England - London • Industry focus
Lewis Silkin
Jointly led by Anna Sella and Julia Poulter, Lewis Silkin’s retail, hospitality, and leisure team counts luxury brands, high-street fashion retailers, investors, and shareholders among its clients. The full-service and multi-disciplinary team has notable strength in logistics and supply chain issues, as well as advertising and brand protection matters. The ‘intelligent, strategic, sensible’ Oliver Fairhurst is recommended for his contentious intellectual property expertise.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Wholly reliable and value additive.’
‘Short-term support, pragmatic approach, pleasant atmosphere.’
'Forward thinking team, very accommodating to the client's way of working, excellent industry experience.'
'Oliver Fairhurst - intelligent, strategic, sensible, knowledgeable.'
'Very strong practice, extremely responsive and a deep knowledge of the retail sector.'
Key clients
- M&S
- ASOS
- Superdry
- Liberty Retail
- Harvey Nichols
- Airwair International Limited (Dr. Martens)
- Bacardi
- Swedish Match
- Unilever
- Jellycat
Work highlights
- Acted for Deliveroo on litigation concerning the employment status of its riders.
- Advising Britvic on the development of its innovation protection, enforcement, and operation strategies in relation to patents and designs as the business evolves into new dispensing technologies and associated business models.
- Supporting the in-house legal function of Jellycat with day-to-day advice on commercial and consumer law projects.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Julia Poulter, Anna Sella