Alastair Cotton > Tees Law > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile

Tees Law in Cambridge recently recruited senior associate Alastair Cotton, formerly of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), to lead on brand protection matters for clients in the sport, media, education, and cultural sectors. Cotton also focuses on issues concerning ambush marketing and the staging of sports events. Since joining, he has advised the IPC on a wide range of matters including with the protection, exploitation and enforcement of its intellectual property rights. This encompassed enforcing the IP rights globally against infringers, and preparing and executing the brand protection strategy for the Paralympic Games.

The practice at Tees Law is ‘professionally diligent and detailed, with deep domain knowledge in key areas‘. ‘Courteous, personable and extremely hardworking‘ senior associate Alastair Cotton leads the Cambridge corporate team, which operates as part of a larger cross-office group led from Brentwood and Bishop’s Stortford. Cotton is ‘a tenacious negotiator with the integrity to apply his experience in a judicious manner that delivers results‘. He focuses predominantly on commercial matters, though is also active in M&A, joint ventures, MBOs, private equity transactions and restructurings.