Legal Pricing, Published and Clear Before You Commit

Most of our standard work carries a fixed fee, and we publish those prices. You should be able to understand the likely cost before you have to speak to anyone.

For more complex matters, we agree the scope and fee with you before work begins. Where a fixed fee is not practical, we use a capped fee agreed in advance.

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How our pricing works

Agreed in writing first

The fee and scope are confirmed before any work begins. You approve the arrangement, then we start.

No hourly meter

Fixed where the work allows it, capped where it does not. We do not leave you with an open-ended hourly bill.

Free 20-minute call

Start with a scoping conversation before committing to anything. There is no charge and no obligation.

All prices exclude VAT

All figures shown below are net. VAT is added at the prevailing rate on invoice.

Fixed-Fee Legal Services

Standardised legal work is priced as a single fixed fee. If a matter is more involved than the standard scope, we will tell you before starting and agree the revised scope and fee with you.

Incorporation packages

Choose the package based on how much structure you need from day one.

Formation Essentials

£450

Incorporation and Companies House filing, share structure advice, model articles review, first board minutes, statutory registers, PSC register and director duties briefing note. Plus Companies House filing fee.

Founders’ Package

£1,750

Everything in Essentials, plus tailored articles of association, a shareholders’ agreement for up to three shareholders and a director’s service agreement.

Founders’ Package Plus

£2,950

Everything in Founders’, plus share class structuring designed to accommodate a future EMI scheme and a joint legal and tax structuring session with Adroit Accountax.

Additional shareholder	Added to any package above, beyond three shareholders.	£250 each

The Founders’ Package is designed for businesses with more than one founder. Founders’ Package Plus is intended for companies expecting to incentivise employees with equity.

Shareholders’ agreement

A tailored agreement covering ownership, decision-making, share transfers, exit arrangements and shareholder protections.

From £1,250fixed fee

The final scope depends on the number of shareholders, the ownership structure and the provisions required.

View Shareholders’ Agreement Legal Advice →

A green folder, a carafe and a glass on a travertine meeting table above a London street — Every fixed fee is confirmed in writing before work starts.

The agreements your revenue depends on

Service	Scope	Price
Terms & conditions — supply of services	Business-to-business terms. Consumer and B2C terms scoped separately.	From £450
Terms & conditions — supply of goods	Business-to-business terms. Goods and services sets together from £750.	From £450
Contract review	Written review with risk-rated commentary. Up to approximately 15 pages. Excludes negotiation with the other side.	From £250
NDA / confidentiality agreement	One-way or mutual NDA for a specific commercial purpose.	From £125
Reusable NDA set	One-way and mutual versions together for repeated use across conversations and counterparties.	From £200

View Commercial Contract Drafting →

Contracts, policies and workforce documentation

Service	Scope	Price
Employment contract — standard	Compliant written statement of particulars. Multi-contract packs available at a discount.	From £400
Senior employee / director’s service agreement	Including restrictive covenants and confidentiality. Conventional package for one individual.	From £1,000
Bespoke employee handbook	Core set or enhanced set with extended policies. Up to 25 staff.	£950 / £1,400
Annual handbook update	Update to an existing employee handbook.	From £175/year

View Employment Contract Legal Advice →

Status reviews and compliance support

The off-payroll working rules can place responsibility for determining employment status on the client, depending on the client’s sector and size.

For a small private-sector client, responsibility generally remains with the worker’s intermediary. For clients within the rules, status assessments operate on an engagement-by-engagement basis.

Service	Scope	Price
Single engagement status review	Status determination for one contractor engagement, including a Status Determination Statement.	£450
Contractor population review	Status review across your contractor base, up to ten engagements.	£1,750
Off-payroll compliance framework	Determination process, disagreement procedure and record-keeping built into your existing processes. Scoped to headcount and contractor volume.	From £3,500
Annual review	Reassessment against current thresholds and changes in your size or structure.	From £950/year

View IR35 Legal Advice →

Protect confidential information before you share it

We draft and review NDAs and confidentiality agreements for businesses dealing with investors, suppliers, contractors, commercial partners and potential buyers.

NDA / confidentiality agreement

From £125fixed fee

One-way or mutual agreement.

Reusable NDA set

From £200fixed fee

One-way and mutual versions together, tailored to how your business shares confidential information.

