Fergal Dowling
Managing Partner - Business Services Group
Retail, Leisure & Hospitality
We work alongside retailers, landlords, hospitality groups, and franchise operators to help you manage complexity, reduce risk, and move quickly, so you can stay focused on customers, operations, and growth.
Expert sector-focused services
Legal advice for retail, leisure, and hospitality businesses.
You will get guidance across trading, premises, workforce, and regulation, from lease negotiations and licensing to supply contracts, reputational risk, and employment disputes.
Whether you’re scaling, restructuring, or planning long-term investment, your legal partners bring real sector insight and business-led focus to every decision.
We can support with:
- Commercial leases, acquisitions, and disposals
- Licensing, franchising, and supply chain contracts
- Brand protection, intellectual property, and consumer rights
- HR, employment law, and workforce restructuring
- Property development, planning, and investment
- Regulatory risk, ESG compliance, and reputational issues.
You’ll also have access to specialist advice across real estate, tax, corporate, and employment, keeping your strategy interconnected, commercial, and future ready.
Speak to a legal partner
Our team support you to navigate complexity, seize opportunity and move forward with legal clarity.
Contact our Specialists
Get strategic advice from a team that knows how to protect and grow your business. Please complete our enquiry form and one of our experts will contact you by the next working day.
Alternatively, you can call us now.
Our opening hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm (Excluding Public Holidays).
0370 1500 100
Making an enquiry
We have several ways you can contact us, either by completing our online contact form, by phone, or using our live chat. If you start your journey online, here are the first steps to working together.
Complete our online formWe need a few details to understand your situation and the kind of support you need.
We’ll contact you by phoneOn the call our experts will ask you a few more questions to make sure we connect you with the right legal advice from our team.
We arrange a full appointmentYour next step is an in-depth appointment with a specialist solicitor to discuss how we could advise you.
Our commitment to you
Our experts always start by listening, so we understand what matters most from day one.- 01Clear legal guidance
You will always get straightforward, honest advice, with regular updates to keep you clear on the way forward.
- 02Specialist knowledge
A wide-ranging team of trusted specialists who understand what it takes to protect your future, your family or your business.
- 03Your needs first
Whether you’re navigating complex personal situations or business decisions, we take the time to understand your world and what’s at stake.
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