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Led by the head of department Nick Johnson, Osborne Clarke LLP advises clients that require the coordination of complex legal matters across various practice areas. The practice supports clients across the telecoms, broadcasting, video game, and wider entertainment industries on regulatory, contentious, and transactional matters. John Davidson-Kelly, head of media, assists on digital media regulations, consumer law, and media and technology agreements. Jon Fell, head of telecommunication, handles a range of internet and telecoms matters and Sarah Valentine, being the head of technology, leads on technology-focused M&A and investment transaction matters.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The Osborne Clarke team is an extremely effective, litigation team - very responsive to client needs with real strength and breadth.’

  • ‘The team is dedicated and proactive. They know their subject matter well and are also closely monitoring and sharing any relevant developments.’

  • ‘Deep subject matter and industry expertise on technology products and compliance requirements.’

  • ‘The advice provided was clear, straight to the point and understandable to both legal and business stakeholders, which is key to allow a good alignment in terms of requirements and accuracy.’

  • ‘The individuals I work with are helpful and knowledgeable. Each have their own unique qualities and expertise that they manage to align to provide a consistent and aligned advise and support. Qualities like expertise, knowledge, effective communication, adaptability and consistency are stand-out qualities to me.'

  • 'Luke Maunder is a real star. He is a joy to work with, great on the technical details as well as the law, he devises creative solutions for his clients. A strategic thinker, he is able to communicate well with his team and clients. He is a brilliant all-rounder.'

  • 'Arty Rajendra is fantastic to work with. Arty thinks through every aspect of a case and delivers brilliant results for her clients.'

  • 'World class expertise.'

  • 'Arty Rajendra and Luke Maunder are a formidable litigation duo in all things IP/patent/FRAND. Our company regularly relies on their expertise to navigate UK law on business critical matters.'

  • 'The IP disputes team at Osborne Clarke has expertise and understanding of business implications.'

Key clients

  • 4 Fibre Limited/SCCI Alphatrack Limited
  • Arrow International Media
  • Bloomsbury
  • BT plc/EE Limited
  • Channel 4
  • ClearBank
  • CNN
  • Coffee&TV
  • Comcast / NBC Universal
  • Community Fibre Limited
  • Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited
  • DAZN
  • Fibrus Networks Limited
  • Focus Group
  • Harper Collins
  • HayU
  • ITV
  • Les Mills
  • L'Oréal
  • Meta

Work highlights

Advising and representing Block, Inc. and Squareup in defending a High Court claim for infringement in respect to copyright and database rights in the Bitcoin blockchain.
Advising the legal streaming lead for EMEA on all matters related to the growth and development of Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming services, including the international roll-out and updates to HBO Max in EMEA and the launch of TNT Sports in the UK.
Advising on the multijurisdictional roll-out and development of Paramount+, (Paramount's new subscription video on-demand OTT streaming service) including consumer and regulatory compliance and advertising issues.

Practice head

Nick Johnson; John Davidson-Kelly; Jon Fell; Sara Valentine

Other key lawyers

Luke Maunder; Arty Rajendra