Neil Parkes

Dispute Resolution

Partner: Neil is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Department specialising in a broad range of Media & Entertainment, Intellectual Property and complex commercial disputes.

Dispute Resolution

Neil has an extensive experience of handling a wide variety of complex commercial disputes, including representing clients in ground-breaking and high-profile litigation in the High Court and Court of Appeal, cross-border issues, international arbitrations and expert determinations as well as alternative forms of dispute resolution, including mediation. He proactively works with business stakeholders at an early stage to avoid disputes arising or escalating. Where they do, he focuses on helping to prevent disputes becoming drawn-out and time-consuming and, where appropriate, to retain or repair valuable commercial relationships through strategic and creative thinking.

Intellectual Property

Neil has particular experience of intellectual property disputes and online rights protection for media rights owners, such as film, TV, music, sports, computer games and major brands, ranging from large scale notice and takedown, third party disclosure orders, injunctions, website blocking orders and complex or precedent setting strategic litigation, having acted in several leading cases concerning the enforcement of IP rights online.

Neil is recognised for advising on criminal aspects of intellectual property law, anti-piracy and rights protection, having conducted multiple high-profile private criminal prosecutions on behalf of media rights holders.