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Lawrence Graham LLP

4 MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE, LONDON, SE1 2AU, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7379 0000
Fax:
Fax 020 7379 6854
DX:
39 LONDON/CHANCERY LN
Web:
www.lg-legal.com
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Jonathan Riley

Tel:
Work +44 20 7759 6540
Email:
Lawrence Graham LLP

Work Department

Commerce and technology.

Position

Handles general commercial and contracts work, project structuring, management and delivery, including shareholders agreements, joint ventures, partnering, collaborations, R&D contracts, outsourcing and service agreements, and terms of business. Specialises in the management and exploitation of intellectual property rights, particularly in the technology, media, leisure and IT sectors. Also advises on sales and marketing, sponsorship, merchandising, franchising, e-commerce, data protection, communications and information technology.

Career

Trained Jacobson Ridley 1983-85; qualified 1985; assistant solicitor Knapp Fisher 1986-87; assistant solicitor Lawrence Graham LLP 1987-93; partner 1993; contributes to the ‘Quick Guides to IP Rights’ series, such as ‘A Quick Guide to Copyright’, ‘Making the Most of Image Rights’, ‘Local Authorities and the Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Your Right to Know’; contributor to ‘Corporate Governance: the Practical Guide to Directors’ (Finance & Investment Research Limited).

Member

Society of Computers and Law.

Education

Beverley Grammar School; Nottingham University (1982 LLB (Hons)); College of Law, Guildford (1983 Solicitors Final Examinations).

Leisure

Friend of V&A Museum; member South Bank Centre.

Practice Areas

Corporate and commercial; Intellectual property

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Lawrence Graham LLP

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    The VAT tribunal has upheld HMRC's assessment that the sale of a restaurant business was not a transfer of a going concern (TOGC) because the buyer did not carry on the same kind of business as the seller after the transfer.
    - LG LLP

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