Who we are...
We offer, help and advice in:
| + Employment law | + Competition law |
| + Contract reviews, negotitation and drafting | + PR and corporate affairs |
| + Legal aspects of sales, marketing and advertising | + Data protection |
| + Intellectual property law | + E-commerce and distance selling law |
| + Management of legal risk to business |
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Raj is a very experienced senior general commercial Counsel with a good deal of excellent in-house experience gathered over 25 years within Industry. He worked for First Assist in Leicester as Principal Commercial Lawyer and Head of Department undertaking his Bar exams and qualifying as a barrister during his time. He was Head of Training and Development. He spent approximately thirteen years with First Assist before joining Avon Cosmetics Limited in 2000 as an In House Counsel. Raj left Avon Cosmetics in August 2006 when the company downsized globally. At this time Raj was Head of Legal (UK and ROI). Since then Raj has undertaken consulting work and has been retained through Commercial Law Solutions (his consultancy) by a number of 'Blue Chip' clients as a Senior Counsel including Barclaycard, Hays PLC, Cadbury Holdings Limited, Kraft Foods Europe, Jaguar Land Rover, The NEC Group, Grass Roots PLC, Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation and Partnerships in Childrens Services (PiCS). Throughout this time Raj has regularly liased with and overseen a variety of external legal advisers and counsel ensuring quality of advice and value for money for the clients. His work involves regular contact with overseas companies and jurisdictions which has remained consistent throughout his career. Raj has dealt with all diverse aspects of general in house commercial work both in terms of legal as well as business challenges. His specialisms include commercial contract reviews, negotiations and drafting (experience in many different industries and jurisdictions), Dispute Resolution and Negotiations, Employment Law issues including Tribunal cases, policies and procedures, Advocacy, Sales and Marketing Law, Licensing and IPR, Distance Selling and Direct Selling Law, E Commerce, Trading Standards and Regulatory Investigations and audit trails, Legal Risk Management and Strategy. Raj devised and delivers Law for Non Lawyers seminars which raises awareness of legal issues and promotes pro active risk reduction within businesses. He is regularly described by clients and colleagues alike as 'a very safe pair of hands' and is known for his 'sound commercial', 'tactical' and 'strategic thinking' in achieving the best solutions for the business whilst reducing risk. Raj is praised regularly by clients particularly for his ability to deal with all levels of people ranging from Junior employees to Board Directors alike and his pragmatic common sense approach for dealing with issues and adding extra value. Interests: Raj lives in Buckinghamshire and has 2 children. He has a great interest in all forms of music and sport primarily football, cricket and rugby. He regularly coached in junior's football and was with Thurmaston Magpies JFC as a coach for approximately 7 years. He has also partaken in sessions at the Leicester City Football Club Academy. Raj is batting coach at Aspley Guise CC (his village team). Raj is an extremely keen supporter of Tottenham Hotspur FC for over 40 years now as well as the Indian National Cricket team - hence he has little to celebrate! |
