England - London • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
As a defendant-based practice, Wiggin LLP‘s reputation management and content protection team acts for many of the leading publishers in the UK, as well as film and TV companies in the US. Matthew Dando leads the team with particular experience handling publication disputes in the media industry, as well as libel and privacy litigation. Caroline Kean regularly undertakes complex cross-jurisdictional media matters. Senior associate Adelaide Scardino Lopez is experienced in breach of confidence claims, as well as cases relating to defamation, privacy, data protection and copyright. Senior associate Elizabeth Wiggin advises clients on pre-action issues, as well as appearing before courts.
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‘Matthew Dando is a pleasure to work with and maintains a calm perspective during even the most turbulent cases. Clients hugely value his reassuring judgement and commercial acumen.'
‘Matthew Dando and Adelaide Scardino Lopez are both brilliant, hard working, great to work with and have sound judgment. Hugely impressive team.’
‘Significant experience acting for media defendants, well known and with a deserved reputation.’
‘Caroline Kean - complete heavyweight, excellent instincts. Matthew Dando - sensible, pragmatic, safe pair of hands with clients. Elizabeth Wiggin - hard working, team player, on top of details.’
‘Caroline Kean - seasoned partner with a wealth of litigation experience.'
‘Caroline Kean is not only an expert in the field of media freedom and strategic litigation against public participation but personally committed to it. Communicates well and is very easy to work with.’
‘Elizabeth Wiggin is excellent. She instills confidence, is a grafter, and is an absolute pleasure to work with.’
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Caroline is a partner and head of the litigation group. She also leads the publishing team. Her expertise includes commercial litigation, with particular emphasis on defamation, privacy, confidence, copyright, trademarks, passing off and contractual disputes. Caroline is highly-regarded in the London media litigation market, with immense experience in resolving complex media disputes.
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Matthew is an experienced litigation partner, specialising in contentious commercial matters and publication disputes in the media industry. He advises clients predominantly in the media, tech and sports industries. On the commercial front, Matthew advises on questions of contractual interpretation and related issues, boardroom fallouts, warranty, shareholder and joint venture disputes and responses to the misuse of confidential information. In the media and entertainment field, he advises film studios, national and international print media groups and broadcasters on high profile privacy and defamation actions, rights disputes and all other contentious issues arising in the sector. Matthew’s practice encompasses cross-border litigation, arbitration and other less formal dispute resolution mechanisms including advice on dispute avoidance: stress testing potentially difficult scenarios, helping clients gain early leverage in commercial matters and to best protect themselves from the risks of publication in the media space.
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Matthew Dando