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Retail and leisure
At Cripps, our retail and leisure lawyers can help you navigate the changing landscape of the retail and leisure sector, allowing you to focus on growing your business and brands. We support businesses across sectors including luxury, fashion and retail, food and beverage, hotels, leisure and wellness.
The changing landscape of the retail and leisure sector means businesses have to adapt quickly. Consumer demands, the impact and pace of technology, and need to be more sustainable are demanding challenges. Our multi-disciplinary retail and leisure team provide a fast, agile and first rate service. We understand the pressures you are facing. Our ambitious and passionate team can help you navigate change and support you in making the decisions needed, whether that be related to your premises, employees, supply chain or brand.
How we can help
We have developed our expertise in the retail and leisure sector over many years. We can provide expert legal advice on a range of legal issues including:
- Acquiring premises and negotiating leases from the acquisition of the first UK flagship store to leading your expansion across London and the UK
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Branding and intellectual property
- Commercial contracts – suppliers to influencers
- Employment and HR support
- Business disputes
- Trading agreements
- Breaking into the UK market
- Franchise agreements
- Managing your retail portfolio
- Sustainability and ESG legal services
Who we work with
Whether a market leading international luxury retailer, an ambitious leisure start-up, large hotel chain, vineyard or boutique firm, we are experienced in working with all kinds of retail and leisure operators. Our agility and flexibility, coupled with our passion and determination ensures you receive the best advice at every stage of the business lifecycle.
We are delighted to support the Wine Garden of England, a collaboration of eight Kent wine producers; Balfour, Biddenden, Chapel Down, Domaine & Evremond, Gusbourne, Simpsons, Squerryes and Westwell. The collaboration was established to raise the profile of English wines and encourage wine tourism into the region.
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Sale of boutique hotels
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We supported the sellers of a boutique hotel chain on their exit from the market, including complex and integrated banking and M&A advice.
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If you have a question or need advice, please let us know how we can help.