Alastair works in the Corporate and Commercial team based in Cambridge and leads Tees not-for-profit sector. He has advised businesses and organisations for over 15 years in relation to commercial, intellectual property and technology projects, frequently helping when they are going through significant transformation, growth and change. He works with entrepreneurs, owner managed and family-run businesses and not for profit organisations in a range of sectors, including sport, media, culture and education
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Alastair Cotton
Work Department
Corporate and Commercial
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Editor (Humanities, Secondary Education), Pearson Education, 2000-2001; British Olympic Association,Partner, Senior Counsel and Board Director, Head of Legal (Commercial and IP), Senior Associate, Tees Law, May 2021 – Present
Education
Bishop’s Stortford College, 1988-1997; MA, History, University of Cambridge, 1997-2000; College of Law, 2002-2003;
Leisure
Alastair spends most of his spare time chasing after his four children, or chasing after hockey balls after returning to play after a long break.
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
Tees Law in Cambridge has a niche IP practice focused on the sport, media, education, and cultural sectors. ‘I was very impressed with his knowledge and he was very clear and thorough at explaining how trade marks work‘, says a client of senior associate and practice head Alastair Cotton, whose previous experience at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) gives him extensive experience in IP matters. He remains an adviser to the IPC on managing the Paralympic brand and combating ambush marketing.
East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
Tees Law has an increasingly broad practice thanks to head of corporate and commercial Lucy Folley, who works from both the Cambridge and Brentwood offices. ‘Tenacious negotiator‘ Alastair Cotton brings extensive in-house experience to bear on commercial matters as well as on M&A deals, joint ventures, MBOs, and private equity transactions and restructurings.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and commercial: Cambridge East Anglia > Corporate and commercial
- Intellectual property East Anglia > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media, entertainment and sport
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property