OnHand Counsel provides the services of specialist corporate and commercial solicitor Andrew James based in St Albans and serving London and the Hertfordshire area. A director or owner of an entrepreneurial or established family business? Responsible for key business development issues in your business? A professional business advisor looking for a better-value alternative to good quality full-service law firms to recommend to your clients?
Then you're the kind of person we can help! An important or complicated deal coming up in your business or at shareholder level? Experience of dealing with the corporate departments of City or good regional law firms, but would prefer to have full-time access to an experienced partner? Then our services are for you! If you are a new potential client, I am always happy to meet you so we can introduce each other, learn more about each other and decide if we want to work with each other.
If you get any scoped quote from any traditional full-service law firm's company commercial department for any work within my areas of expertise, I will 1/ match it; 2/ knock at least 15% off it; and 3/ provide the service with a more experienced level of expertise and service.
Then you're the kind of person we can help! An important or complicated deal coming up in your business or at shareholder level? Experience of dealing with the corporate departments of City or good regional law firms, but would prefer to have full-time access to an experienced partner? Then our services are for you! If you are a new potential client, I am always happy to meet you so we can introduce each other, learn more about each other and decide if we want to work with each other.
If you get any scoped quote from any traditional full-service law firm's company commercial department for any work within my areas of expertise, I will 1/ match it; 2/ knock at least 15% off it; and 3/ provide the service with a more experienced level of expertise and service.
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Andrew has over 25 years experience of handling an interesting and wide ranging caseload including private company and business sales and purchases, MBOs and joint ventures and a very broad range of corporate and commercial advisory and contract work, spanning a wide range of industries.
As a result he has developed all round strengths and the confidence to take on most challenges.
He can quickly identify commercial issues and priorities, gets to the root of complicated issues, and can suggest and implement pragmatic solutions to them.
As a result he has developed all round strengths and the confidence to take on most challenges.
He can quickly identify commercial issues and priorities, gets to the root of complicated issues, and can suggest and implement pragmatic solutions to them.
As an experienced company commercial solicitor Andrew has just the right balance of skills to act as an advisor to business owners on their business journeys.
Sometimes you just want great legal services.
But you can also use Andrew as a business friend, as a trusted counsel in whom you can confidentially confide any problems, needs, opportunities or concerns.
For services which Andrew does not provide himself Andrew can work alongside or introduce you to an appropriate specialist.
Sometimes you just want great legal services.
But you can also use Andrew as a business friend, as a trusted counsel in whom you can confidentially confide any problems, needs, opportunities or concerns.
For services which Andrew does not provide himself Andrew can work alongside or introduce you to an appropriate specialist.
As an experienced company commercial solicitor Andrew has just the right balance of skills to act as an advisor to business owners on their business journeys.
Every business and business owner is different.
Unfettered by traditional law firm culture Andrew is able to offer a flexible approach and can work with you in whatever way works best for you.
For any given job Andrew can generally provide better value for money (adding more value at less cost) than more traditional law firms.
How can this be?
Every business and business owner is different.
Unfettered by traditional law firm culture Andrew is able to offer a flexible approach and can work with you in whatever way works best for you.
For any given job Andrew can generally provide better value for money (adding more value at less cost) than more traditional law firms.
How can this be?
An experienced business advisor with over 25 years of accumulated experience, wisdom and insight, Andrew has hundreds of mergers and acquisition deals under his belt, and has dealt with all shapes and sizes of other business deals and issues.
Andrew has a very strong skills set which he can apply to a broad range of corporate and commercial matters.
OnHand Counsel Limited has 5m PI cover - the same level of protection and peace of mind (in many cases more than the same!) as you will get from all but the very biggest full-service law firms.
Andrew has a very strong skills set which he can apply to a broad range of corporate and commercial matters.
OnHand Counsel Limited has 5m PI cover - the same level of protection and peace of mind (in many cases more than the same!) as you will get from all but the very biggest full-service law firms.
For any given job Andrew can generally provide better value for money (adding more value at less cost) than more traditional law firms.
How can this be?
A different business model and a lower cost base: Law firm partners can charge many 100s an hour.
They need to feed their staff and other overheads.
Andrew charges less per hour than he would as a partner in a regional or City law firm.
No junior lawyers: Unlike a law firm partner Andrew does not have to try to push work down to less value-for-money junior lawyers.
How can this be?
A different business model and a lower cost base: Law firm partners can charge many 100s an hour.
They need to feed their staff and other overheads.
Andrew charges less per hour than he would as a partner in a regional or City law firm.
No junior lawyers: Unlike a law firm partner Andrew does not have to try to push work down to less value-for-money junior lawyers.
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