Dentons maintains a strong reputation for advising on complex and high-value commercial arrangements, often involving cross-border considerations. The team regularly supports clients across a wide range of industries, with particular strength in retail, media, hospitality, technology, and transport. Instructions range from strategic outsourcing and joint development agreements to supply chain structuring, distribution, and agency arrangements, and digital transformation projects. The team has experience in advising on commercial arrangements that involve complex IP, licensing, and technology-related issues, frequently operating as a one-stop shop where intellectual property, data, and commercial elements intersect. Recent mandates include advising on large-scale media and content distribution arrangements, multi-jurisdictional product rollouts, and business-critical supplier agreements. Martin Fanning heads the commercial division of the firm, while Tristan Jonckheer drives the team’s strong telecommunications and media offering. Sarah Lima and Scott Singer are further important members of the team.
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Key clients
- Avis Budget Group
- Capita
- Daily Mail Group / DMG Events
- FIFA Museum
- Flex
- John Lewis Partnership
- Meta
- M&S
- Royal Mail Group
- Sky UK
- The TJX Companies
- Avis Budget Group
Work highlights
Advising Royal Mail Group on the contractual arrangements facilitating its strategic move into the locker banks, under which Royal Mail will roll out lockers for use by customers in the UK.
Provided end to end support to FIFA Museum in relation to a long term contractual engagement with SecuTix, a leading provider of ticket management software.
Continuing to advise M&S on a range of UK and international franchising, distribution and brand licensing arrangements.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Tristan Jonckheer; Martin Fanning
Other key lawyers
Sarah Lima; Scott Singer; Dan Burge