Why work with Milena
Experience: With 20+ years of legal experience, including working at international law firms and leading in-house legal teams at a world class university and a mission-driven environmental consultancy, Milena understands the challenges and constraints of running a business and has honed a unique blend of skills and knowledge that goes beyond traditional legal advice.
Commitment: Milena is committed to supporting science-led companies and mission-driven organisations in developing and selling their products and services.
Competitive price: One of the key advantages of choosing Milena as your legal partner is her commitment to providing top-tier legal services at a fraction of the cost of traditional law firms. Legal expenses can be a significant burden, especially for emerging companies and non-profit organisations and Milena’s approach is designed to deliver expert professional support with agility and understanding of your vision and objectives, ensuring that you receive the best value for your investment.
Collaborative approach and professional network: Milena knows that achieving goals often requires a team effort and has the flexibility to collaborate with other lawyers and advisers both in the UK and internationally, tailoring solutions to meet clients’ needs. Drawing from an extensive professional network, Milena can help assemble the right team—whether it’s for a complex transaction, a cross-border matter, or niche expertise.
High ethical and professional standards: Whilst Milena provides her services via MR&T Advisory which is not a law firm, Milena is regulated by the UK Solicitors Regulation Authority as an individual solicitor and is bound by the SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors.
Services Milena provides
Commercial and corporate contracts support for strategic transactions or day-to-day operations
If you need assistance with the drafting and/or negotiation of a commercial or corporate contract or need advice on your rights and obligations under a contract, Milena can help. She has experience with a wide variety of commercial and corporate contracts from simple preliminary agreements such as heads of terms to international collaboration and joint venture agreements. More specifically, Milena can help with:
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- Commercial contracts including supply agreements, academic collaboration agreements, service agreements with private counterparties and with government bodies, consultancy agreements, philanthropic agreements, sponsorship agreements, material transfer agreements
- Protection and exploitation of IP rights and technology
- Terms and conditions of service
- Confidentiality, exclusivity agreements and memoranda of understanding
- Advising on compliance challenges in the areas of data protection, equality law and consumer protection
- Joint ventures (corporate and contractual)
- Asset acquisitions and disposals including transfers of businesses as a going concern and also transfers of ad hoc assets such as IP and equipment
- Private companies mergers and acquisitions and investments in private companies
- Shareholders’ agreements and investment agreements
- Transactional due diligence
Retained General Counsel services
If your organisation needs occasional legal support but does not require dedicated in-house legal support yet, Milena can provide General Counsel services on a retainer basis and such services can be designed in a way that works best for your business needs.
Legal architecture consultancy services – designing and improving contracting processes and in-house legal functions
If your organisation is looking to design or improve its contracting processes or to create an in-house legal function or improve an existing one, Milena can provide legal architecture consultancy services to identify and assess your organisation’s key legal needs and to propose ways to cost-effectively cater for such needs whether via contracting processes that use dedicated in-house legal and contracting support or that allow for self-service or via outsourcing legal support to external providers or via a blend of different approaches. An independent third party is often best placed to help with such work.
You can see examples of Milena’s professional experience here.
What clients say about Milena Radoycheva’s work:
“Milena brings a rare blend of commercial understanding and deep legal rigour – her engagement on our projects have materially reduced risk and friction whilst also adding significant economic value.”
“I have thoroughly enjoyed working with you – your expertise has been called upon in such a wide range of areas and having someone so professional and responsive to work with has been great.”
“You have been a huge asset to [us] – and it has been a huge bonus that you have understood our ‘world’ so well!”
“It has been a pleasure working with you – your calm and considered insight has always been valuable in any situation.”
“It has been great working with you. Thanks so much for your help and advice on so many matters. I am always amazed at how you deal with so many concurrent projects, each with their own legal complexities.”
“efficient and clear thinking – and practical and pragmatic and good at solutions and… runs marathons!”
“It has been a real pleasure working with you, and I have always valued your calm, authoritative and wise advice.”
“I have really appreciated your sound and clear advice on some of the difficult problems we have faced.”
“[you] have guided us through so many difficult transactions and cases with your wise guidance, calm manner, and great good humour… On a personal level, I have enjoyed working with you always, and cannot imagine having a better person to work with and alongside.”
“it has always been comforting to know we had a high quality legal resource to draw on – knowledgeable and pragmatic”