial Law…but not as you know it
Clear, well-structured agreements and simple processes keep deals moving,
protect margin, and free your team to focus on customers.
Simplifying the contracting process
Review and draft suites of commercial documents that allow the business to thrive. Examples: Terms and Conditions, Master Services Agreement, SaaS Agreements, Purchase Orders, and Subscription Terms.
Negotiation
Negotiating commercial agreements (both customer and supplier). Drafting legal playbooks for in-house teams to drive clarity and efficiency.
Process
Reviewing how businesses manage the onboarding of customers and vendors as well as the monitoring of key contract clauses.
Legal, Sales and Procurement Training
By training teams together, identifying pain points, and implementing clear processes around decision making the outcome is that time to contract is reduced.
SME Commerical Health Check
Don’t know where to start? Feeling overwhelmed? We can carry out a focused review of your commercial contract landscape to identify gaps, clarify positions, and provide a clear, actionable roadmap that supports growth.
Commercial Law FAQs
Do I need a full-time General Counsel?
Not always. Many SMEs and scale-ups don’t have enough day-to-day legal work to justify a full- time GC. A fractional GC gives you senior, strategic advice when you need it without the overhead of a permanent hire. If you get to the point where you do need to hire a full-time GC we can support you through the process and provide a handover and support with your new hire.
What's included in fractional GC support?
It’s flexible based on your needs. You can access board-level advice, contract oversight, compliance guidance, and legal operations support. We’ll tailor the scope to fit your business and growth plans.
How does the SME Legal Health Check help with contracts?
It’s a fixed-scope review of your commercial contracts to highlight risks, identify gaps, and provide a clear action plan to keep agreements supporting (not blocking) growth. Looking to the future and investment? We can frame this from an investor perspective to keep you on track as you build the future.
Can you train our internal teams?
Yes. We deliver practical workshops and playbooks for Legal, Sales and Procurement teams to help them move faster, negotiate smarter and reduce risk.
Do you only work with retail and tech companies?
Those are our specialist sectors, but we also support SMEs and scale-ups in other industries facing similar contract, compliance and growth challenges.
Your Thrive Law Commercial Law & Data / Risk Team
Rebecca Shah
Solicitor - Commercial, Data and Risk
Henry Nelson-Case
Commercial Lawyer
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