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Tom Coates

Head of department

My approach is... Identify the objective. Devise the strategy. Agree the execution. Be flexible. Review the tactics. Think solutions. Think outside the box. And deliver.

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Expertise:

Arbitration
Commercial Litigation
Directors & Shareholders

Email: Tom Coates

Tel: +44 20 7074 8126

I advise businesses who are either developers of technology or users of technology or both! My clients are principally drawn from the technology, media and marketing industries who I advise on a wide range of IT, intellectual property and commercial matters. Advising on legal and commercial issues relating to digital content and digital distribution forms a large part of my typical day.

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Expertise:

Brands & Intellectual Property
Information Technology Law
Media and Entertainment

Email: Simon Morrissey

Tel: +44 (0)20 7074 8221

Marcus O'Leary

Consultant

I largely try to help my clients run their businesses more profitably by developing, for them, contractual and other strategies to enable them to avoid unnecessary opportunity costs. I have a particular interest in the more complex issues surrounding IT law, which is probably why I have developed an expertise in Open Source Software (and Hardware) matters.

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Expertise:

Advertising & Marketing Law
Brands & Intellectual Property
Information Technology Law
Media and Entertainment
Sports Law

Email: Marcus O'Leary

Tel: +44 (0)20 7074 8003

Gillian Bastow

Partner

I work mainly for Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) and others involved in housing and regeneration projects.

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Expertise:

Regeneration
Social Housing

Email: Gillian Bastow

Tel: +44 20 7074 8000

Giles Crown

Head of department

I help my clients avoid disputes and manage them when they do occur through negotiation, mediation or, if necessary, litigation. I specialise in intellectual property, media, regulatory and technology issues with a particular focus on advertising, Marketing and brands. My clients include advertising and digital agencies, brand owners, media organisations, technology companies and insurers.

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Expertise:

Advertising & Marketing Law
Brands & Intellectual Property
Commercial Litigation
Media and Entertainment
Mediation & ADR

Email: Giles Crown

Tel: +44 20 7074 8090

Leonard Goodrich

Head of department

I advise a number of the firm’s significant clients on their commercial real estate, development and regeneration requirements with particular emphasis on land use planning.

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Expertise:

Academies
Commercial Property
Planning
Regeneration

Email: Leonard Goodrich

Tel: +44 20 7074 8030

Duncan Quinan

Partner

All dispute resolution - litigation, arbitration, mediation - is a means to an end and not an end in itself. I work with my clients to find solutions to their disputes.

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Expertise:

Arbitration
Commercial Litigation
Information Technology Law
Mediation & ADR

Email: Duncan Quinan

Tel: +44 207 074 8062

Ian Jeffery

Managing partner

As Managing Partner, I lead the firm’s overall direction and strategy, working closely with my partners and our business managers. As one of the firm’s media and communications lawyers, I work with clients in the creative industries resolving a wide variety of intellectual property and other disputes.