View NDA Legal Advice →

Advice scoped to your business

Regulatory and compliance matters can vary significantly depending on the business, sector and regulatory requirements involved. We scope the work first and agree the fee before starting.

This can include advice relating to:

Corporate and business compliance
ECCTA-related requirements
Data protection
Licensing
Regulatory obligations affecting business operations
Review of existing compliance arrangements

Scopedfee agreed before work begins

View Regulatory Compliance →

Early assessment through to resolution

Dispute work is assessed at the outset so the appropriate route and scope can be agreed before significant work begins.

Early dispute assessment

Fixedagreed after initial scope

Initial review of the dispute, relevant documents, contractual position and available routes.

Further dispute work

Cappedagreed before work starts

Negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation-related work can be structured around agreed stages and capped fees.

You are not asked to commit to an undefined programme of work at the outset. View Commercial Dispute Resolution →

Ongoing legal support at a predictable monthly cost

For businesses that need legal support regularly but do not need a permanent in-house legal team. Each tier includes defined advisory time, document capacity and a response commitment under a service level agreement.

Starter

£150–£195per month

For businesses with occasional legal needs and no in-house support.

Fair-use legal questions by email and phone
One document or contract review each month
Annual legal health check
10% off out-of-plan fixed fees

Growth

£425–£495per month

For businesses with regular contract flow and a growing team.

Everything included in Starter
Employment and HR queries
Two documents or reviews each month
Two-working-day priority response
Half-yearly health check
15% off out-of-plan work

Premium

£950–£1,200per month

For established businesses looking for an outsourced legal function.

Everything included in Growth
Higher monthly document allowance
Same-week turnaround
Quarterly health check
20% off out-of-plan work
Joined-up tax touchpoints with Adroit Accountax

All subscription prices exclude VAT. Where a tier does not fit, we can build one that does. The published tiers are a starting point, not a constraint.

Transactions priced by stage

No two business transactions are the same, so a single headline price would not accurately reflect the work involved.

Every transaction starts with a scoping call and a written fee proposal. Each stage carries a fixed or capped fee agreed before the stage begins. You decide at the end of each stage if you want to continue.

Structure & Heads of Terms

Structure review including the tax position, heads of terms drafted or reviewed, exclusivity and confidentiality, and a written route map for the transaction.

Fixed fee from £1,500 + VAT

Due Diligence & Disclosure

Review of the information, the questions that follow from it, and the disclosure exercise on whichever side of the transaction you are.

Capped fee, agreed on scope after Stage 1

Documentation & Completion

The purchase agreement and ancillary documents, negotiation, signing and completion, and the steps that follow it.

Capped fee, agreed on scope after Stage 1

You are not committed beyond the stage you have approved. If the transaction does not proceed past Stage 1, that is where the cost stops. View Business Sale & Purchase Legal Services →

One team for connected legal and tax decisions

Some business decisions involve legal and tax considerations at the same time. Adroit Legal provides the legal advice and works alongside Adroit Accountax for the relevant tax and accountancy input.

Examples include:

Business sales and acquisitions
Share issues and equity arrangements
Business restructures
Founder and shareholder arrangements
Contractor and IR35 matters
Employment-related tax considerations
Group structures
Transaction planning

Fee: scoped and agreed before work begins. View Legal & Tax Advisory →

Good to know

Every fixed fee is confirmed in writing before work starts.
All prices exclude VAT, which is added at the prevailing rate.
Bundle pricing is available across related documents.
A free 20-minute scoping call precedes any instruction.
If a matter falls outside the standard scope, we tell you first.
Subscription clients receive discounted rates on additional work.
More complex matters are scoped individually rather than priced using an artificial headline figure.

What happens next?

You do not need to commit to a legal package before speaking to us.

Start with a free 20-minute conversation. We can understand what you need, explain the appropriate scope and tell you how the work would be priced.

Book a free 20-minute call →

For standard matters, you can also see the published starting prices above.

Related services

Company Formation

Incorporation, share structure and the agreements that go with a new company.

Explore company formation →

Subscription Legal Services

Ongoing legal support at a predictable monthly cost.

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Adroit Legal Solutions Limited is not a firm of solicitors and is not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Non-reserved legal services only. Read our regulatory information.

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