Arbor Law

With more than 20 years' experience of commercial and contentious practice, working within law firms and as an in-house counsel, Edward offers clients a depth of complex international experience covering intellectual property, film and television, tech, payments & finance and sustainability work.

Edward's central specialty is combining core IP-driven commercial need with innovative strategic execution, such as:

• Leaning on international licensing expertise to accelerate value for patent- or fledgeling brand-driven businesses.
• Utilising multilingual abilities to harmonise a global legal framework for distribution or outsourcing.
• Adapting the best legal way to facilitate a highly functioning strategic partnership, enshrining value in the right places from the foundations through to the advanced evolution of the venture.
• This specialty has found extended homes in the rapidly developing sustainability legal field, as well as core tech, commercial, and payments & finance law.

From a well-rounded start to his career with global law firm DLA Piper in Australia, Edward has led legal and strategic work across:

Luxury ready-to-wear fashion design and consulting houses (Paris 2007-2009) International film studios (Sony Pictures 2009-2015, Senior Counsel. EMEA lead on home entertainment digital transition and IP/antitrust; Sugar Cube Animation, acting General Counsel 2015) Major travel and technology platforms (Expedia Group acting head of EMEA brand product & tech 2017-2018, Global Sustainability Counsel 2019-2022, EMEA payments & finance lead counsel 2022-2023; Opodo, eDreams and multi brand Odigeo Group consulting lead UK counsel 2015)

English, French, German (advanced), Italian (basic), Romanian (basic)

When the opportunity arises, Edward enjoys getting on the water, and finishing books which he started decades earlier!