Simon Clark > Bristows LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

A major player in a variety of sectors, from pharmaceuticals and biotech to media and luxury goods, Bristows LLP‘s extensive range of capabilities that span the full spectrum of trade mark, copyright, and design issues enables it to be a top choice for blue-chip clients. The team is praised for having the ‘heft, intellect and legal and technical expertise to run the biggest IP litigation’. The practice is jointly led by Richard Dickinson, who possesses particular capabilities in the media and entertainment, consumer products, and retail industries, Nellie Jackson, who is the driving force behind the trade mark portfolio management practice, and Paul Jordan, whose strengths encompass advertising clearance, brand restructuring, and brand launches. Experienced litigator Jeremy Blum and trade mark expert Ian Gruselle further bolster the practice, and Simon Clark is also noted for his wide-ranging experience across contentious and non-contentious mandates.

Bristows LLP‘s media and entertainment practice advises technology and social media companies on commercial IP matters as well as brand management and enforcement. The team has been notably active in copyright litigation, where it acts for interactive entertainment and video games companies, but also showcases strong credentials in data protection and AI issues. Copyright, trade mark and design specialist Simon Clark focuses on the contentious side of IP, and regularly advises on matters in the digital and video gaming spaces. Data protection expert Mark Watts is proficient in new technologies, covering cloud computing, AI and facial recognition.

Bristows LLP‘s ‘dynamic, friendly and efficient team’ is well known for commercial disputes in the technology, life sciences and industrial sectors. Its expertise covers both contractual and confidentiality issues. Mark Brown has notable specialisms in life sciences, pharmaceutical, telecoms and digital content disputes. Anna Cook has longstanding experience in disputes over commercial contracts, software and large-scale technology projects. Simon Clark specialises in online IP issues and Angela Fouracre ‘has a good strategic mind’. The practice further includes cross-border commercial disputes practitioner Westley Walker, and Robert Graham, who has significant experience in High Court and Court of Appeal litigation.