— Business Lawyers for SMEs
Clear, practical legal support for growing businesses
Clearly Business Law provides clear, practical legal support for SMEs. We help business owners navigate commercial contracts, funding rounds, data protection and employment law – perfect for day-to-day legal matters and those trickier strategic decisions.
A few of our clients:
How we help you
We work with you to explore your business needs, so any advice is tailored specifically to you. We understand the challenges your business faces and work with you to translate the legal jargon.
Starting a Business
We can help you with:
Running & Growing your Business
Time to grow? We can help with:
Selling & Moving on
When the time comes we can help with:
Retainer Packages
Giving you peace of mind that if you need us, we are on hand.
Our retainer service provides you with security that you have a set number of hours of legal advice paid for with our team every month. The number of hours will depend upon the option you choose.
Why Clearly Business Law
Clearly Business Law brings a fresh approach to legal support for SMEs.
Experienced lawyers
No junior hand-offs or bloated teams.
Fee certainty
Clear fee structure – choose a monthly retainer package or a fixed fee quote to suit your budget before work begins.
SME focused
Legal support built around your business from our SME specialists.
Human advice
Clear, approachable advice from our friendly staff, without unnecessary legal jargon.
Flexible & fast support
Use us flexibly whenever you need on any business legal issue, or just to bounce ideas.
Choose your package
Choose the level of legal support that fits your business now, with a clear route to scale as your needs grow.
Not ready for a retainer? Book a consultation for a fixed fee quote.
— CLEARLY CORE
Starting from
£199/month
Introductory Retainer
Best for: Businesses wanting light but regular support.
- 1 hour per month
- Commercial legal support
- Routine advice
- Document reviews
- Straightforward agreements
Popular
— CLEARLY BUSINESS
Starting from
£495/month
Monthly Retainer
Best for: Businesses wanting more regular Business As Usual (BAU) support.
- From 2 hours per month
- Commercial contract support
- Employment support
- Data Protection support
- Light corporate work as agreed
— CLEARLY BESPOKE
Monthly fee
on request
Bespoke Retainer
Best for: Businesses wanting broader corporate or more tailored support.
- From 2 hours per month
- Tailored monthly retainer
- For higher complexity requirements
- Strategic legal guidance
- Business support
How can we help?
Your team
Find out more about our friendly team, made up of senior lawyers, paralegals and a professional back office who are dedicated to providing a first-class service for all your business legal needs.
Our core values
Integrity
We are absolutely committed to integrity, by:
- creating an inclusive and fair culture
- being concerned with ethics as well as legality
- viewing transparency as a way of building trust
Collaboration
We have collaboration at the heart of everything we do, we:
- work as a team with our people and clients
- communicate and share regularly and openly
- listen in order to understand diverse and independent perspectives
Excellence
We use all our experiences to learn and improve, by:
- striving for excellence by understanding both the legal issues and the business factors and risks
- being open and not afraid to challenge each other to improve our performance
- supporting our people to thrive and reach their full potential
Well-being
We care about the well-being of our people and want to make a difference. In doing so, we:
- encourage our people to enjoy their work and recognise the importance of humour
- care about work-life harmony
- seek ways to make a positive contribution to social equality and sustainability
Trusted by growing businesses
Real feedback from business owners using Clearly Business Law for practical, approachable legal support.
“Clearly Business Law has supported our marketing agency for many years, providing practical legal advice that fits our needs perfectly. Emma, our main contact, is extremely approachable and has a real talent for making complex legal matters easy to understand. The retainer means we always have support available when we need it, whether that’s a quick call to discuss a legal question, detailed feedback on a contract or more in-depth work on business documentation.
That level of support helps keep the commercial side of our business operating smoothly and I would highly recommend Clearly Business Law.“
Adam Blackford-Mills, Director MRS Digital
“Clearly Business Law played a vital role in helping us complete our most recent funding round smoothly and on schedule. Their team brought a clear, commercially minded approach to every stage of the process, giving us confidence that the legal fundamentals were in expert hands. Their responsiveness, practicality, and understanding of our business made them an invaluable and trusted partner. We’re grateful for their support and look forward to continuing the relationship as Relode expands its Power Park network across the UK.”
Mikey Clark, CEO of Relode
“I can highly recommend working with the team at Clearly Business Law. They offer a personal and friendly service tailored to clients’ needs, including clear and relevant advice at competitive rates.”
Michael Boaden, Specialty Haus
Need legal support but not sure where to start?
Tell us what you need help with and we’ll point you towards the right package, retainer or next step.