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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‘The team has a number of individuals who are highly experienced in soft IP disputes. They have an excellent and in-depth knowledge of the industry, which, coupled with their knowledge of the law, makes them the go-to firm for this area.’
‘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.'
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