Lance Terry

Lance joined Glanvilles in 2006 and became a Partner in 2009. Lance is based at our Cams Hall Estate office in Fareham and specialises in company and commercial work and advises on various aspects of intellectual property, particularly trade marks and copyright, with an emphasis on the IT industry.

Lance originally qualified and practised for a number of years as an attorney in South Africa before moving to the UK in early 2000 to work in London. Lance has wide experience of dealing with corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and management buy outs. Lance also deals with company sales to Employee Ownership Trusts (EOT). He has particular expertise in advising on directors' duties and related company law issues.

On the commercial side Lance has advised on a variety of commercial agreements such as agency, distribution and franchise agreements as well as a range of IT related agreements including outsourcing, software development and IP licensing agreements.

Lance is a fellow of the International Bar Association and a member of the Society for Computers and Law. He is also former chair of the British South African Law Association and former country contributor to the ‘Doing Business Report’ published by the World Bank.

Areas of Expertise:

• Acquisitions
• Agency agreements, distribution agreements, supply agreements and franchise agreements
• Company Law
• Commercial Law
• Company directors' duties
• Corporate Law
• Data Protection
• Company sales and business sales
• Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs)
• Joint ventures
• Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships
• Management buy outs
• Outsourcing agreements, software development agreements and IP licensing agreements