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Simons Muirhead Burton Offices
87-91 Newman Street
LONDON
W1T 3EY
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Maninder Gill
Work Department
Intellectual property
Retail, Fashion & Franchising
Position
Maninder Gill is the head of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Retail, Fashion & Franchising groups and his focus is on commercial, retail, media and intellectual property issues including franchising, branding and reputation management. He previously sat on the Board of Northern & Shell plc/Express Newspapers, the international publishing and broadcasting group and has extensive experience in developing strategies to deal with the media. He then joined the Board of international luxury fashion department store group Harvey Nichols, before joining the firm in 2010. He has been involved in numerous high profile cases including Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas and OK! v Hello! Magazine and Associated Newspapers v Express Newspapers. Maninder represents many well-known brands in international franchising and licensing, developing international trade mark strategies, enforcing their IP rights and in protecting their reputations and brands. He has also advised clients and achieved successful outcomes in numerous disputes in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court and on domain name disputes. With his unusual mix of legal, human resources and business experience he is able to effectively advise on a broad range of issues and acts for many clients as their trusted advisor.
Career
Called to Gray’s Inn 1992. Qualified 1995; assistant Carter-Ruck; group secretary and legal director Northern & Shell plc, corporate affairs and human resources director Harvey Nichols; partner Simons Muirhead & Burton 2010. Visiting lecturer European Business School 2011.
Languages
Malay.
Memberships
Global Retailers Forum, Yellow Earththeatre Company and The Restorative Justice Council.
Education
Raffles Institution, Singapore; Bristol University; University College London.
Leisure
Scuba diving, Trustee of Yellow Earth, the East Asian Theatre Company and The Restorative Justice Council, the national voice for the field of restorative practice.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
(Leading partners)Simons Muirhead Burton is highly experienced in assisting clients with developing domestic and international franchise networks. This offering includes advice from the beginning of a company’s inception through to more established operations. The group is especially active in the luxury retailers, publishers, not-for-profit, and education sectors. Praised as ‘one of the leading experts on franchising in the country’, Maninder Gill leads the practice with expertise in both contentious and non-contentious mandates.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
Simons Muirhead Burton fields an experienced and specialist publishing team led by Martin Soames, who is well-known in the industry for his work with editors, journalists, publishers and content providers. Covering both contentious and non-contentious matters, the practice has placed a recent emphasis on growing its IP, non-contentious technology and data capabilities to advise industry players on emerging issues such as AI. Regulatory matters involving IPSO, Ofcom and ICO also feature on the team’s workload. Key names to note in the practice include: publishing specialist Simon Goldberg; Maninder Gill, who draws on his former experience as a legal director of a newspaper to assist publishers with commercial and IP issues; media disputes specialist Jeffrey Smele, who also advises on pre-publication clearance; Raoul Lumb, who focuses on digital content and distribution matters; and Stephen Shortnes, who concentrates on pre-publication issues.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
Maninder Gill leads the ‘pragmatic and commercial’ IP group at Simons Muirhead Burton, which maintains a strong standing within the media, entertainment, and retail sectors while acting for many global organisations. Gill counts fashion brands, musicians, artists, and photographers among his key roster of clients, advising on a litany of IP issues. Marc Sobol holds considerable experience on the licensing side.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Media: Theatre, publishing and other media London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Franchising London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design