Education

At your service

Mace & Jones' dedicated Education Division offers a genuinely comprehensive legal service, bringing together specialist expertise from across the firm to offer a turnkey solution to the sector.

We act for a wide range of education clients, including various private and state schools, sixth form colleges, further education colleges, Universities and local education authorities.

Many of our solicitors also act for corporate, healthcare, local authority and other public service clients, combining their commercial expertise with substantial experience in the sector.

Our main areas of expertise are:

Specialist Education Services

• Governance and regulatory compliance
• Academic collaborations
• Charity law
• Student conduct and discipline
• Grants & contracts
• Funders & loans

Estate

• Estate Management
• Commercial leases
• Planning & environmental law
• Construction & development projects

Employment and HR

• Recruitment & termination
• Policies, procedure & contractual documentation
• Health & Safety
• TUPE
• Employment Tribunals
• Pensions

Corporate

• Intellectual property protection and exploitation
• Spin-outs, spin-ins and subsidiary companies
• Income generation
• Commercial contracts
• Procurement law
• Banking & finance
• Insurance

Educational Mergers and Reorganisations

• Due Diligence exercises
• Constitutional reorganisations
• Employment terms amalgamation
• Pensions issues
• Trade Union negotiations
• Supplier rationalisations
• Risk Management advice

Dispute Resolution

• Student complaints
• Commercial disputes

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