Drawing on its international reach, CMS works with a notable roster of blue-chip MNCs and Scottish organisations on commercial and contentious mandates; the former is an area of expertise for team head Alan Nelson (managing partner of the firm’s Glasgow office), who handles contract negotiations, tech projects, software licensing, and outsourcing deals. Also active in the non-contentious space is the Edinburgh-based Duncan Turner, whose transactional capabilities span the protection, acquisition, disposal, development and exploitation of IP rights. On the contentious side, IP litigation head and sports sector expert Neeraj Thomas (Glasgow) has acted for a number of major international and Scottish companies in proceedings before the Court of Session.
Key clients
- Scottish Event Campus
- ITV
Work highlights
- Advising the Scottish Event Campus on a broad range of matters in relation to the OVO Hydro, including sponsorship agreements with new anchor arena sponsors, artist filming rights, the arena naming rights agreement with OVO as well as advising on the branding of backstage areas.
- Advised ITV on an IP dispute which resulted in a successful interim interdict against an online seller marketing sunglasses which infringed on the client's popular 'Love Island' brand.