A ‘responsive, practical and thorough’ practice, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP continues to work for sector-leading clients on an array of commercial arrangements, demonstrating activity in the retail, telecommunications and tech, transport and financial services industries. Over the last twelve months the firm has been particularly concentrated on the sports sector, acting for both sporting organisations such as the ITF and British Swimming on sponsorship, influencer and IP matters, in addition to clients engaging with bodies within the sector, such as software technology entity Sage on its various deals with Six Nations Rugby, Major League Baseball and The Hundred. The department is spearheaded by three highly-experienced practitioners; Mark Bailey, who handles tech and infrastructure related matters, whilst possessing notable expertise in IT and data centre issues; Jason Saiban, who exercises a strong advertising, marketing and sponsorship offering, working closely with key clients such as Nike and Samaritans; and Megan Paul, whose focus is on supply chain management and distribution agreements. Senior associate Caroline Young, who has been a main driver behind the for the firm’s growing life sciences activity, continues to garner praise from clients for the ’sterling support’ she provides to business operations, fielding a broad practice that covers multiple sectors.
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‘Responsive to the client's needs, practical and commercial approach to issues and challenges. Provide good technical advice.’
‘Very easy to work with. Responsive, practical and thorough.'
‘They truly operate as an extension of our in-house team, and they are so incredibly nimble.’
‘Caroline Young gives us sterling support. She goes above and beyond and nothing is too much trouble. She really takes problems and makes them go away.’
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mark Bailey, Jason Saiban, Megan Paul