Annalisa Checchi > Foot Anstey > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile

Foot Anstey‘s team of commercial and IP experts advises a range of sporting clients, including clubs, holding companies, stadia and venues, and professional associations, on contractual and sponsorship arrangements, trade mark application and protection matters, and business expansion opportunities. Practice head Nathan Peacey is a regulatory expert who handles IP matters and also advises clients on contentious and non-contentious health and safety issues, while Annalisa Checchi is noted for her experience negotiating sponsorship agreements.

Assisting clients with their technology agreements, such as outsourcing agreements, lies at the heart of Foot Anstey‘s IT group, which combines its technology and data offering to support companies in sectors including aerospace, fintech, retail, and private equity. The team also provides support on the technology aspects of high-value M&A deals and investments. Ashley Avery, who is praised for her ‘ability to explain things succinctly and with authority’, heads the practice together with Paolo Sbuttoni, whose advisory portfolio spans data privacy, cybersecurity, and technology contracts. Clients in the aerospace sector routinely turn to Annalisa Checchi for her expertise pertaining to IP and technology.