Food and Drink Lawyers
Food and Drink Lawyers & Solicitors
Food and drink law can quickly become complex. Contract disputes, hygiene laws, supply chain issues can all disrupt your food and beverage business.
For specialist commercial advice tailored for the food and drink sector, our team of qualified solicitors and lawyers can help.
Call our Food & Drink Team Email our Food & Drink TeamLegal Advice for the Food and Drinks Industry
The food and drinks sector is a large industry with a diverse supply chain. Laws and regulations in this sector often update and evolve.
With regulatory and competition concerns, beverage companies, food businesses, manufacturers, and distributors all need to stay aware of any changes.
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What type of business can Rothera Bray support?
Start-ups and SME food and drink businesses
Large businesses, manufacturers and distributors
What type of business can Rothera Bray support?
Rothera Bray Solicitors are able to support businesses through the supply chain:
- Food Manufacturers
- Drink Manufacturers
- Distributors
- Agents
- Café and Restaurants
- Supermarkets
Specialist legal advice can be offered on a full range of commercial legal issues you may face.
Start-ups and SME food and drink businesses
Starting up or running an SME food and drink business can be complex. There are many laws and regulations that your business need to follow. Generally, these laws exist to ensure that you provide a product that is safe and hygienic for your customers. Failing to follow them can lead to consequences such as enforcement orders, fines and even brand reputation damage.
At Rothera Bray, our team works closely with you to help you identify all the necessary legislation you might need to be aware of. We pride ourselves on our client-focused, partnership-based approach.
As your business is unique, we are able to offer legal service packages that are bespoke to you. Our mission is to make legal services cost effective, accessible and clear.
Large businesses, manufacturers and distributors
The larger your businesses, the more complex the legal challenges become. As well as dealing with supply chain issues, you could also be facing employment law issues, property law issues or even intellectual property issues.
At Rothera Bray we can help you in all these areas plus more. Bespoke legal service packages can be created tailored for your business.
You will also get your very own personal account handler so that you have a direct contact who knows your business.
Food Producers Legal Support
As a food producer, you face unique challenges that are not present in many other sectors. From supply chain and distributor disputes to high levels of legal regulations and commercial pressures.
Sometimes it can get overwhelming and confusing. At Rothera Bray, we are here to help. We want to make your challenges clear and easy for you to understand so you can concentrate on growing your business.
Bespoke legal service packages can be created tailored to your business needs. This means that you get cost effective legal advice to help support your business.
What legal services can Rothera Bray help with?
Food and drink businesses, distributors and manufacturers need to focus on a wide range of different legal areas. At Rothera Bray, our team of specialist food and drink lawyers can provide advice and guidance on the vast wealth of areas. These include:
- Supply Chain Contracts
- Logistics and Distribution Contracts
- Employment Law
- Partnership Agreements
- Franchising Agreements
- Supply Chain Disputes
- Intellectual Property and Brand Protection
- Intellectual Property and Brand Disputes
- Advertising Law
- Real Estate
- Debt Recovery
- Dispute Resolution
- Trade Marks
If there is another area of law that you are concerned about, we still may be able to help. Contact us for a free initial enquiry.
Why choose Rothera Bray Solicitors?
Rothera Bray is made of up a team of highly experienced and qualified legal experts of different specialisms. With Rothera Bray you do not only get expert advice from your personal solicitor but from an entire team of legal specialists.
- Transparent cost estimates from the outset. We believe that legal advice should be accessible to everyone. Because of this, we believe it is important to be transparent about our costs and timings.
- Your very own personal solicitor for your business. Strong legal advice happens because of strong partnerships. Your personal account handler will take the time to learn about your business and be on hand to help you with any issues.
- Experienced team of lawyers and solicitors. Rothera Bray is a team of expert minds covering many different legal areas. Working together we can help support and advise you in a wealth of different legal questions, queries or issues.
- Dedicated food and drinks industry knowledge. Rothera Bray have worked with many different food and drinks businesses over the years. From start-ups to large distributors.
- Access a large network of contacts. With a long history of supporting businesses like yours, we have grown a large network of industry contacts that you can draw upon to help your go from strength to strength.
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Tim Gladdle
Senior Partner & Joint Head of Department
Tim qualified as a solicitor in 1983, giving him 40 years of legal experience. He specialises in advising a wide range of companies on corporate affairs and transactions.

Richard Hammond
Partner & Head of Risk and Compliance
Richard Hammond is a Dispute Resolution specialist and mediator at our Lace Market office. Richard is also a notary public, processing client documents for international use.

Toby Preston
Partner & Joint Head of Department
Toby is a Partner who specialises in corporate law and business affairs. He has been a partner for over 10 years and been involved in many high profile acquisitions and disposals.

David Tomlinson
Partner
David is a Partner at Rothera Bray Solicitors. He works from our Derby office and offers clients a wealth of expertise in commercial and commercial property matters.

Sandeesh Samra
Solicitor
Sandeesh Samra is a Solicitor in our Corporate and Commercial team and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham city centre.

Liam Wicks
Solicitor
Liam Wicks is a Solicitor in Rothera Bray’s Corporate & Commercial department and is based at our Derby office.

Erica Hurst
Paralegal
Erica Hurst is a paralegal in Rothera Bray’s Corporate and Commercial department and is based at our Lace Market office in Nottingham city centre.

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