Murgitroyd
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Murgitroyd‘s cohort is well-equipped to assist its sector-spanning clientele in global filing and prosecution, design protection matters, oppositions and disputes cases and in portfolio management. JD and Revolution Beauty are amongst the names in the team’s client roster. The team is headed up from Belfast by Joanne Lecky, who harnesses expertise in clearance search and protection cases as well as disputes. Key practitioners include Mike Vettese in Aberdeen, who has brand protection expertise with a particular focus on music, media and entertainment-related cases. Glasgow’s Anne Bashir is noted as going ’above and beyond for clients’. In London, Steve Waine has 30 years’ experience in trade marks. Eleanor Coates and Jacqueline McKay are also noteworthy in Glasgow. Claire Hutson departed the team in February 2025, and Dewdney Drew left in August.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
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‘I have worked with Anne Bashir for many years and she always provides commercial and pragmatic advice. She goes above and beyond for clients and is a pleasure to work with.’
‘The trade mark process is made simple, and the firm absorb the heavy lifting. This provides our in-house team scope to make the decisions, with clarity.'
Key clients
- SHS Group (SHS Drinks)
- Alexander Forbes Limited
Work highlights
Managing the global trade mark portfolio for JD Sports Fashion Plc and its group companies, which currently consists of in excess of 1,600 applications/registrations.


