Services and prices

These are the commercial and corporate services I offer to UK businesses, with the fixed fee and turnaround for each. I am Geoffrey Caesar, a solicitor of England and Wales admitted in 2008, based in London and acting for businesses across England and Wales. Prices run from £195 plus VAT for an NDA to £6,500 plus VAT for a full founders pack.

I publish prices because cost uncertainty is the main reason businesses do not take legal advice they need. It is a commercial decision rather than a regulatory requirement, and it means you can budget before you ever contact me.

All services and prices

Contracts and commercial

• Contract review, standard: £450 plus VAT, three working days
• Contract review, complex or priority: £850 plus VAT, one to two working days
• NDA review or drafting: £195 plus VAT, two working days
• Customer or supplier terms and conditions: £1,500 to £2,500 plus VAT, ten working days
• SaaS, reseller or technology agreement: £2,000 to £3,500 plus VAT, ten working days
• Consultancy or contractor agreement: £750 plus VAT, five working days

More detail: contract review, terms and conditions, SaaS and technology contracts, consultancy and contractor agreements.

Corporate and ownership

• Shareholders agreement: £2,750 to £4,500 plus VAT, fifteen working days
• Founders pack: £6,500 plus VAT, twenty working days

More detail: shareholders agreements and founder arrangements.

Employment, for employers

• Employment contract: £750 plus VAT, five working days
• Settlement agreement: £750 plus VAT, three working days
• Settlement agreement template: £1,200 plus VAT
• Senior or director service agreement: £1,500 plus VAT
• Settlement agreement with negotiation: £1,500 plus VAT
• Staff handbook and core policies: £1,750 plus VAT, ten working days

I act for employers only. More detail: contracts and handbooks, settlement agreements.

Data protection, IP and AI

• Data processing agreement and privacy terms: £950 plus VAT, five working days
• AI provisions or AI supplier review: £850 plus VAT
• AI use policy and contract provisions: £1,500 plus VAT, ten working days

More detail: data protection agreements, AI contracts and policies.

Ongoing support

• Legal health check: £1,500 plus VAT, fifteen working days
• Ongoing retainer: from £250 plus VAT a month

More detail: legal health check, ongoing retainer.

All fees exclude VAT. Where a price is shown as a range, I confirm the specific number in writing before work starts, once I have seen any documents or heard the brief. It does not move afterwards unless you ask for something outside the agreed scope, and I would quote that separately first. Larger pieces of work can be split into milestone payments.

How to instruct me

1. Email me. Send any relevant documents, or three or four lines describing the situation and your deadline. You do not need to prepare a brief.
2. I confirm the scope, the price and the timetable. In writing, usually the same working day, and if a short call would help I will offer one at no charge. I then invoice you, and the work starts once the invoice is paid. Larger pieces of work can be split into milestone payments if that suits you better.
3. I deliver on the agreed date. With a call or a follow-up exchange included, so you are not paying again to understand the advice.

Why instruct me directly

A law firm has premises, partners, support staff, marketing and a compliance department, and every hour it bills has to carry a share of all of it. I have none of that. You are paying for the lawyer and nothing else.

• Senior attention as standard. The person who reads your contract is the person you emailed. Nothing is delegated to a trainee.
• In-house and private practice experience. I know what a clause does to a business six months later, not just what it says.
• No onboarding process. Email, scope, fixed price, invoice, work. There is no client portal to register with and no forms to complete.
• Better value for the same expertise. Without a firm's overheads, senior time costs less, which is why fixed fees at this level are possible at all.
• Fixed prices, published. You know the number before you commit. I publish them because cost uncertainty is the main reason businesses do not take advice they need.

What I focus on

I am authorised to provide all legal services, and I concentrate on the documents a business runs on: drafting, reviewing, advising on and negotiating contracts and other commercial, corporate and employment documents. That is where twenty-five years of experience counts for most.

Employment work is for employers. I do not hold client money.

Questions I am often asked

Why are your prices higher than a £150 online review?

Because it is a different thing. A £150 review is usually a checklist run over a document by a junior fee earner or a template engine. What you get here is a solicitor of eighteen years standing reading your contract in the context of your business and giving you a recommendation you can act on.

Why are your prices lower than a law firm's?

Because a law firm has premises, partners, support staff, marketing and a compliance department, and every hour it bills carries a share of all of it. I have none of that. You are paying for the lawyer and nothing else.

What if my matter does not fit one of these?

Tell me what it is and I will quote a fixed fee for it. Most commercial and corporate work can be scoped and priced once I have seen it.

How do I pay?

I send an invoice once we have agreed scope and price. Work starts when it is paid. Larger pieces of work can be split into milestone payments.

Do you use AI?

Yes, as a tool, in the same way I use precedent banks and research databases. It does not make the judgement calls and it does not decide what advice you get. I am accountable for every word of the output.

Can you act for a business outside the UK?

Yes, where the contract is governed by English law, which is common in international commercial contracting. I advise on English and Welsh law only and will say clearly where a question needs local input.

About me

I am Geoffrey Caesar. I have worked on commercial contracts since 2001, first in industry and then in private practice, so I have sat on both sides of the table: as the in-house lawyer who has to live with the contract, and as the external adviser who drafts it.

• Solicitor of England and Wales, admitted 2008. SRA ID 483394.
• Practising as an SRA-regulated freelance solicitor under regulation 10.2(b) of the SRA Authorisation of Individuals Regulations. Practice SRA number 666497.
• Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and authorised to provide all legal services, including reserved legal activities.
• Called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 2005.
• Working on commercial contracts since 2001, in-house and in private practice.
• Based in London, acting for businesses across England and Wales.
• Professional indemnity insurance in place with a limit of £1,000,000 for each claim, with defence costs in addition. Details on request.
• I do not hold client money.

Two things you should know about instructing a freelance solicitor rather than a law firm. My professional indemnity insurance is not on the SRA's minimum terms and conditions; alternative arrangements are in place instead, and I will give you the details on request. And you can still apply to the SRA Compensation Fund for losses caused by dishonesty or a failure to account for money. Everything else, including the Code of Conduct, the SRA Principles and the Legal Ombudsman, applies to me exactly as it applies to any other solicitor.

Last reviewed: September 2026. Email geoffrey@caesar.co.uk.