Our three directors have over 50 years of legal and business experience between them. You will find our contact details below. Please click on the “view profile” link for additional information on each of us.

Tony is a director of the firm and an English solicitor. He provides a full range of advice, from drafting and advising on agency, distribution and licensing arrangements, through IP protection and enforcement, to marketing and sponsorship issues. He has guided several of our clients through the global expansion of their trademark portfolios, including negotiating co-existence agreements with third parties with conflicting interests. He has a depth of experience in brand enforcement, having managed the global brand protection efforts of several of our clients over a number of years. He was for many years a board member of SNB REACT, the European brand protection group managing IP enforcement issues for over 100 branded goods companies in most of the countries of the EU.

Tony also has significant experience in sports marketing issues, having negotiated team and individual sponsorship agreements with a broad range of sporting figures including Premiership football clubs and players. He also has considerable experience in litigation and arbitration, both UK domestic and international.

Tony has an LLB in European Law from the University of Warwick, following which he worked for Freshfields for five years in London, Paris and Geneva where he qualified and practiced as a commercial litigator/arbitrator. In 2000 Tony took up the role of International Counsel to Reebok International Limited in London. He joined Stephens & Associates in 2002 and became a partner in 2007. Tony is fluent in French.

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