Fashion & Beauty

Our fashion and beauty lawyers advise major fashion houses, beauty and skincare brands, designers, retailers, model agencies and photographers helping them navigate the commercial and regulatory realities of a rapidly evolving market.

Guiding brands through an ever-changing landscape

The fast moving and highly competitive fashion and beauty industries present brands with many complex issues. From intellectual property protection and managing influencer collaborations to negotiating global distribution deals.

With increasing scrutiny around advertising, sustainability and data protection, brands need legal advisors who will protect their creative assets, reduce commercial risk, and enable brands to capitalise on opportunities.

Protecting creativity and driving brand value

Our Fashion and Beauty team is uniquely placed to support your business. With our deep expertise across advertising, marketing, media, and the creative industries, we understand the commercial and creative realities of building and sustaining a brand.

Our expert lawyers and trade mark attorneys are embedded in the fashion and beauty industries, with real understanding and experience of the challenges that you face.

We advise clients across the full lifecycle of their brands, including:

  • Advertising & marketing campaigns
  • Sponsorships and ‘talent; related agreements
  • Brand and design protection and enforcement
  • Licensing and franchising
  • eCommerce
  • Employment matters
  • International expansion
  • Start-ups and investment
  • Mergers and acquisitions

By combining our industry insight with practical, forward thinking legal advice we protect the distinctiveness of our clients’ brands and ensure they are positioned for sustainable, long term success.

Amanda McDowall
Partner, Head of Brand Protection
Amanda McDowall
Partner, Head of Brand Protection
Rebecca Coleman
Partner, Advertising & Marketing
Rebecca Coleman
Partner, Advertising & Marketing
SPECIALIST AREAS

Advertising & marketing campaigns

Brand and design protection and enforcement

eCommerce

Employment matters

International expansion

Licensing and franchising

Mergers and acquisitions

Sponsorships and 'talent' related agreements

Start-ups and investment

Amanda McDowall
Partner, Head of Brand Protection
Amanda McDowall
Partner, Head of Brand Protection
Lucy Strauss
Partner, Corporate
Lucy Strauss
Partner, Corporate
Martin Tynan
Legal Director, Employment
Martin Tynan
Legal Director, Employment
Mark Stafford
Partner, Dispute Resolution
Mark Stafford
Partner, Dispute Resolution
Rebecca Coleman
Partner, Advertising & Marketing
Rebecca Coleman
Partner, Advertising & Marketing
Gordon Williams
Consultant, Dispute Resolution
Gordon Williams
Consultant, Dispute Resolution
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“The lawyers are working in fields for which they have a genuine interest and enthusiasm.”
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“The addition of Rebecca Coleman is very compelling for in-house clients Rebecca has walked in our shoes and this comes through loud and clear in her client stakeholder engagement and pragmatic legal advice.”
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