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Peter Nunn
Work Department
Dispute Resolution - Intellectual Property
Position
Peter is a Legal Director in the Intellectual Property Group, specialising in all intellectual property rights, including copyright, trade marks, design rights and confidential information. He helps organisations to protect, exploit and enforce their intellectual property rights, maximising the value of their brands and other intellectual property, and co-coordinating anti-counterfeiting programs, in both the physical and online worlds.
Peter is also a specialist in licensing, complex contractual and tortious disputes.
A large number of the clients Peter advises are in the luxury goods, automotive and sporting sectors. In the luxury goods sector, he works with several of the world’s leading fashion brands, helping them to build up and protect their trade mark and design portfolios.
Peter heads up Mishcon de Reya’s Automotive Group, and advises a number of the world’s leading car marques on their intellectual property strategies. He also acts for, and against, a number of Formula 1 teams on both commercial and intellectual property issues, including driver, sponsorship, supply and licensing agreements and disputes.
As someone with a strong interest in sport, Peter acts for a number or leading sporting organisations, clubs and athletes.
Peter has significant experience of Mishcon de Reya’s award-winning Turning Losses Into Profits (TULIP®) programme, which has recovered over £100m for its clients from counterfeiting operations.
He is also a recognised expert on cross-border Customs detentions and enforcement.
Peter gained significant commercial experience during secondments at Cable & Wireless and the Forensic Science Service, and has been published a number of times in the specialist press on IP
Career
Legal Director, Mishcon de Reya LLP; Associate, Mishcon de Reya; Assistant, Mishcon de Reya; Assistant, Charles Russell LLP; Qualified, Charles Russell LLP
Education
University of Bristol (Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice); Kings College London (History (First Class Hons))
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Mishcon de Reya LLP
‘s sports group head Simon Leaf leverages his ‘expert grasp not only of sports law but also technology matters’ to advise clients that operate at the intersection of tech, media and sport, including NFTs and crypto-centric ventures. Leaf also works with various sports investors and agencies as well as a number of football clubs, working with the latter on with financial regulation compliance. Tom Murray regularly works alongside Leaf as he assists motorsport clients with drivers’ contracts and endorsement deals; his broad client roster spans world champion boxers, F1 drivers and football clubs, governing bodies, players and agents, as well as sports tech businesses. Immigration specialist Maria Patsalos is a go-to adviser for women’s football matters, while ‘fantastic litigator’ Peter Nunn is called upon by motorsport clients for advice on on crypto-related disputes. Reema Sharma – a recent arrival from Freeths LLP – works on high-value matters related to the hosting and broadcasting of boxing matches in the Middle East. Oliver Millichap is a further name to note.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
Led by David Rose,
the ‘commercially minded’ team Mishcon de Reya LLP fields an IP offering that possesses breath and depth, with particular strengths in IP disputes and enforcement. The firm is notably involved in the Sky v Skykick case, among other instances of high-profile and complex litigation. Jeremy Hertzog is renowned for his work in handling contractual disputes, alongside a strong anti-counterfeiting practice. Sally Britton heads the firm’s brands group, and routinely advises clients on IP protection and enforcement, while Lewis Cohen, who leads the firm’s IP transactional team, has strengths in the full range of commercial, IP and media agreements. Louisa Dixon’s expertise lies in trade marks and brands, while Peter Nunn has significant trade secrets knowledge. Cassandra Hill and Justin Lambert are also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Sport London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employers
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Real estate > Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Health and safety
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Court of protection