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The accelerating climate crisis has propelled the issue of sustainability into almost every aspect of our lives so we love continuing to support a new technology product that has sustainability at its core.

The W’air 3-in-1 sustainable clothing care system was developed with patented hydrodynamic technology that harnesses the power of micronized water particles and detergent to effectively remove stains, dirt and bacteria, leaving fabrics fresh and fragrant. Compared to conventional washing machines, W’air uses 99% less water and up to 77% less detergent. The system has launched as an exclusive high street partnership with Selfridges as part of the stores #projectearth collection and recently opened a ‘Sneaker Laundry’ in Westfield, Shepherd’s Bush. The product is also available on wair4home.com.

Jonathan Hewlett, W’air chief executive, said:

“It has been great to work with Garfield and his team. They have continued to advise us on a whole spectrum of legal corporate and commercial issues that we have faced in launching our innovative product and building our retail and B2B businesses.”

Jonathan and the team at W’air are extremely focussed and great fun to work with. We are sure the W’air system will pioneer a new sustainable approach to fabric cleaning.

We love working with early stage companies developing emerging technology. We particularly enjoy working in the sustainable technology and technology for good sectors. We are also building a reputation for expertise in AI, biometrics, computer vision and haptics.

Many of you will know that Garfield has a passion for motor sport and, specifically, a love of fast German cars. We are, therefore, very pleased to support Glasswall’s Steve Roberts during the week with legal advice (in his role as CFO of Glasswall, the cyber security technology provider) and also at the occasional weekend, cheering him on as the driver of Porsche Cayman 718 GT4 in the official Porsche Sprint Challenge GB championship.

Steve did amazingly well in his first season of the series last year, finishing third overall. This season Steve is leading the series after only two race weekends and six rounds. We are very excited to follow his progress this year too and hope to get along to one or two of his races.

Glasswall are the lead sponsor of Steve’s car. Glasswall are a zero-trust file security company providing market-leading content disarm and reconstruction technology to governments and commercial organisations alike. You can learn more about Glasswall here. We all think that the Porsche Cayman GT4 looks stunning in the Glasswall livery. Nevertheless, Steve says that other partnership opportunities are available for the remainder of the 2023 season and beyond. If your business would like to partner with the lightning fast, race winning, cyber security technology CFO, please contact Steve directly.

We specialise in advising on cyber security issues including all aspects of data privacy compliance; from regulatory notifications to business-wide audits. The scope of our work includes advising on the handling of cyber security incidents and data breaches including data loss, computer hacking and employee fraud.

When you sell the shares in your business or buy shares in another company, the return, or in legal terms, the ‘consideration’ that you receive (or if you are the buyer, the price that you pay) for the shares is most likely to be in the form of cash. However, the share sale and purchase consideration may also include an earn-out, share-for-share exchanges or loan notes.

We have put together an insight article that considers the advantages and disadvantages of each form of consideration on a share sale and purchase and the commercial and legal issues associated with each.

As part of our charitable and pro bono initiative, we have supported the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity for a number of years. The Charity raises money for the Royal Marsden Hospital which opened in 1851 as the world’s first hospital dedicated to cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education.

We are very proud to support Richard Uff, who handled our corporate banking requirements, with his fundraising efforts for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.

As Richard explains:

“My son Emerson was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year something very sudden and heartbreaking to deal with. His journey so far has been nothing short of incredible for someone so young but he has taken it in his stride and continues to get stronger day by day. He is now on the first stage of recovery after initial chemotherapy, followed by surgery with a further course of chemotherapy to start shortly. The support he has received from the NHS including the Royal Marsden team has been amazing. I have therefore decided to shave my head for this amazing charity and many of you know that this will be a big deal for me but it is the least I can do to try and raise some money for all the children who may have to go through this journey now or in the future.”

If you would also like to support Richard’s fundraising activities, you can make a donation through the Just Giving website by clicking on the "Donate here" button.

Our experience of commercial technology transactions, supporting our clients to buy, sell or otherwise exploit technology, is second to none. In the last eight years, we have successfully negotiated thousands of transactions for our clients with a combined value of over $10 billion. From creating contracts for a start-up for the first licensing of its software to assisting a FTSE 100 company purchase a new technology platform.