A narrow, deliberate practice.
Five areas where we work, and a clear note on what we do not do. Where a matter needs an authorised solicitor or an IAA-regulated immigration adviser, we refer or co-work with trusted partners.
Property & land documentation.
For landowners, small developers, planning-led promoters, and businesses with property at the centre of a deal.
What we do
- Drafting and review of promotion, option and collaboration agreements
- Consultant engagement terms (planners, ecologists, transport, sustainability)
- JV, co-investment and shareholder documentation tied to land and property vehicles
- Heads of terms, exclusivity and lock-out arrangements
- Due-diligence narrative drafting, scheme-stage commentary, investor-facing notes
- Landowner correspondence: offer letters, in-person follow-up support
- Council and local-planning-authority correspondence preparation
How we work
- Fixed fees agreed in writing before any drafting
- Most reviews returned within 24–48 hours
- Reserved-instrument work (registered-land transfers, charges, conveyancing) is instructed to or co-worked with an SRA-regulated conveyancer or property solicitor
- Conflict-checked at first contact against our founder's current strategic-land role
Contracts & commercial.
The commercial agreements your business actually relies on — drafted to be used, not to impress.
What we draft and review
- Service and consultancy contracts
- NDAs (mutual and one-way)
- SaaS, licensing and software-distribution agreements
- Agency and distribution contracts
- Website terms and online consumer terms
- Procurement and supply contracts
- Settlement and termination letters
How we work
- Free 20-minute scoping call
- Fixed fee agreed in writing
- Typical turnaround 24–48 hours for a review; longer for a full bespoke draft
- Output: a clean redline plus a short note on what is worth pushing back on
Corporate & founders.
Clean records and right-sized governance for new and growing companies — without traditional law-firm overheads.
Where we help
- UK company formation and Companies House workflow
- Shareholder and founders' agreements
- Board minutes, resolutions, share allotments
- Director service agreements, ESOP-adjacent paperwork
- Ongoing corporate housekeeping for SMEs
Who it's for
Founders setting up their first UK company. SMEs that have postponed clean records for too long. International teams setting up a UK presence. Mature small companies that don't need a full-service law firm but do need the paperwork right.
Privacy, GDPR & data protection.
Practical and proportionate compliance with the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 — sized to your business, audit-ready when it counts.
Deliverables
- Privacy notices (customer-facing and employee-facing)
- Internal data-protection policies and procedures
- Records of Processing Activities (ROPA)
- Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs)
- Data Processing Agreements — drafting and review
- Subject Access Request and breach-response workflows
- Cookie / consent set-up review (PECR & UK GDPR)
How we work
Most engagements are a fixed-fee package — discovery call, a single drafting pass, a follow-up review meeting, and final delivery. For ongoing support, a small retainer is available.
Cross-border & international.
Commercial work where a deal, business or family has more than one jurisdiction in the picture. UK market entry for foreign-owned companies, international contract documentation, and verified counsel on the other side when a matter requires it.
UK market entry for foreign-owned businesses
- UK company incorporation and Companies House setup
- Founders' and shareholder paperwork tailored for the new UK entity
- First-round commercial contracts (consultancy, distribution, customer T&Cs)
- UK GDPR baseline policies and processes
- Due diligence on prospective UK counterparties
- Banking and payment-rails introductions
International contract & co-ordination work
- Cross-border commercial documentation between UK and non-UK entities
- Choice-of-law, jurisdiction and dispute-resolution clauses
- Apostille and document legalisation between the UK and other jurisdictions
- Co-ordination of certified translations and notarial workflows
- Ukrainian-law matters (powers of attorney, property, inheritance, company questions) handled through verified Ukrainian counsel
Where we refer: tax structuring goes to a UK accountant. UK immigration goes to an IAA-regulated adviser or an SRA-regulated immigration solicitor. Conveyancing and probate go to regulated firms.
What things cost.
Most work is on a fixed fee, agreed in writing after a free 20-minute scoping call. The ranges below are indicative — final scope and price are confirmed before any drafting starts.
Document-level work
- NDA review · from £200
- NDA bespoke draft · from £350
- Service / consultancy contract review · from £350
- Service / consultancy contract bespoke draft · from £750
- Founders' or shareholder agreement · from £900
- SaaS or licensing terms · from £900
- Website terms & privacy notice (combined) · from £650
Programme & package work
- GDPR baseline package (notice, ROPA, basic policy set) · from £1,200
- UK company set-up package (incorporation + first founders' docs) · from £1,400
- UK market-entry foundation pack (company + contracts + GDPR baseline) · from £3,500
- Promotion or option agreement — full review with redline · from £900
- Promotion or option agreement — bespoke draft · from £2,000
- Ongoing retainer (small business, ad-hoc support) · from £400 / month
- Hourly rate for open-ended work · £180 / hour
What's included. Each fixed fee covers a clear scope of work, one round of reasonable revisions, and a short follow-up note. Anything outside that scope — additional drafts, third-party negotiations, late-stage changes — is quoted separately before it starts. No open meters, no surprise invoices.
All fees are in GBP and exclude VAT (not currently charged — Taran Legal is below the UK VAT registration threshold).
What we don't do — and where to find it.
A narrow practice is a useful practice. We are not regulated by the SRA and we do not provide UK immigration advice. The list below is what we will not take on, and how we help you find the right person quickly.
Reserved legal activities (Legal Services Act 2007)
- UK litigation and conduct of proceedings — refer to an SRA-regulated solicitor or barrister
- Rights of audience in UK courts — refer to a solicitor or barrister
- Reserved-instrument activities and registered-land conveyancing — refer to a conveyancer or property solicitor
- Probate activities — refer to a probate solicitor
- Notarial activities — refer to a notary public
- Administration of oaths — refer to a commissioner for oaths
Other regulated areas
- UK immigration advice (visas, asylum, settlement, Ukraine Scheme) — refer to an IAA-regulated adviser or immigration solicitor
- UK tax structuring and advice — refer to a chartered accountant or tax adviser
- Financial and investment advice — refer to an FCA-authorised firm
- Claims management — refer to an FCA-authorised firm
- Family-court work — refer to a family solicitor
Where we refer, we'll either give you two or three names you can choose between, or co-work with one of them so you only deal with a single point of contact. See the FAQ for how this works in practice.
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