From Big 4 grocers to global fashion retailers, TLT's retail and consumer team is well-placed to advise clients on a range of matters, including brand management and protection, capital markets, M&A and joint ventures, competition enquiries, concessions and franchising, data protection, dispute resolution, employment issues, and more. The team draws on its regional abilities in Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Belfast to support clients. The Bristol-based Perran Jervis, the grocery and GM sector head and a specialist in commercial contracts, leads the practice.
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Key clients
- boohoo group (Debenhams)
- The Co-op Group
- Sainsbury’s
- WH Smith plc
- Iceland Foods
- Superdry plc
- Pets at Home
- JD Sports
- N Brown
- Lookers
- Lululemon
- TJ Morris Ltd t/a Home Bargains
Work highlights
Advise WH Smith plc in connection with the significant, industry-changing sale of its UK High Street business.
Advise JD Sports Fashion plc on a lease re-gear and rent concession project across the group portfolio with a number of institutional landlords.
Advised boohoo.com in connection with the CMA's first-ever investigation into green claims in the retail fashion sector.
Practice head
Perran Jervis
Other key lawyers
Emma Flower; Miles Trower