You may wish to think about engaging OnHand Counsel if:


You are the owner of an entrepreneurial or established family business and have an important or complicated deal coming up in your business or at shareholder level.


You are looking for a specialist corporate lawyer who is experienced and effective, provides a personal service and is good value for money.


You are a solicitor or other professional business advisor looking for an independent corporate lawyer to recommend to your clients who provides a better value alternative to good quality full-service law firms.

Specialist in:

Business sales

“I was very grateful to Andrew James at OnHand Counsel for taking on the legal duties at short notice concerning the acquisition of my company. Andrew was understanding, dedicated and diligent from the outset and also right through to the completion day when he was literally ‘on hand’ to support, assist and advise.”  Andrew Johnston (sale of Quiller Publishing)

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Joint ventures and shareholder arrangements

“I needed help with a shareholder agreement for my new business as well as IP advice to ensure my IP was protected. Andrew was extremely knowledgeable and gave concise and clear responses to all my questions. He explained things in plain English to me which really helped!  Andrew provided a great service in excellent time and I would recommend OnHand Counsel.” Vanessa Moulton

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Corporate and commercial law

“I would strongly recommend Andrew as a resource for other law firms looking for a highly experienced and effective company commercial lawyer; either where they don’t have corporate expertise in-house or where they have a potential conflict. I have known Andrew since we worked together in a City firm in the late Eighties and since then I have regularly worked with him. He has been my go-to person where I need a solicitor to provide independent advice to the other party on a transaction. He combines excellent legal skills with a lot of common sense and a pragmatic approach to getting the deal done. The fact that he works on his own means that his clients are guaranteed a partner level service and he is able to offer competitive rates.” Paul Warman, Senior Partner, Leathes Prior, Solicitors

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Find out more about our services

Free introductory meeting

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.

Unbeatable value

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.

This is not a one-off offer; it is a permanent offer. It’s just the way it is.