With ever-expanding global capabilities, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner acts on a range of commercial issues, with continued excellence in the retail, tech, and fintech sphere. A key feature of the practice’s offering is helping big businesses’ strategic goal of improving customer reach, exemplified by Farfetch and Outlier Venture’s collaboration to launch a Web3 programme, and developing Estee Lauder’s loyalty programme in Israel. Richard Shaw and Marcus Pearl co-head the department, with the former primarily active on a litany of commercial agreements in the retail sector, and the latter concentrating on big-ticket telecommunications, tech and media matters, working with clients such as BT Group and Lumen. Carol Osborne‘s wide-ranging expertise has seen her advise on distribution agreements in the agricultural industry, global licence arrangements for retail giants, as well as transitional services agreements, while senior associate Kate Jeffery continues to provide valuable insight to a wide breadth of practice mandates.

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‘They are an invaluable and trusted resource for us.’
‘Richard Shaw heads up the team we work with and is a delight to deal with. He is always super responsive, has sound advice and always delivers this in such a concise, logical and calm way.’

Key clients

Carrefour International Partnerships
Farfetch
Lumen Technology Inc.
Ocado Group
BT
Worldwide Technology Inc.
Schroders
Marketcast LLC
Hardinge Inc.
Dr. Koniver
Driscolls Inc.
Driscoll’s International Holdings BV
Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Work highlights

Advised Carrefour International Partnerships in relation to its long-term franchise arrangement with Electra Consumer Products and its subsidiary Yenot Bitan, which currently operates over 150 supermarkets in Israel.
Advising Farfetch on its equity investment in Outlier Capital LLP and related co-investment/commercial arrangements.
Advising Lumen Technology, Inc. on the proposed divestiture of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) business, to London-headquartered Colt Technology Services (Colt) for $1.8 billion.

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