Fielding experts in the media and entertainment industry, boutique Russells Solicitors also counts fashion, retail, and real estate companies as clients alongside its roster of artists, authors, agents, and labels. The team, which focuses on copyright, trade mark, brand protection and enforcement issues, is led by non-contentious tech and digital specialist Alex Cole and contentious practitioners Henry Priestley and Steven Tregear. Eliot Leggo’s practice involves copyright and trade mark disputes, and Alice Rudge concentrates on TV, film, and theatre copyright matters.
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Accolades

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Steven Tregear: excellent knowledge and understanding of the law, brilliant negotiator and very commercially minded. Always makes himself available and gets to the nub of the dispute quickly.'
  • 'Henry Priestley is an excellent leader in this field. He has superb industry knowledge and a highly effective commercial approach to litigation.'

Key clients

  • Coldplay
  • Savills

Work highlights

Acting for Bella Mackie in a High Court copyright infringement claim brought by Studio Canal.
Practice head

Alex Cole; Henry Priestley; Steven Tregear

Other key lawyers

Eliot Leggo; Alice Rudge; Jamie Brazier