England - London • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Morrison Foerster
Routinely acting for clients in the creative industries, Morrison Foerster fields a strong practice handling new technologies and advising on brand protection and strategy matters, licensing issues and payment systems work. Steven James leads the practice, with a litany of experience in managing both contentious and non-contentious matters, while Alistair Maughan is well-versed in commercial contracts and technology-based projects. Ruth Arkley is praised as ‘incredibly knowledgeable and provides excellent, high-quality advice’.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Ruth Arkley is incredibly knowledgeable and provides excellent, high-quality advice in an easy-to-understand, commercial manner. She is friendly and approachable, and no request is too much trouble.’
- ‘The team are very knowledgable and are able to provide genuinely useful advice in a responsive manner.’
- ‘Steven James is efficient, effective and is an excellent, timely communicator.’
- ‘The team, especially Steven James and Hattie Chessher, provide clear, concise and practical advice.’
Key clients
- The Alpargatas Group (owner of the Havaianas flip-flop brand)
- Alvarium
- Betty Buzz
- Bitrise
- Bulldog Gear
- Clearcast
- Crombie
- Flowerbx
- Lyst
- Twitch Interactive Inc
- Wirex/Pavel Matveev/Dmitry Lazarichev/Georgy Sokolov
- Wirex Limited
- Lyre’s
Work highlights
- Acting for the founders of Wirex Limited, a digital payments platform specialising in cryptocurrency, in relation to a claim filed against them in the High Court.
- Advising Bitrise, a fast-growth mobile app development platform, on all its software licensing agreements relating to the licensing and exploitation of its technology.
- Acting for Lyre’s in respect of its worldwide trade mark portfolio and overall brand management.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Steven James