Devant offers a legal lifeline to small businesses

Small businesses often lose out in times of contract negotiations and disputes.  They are brimming with ideas and energy, often great technology but commercially, many are naive and get exploited.

To address this, Devant - www.devant.co.uk - a specialist in contractual and commercial management services, is offering start ups pragmatic, sensible commercial support at a price they can afford.

When a business is starting out and budgets are tight, the cost of legal services can be very daunting.  To fill this gap, Devant is offering a discounted rate of only £90/hr to start-ups, which equates to a reduction of more than 20% from Devant’s standard rates.  The criteria for this start-up package are that the start-up has been trading for less than two years; has no more than 2 people working in the business, and has a turnover of under £150,000. 

For this fee, the start up can access commercial and legal expertise which enables them to deliver better margins from new sales.  They can also learn how to structure and negotiate more profitable deals; manage risk and drive more value from relationships with partners, suppliers and clients, and resolve disputes quickly and positively.

Tiffany Kemp, Managing Director at Devant, explains: “Succeeding in the current climate is hard enough for start-ups.  It’s crucial to get a good footing from the outset.  When you are building a business it’s often tempting to enter into relationships simply because they are available, with no regard to the possible impact of concessions. For example, we regularly encounter young businesses that come to us for advice having already given away their rights to valuable intellectual property, often with no idea of what they’ve done.”

“To avoid such pitfalls, we offer start-ups a commercially-aware, friendly and affordable alternative to working with a law firm at a rate that encourages them to engage expert support early. Ultimately, it’s about building solid foundations to create value in our clients’ businesses as they grow.”

Tiffany founded Devant in 2003 to provide pragmatic commercial and contractual support to small and medium-sized companies, through hands-on deal structuring, contract drafting and negotiation and delivering training and coaching. To date, hundreds of companies have structured, negotiated and managed more effective commercial relationships with Devant’s support.

For further information contact Tiffany Kemp or visit Devant's website

For further information contact Katie King in Devant’s Press Office.

About Devant 

Devant Limited is a UK based company, established in 2003 to provide Contractual and Commercial Management services. Devant services enable clients to create, negotiate and implement contracts that reflect how companies sell, deliver and support their products and services as well as how they manage their commercial partnership/reseller or distributor relationships.

In addition to their consultancy practice, Devant also offers accessible, targeted and relevant training for executives, sales teams, and project managers in all aspects of contract structuring and negotiation.