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Highlights of our experience in Consumer Products in the UK

  • Unilever on various consumer, IP and commercial issues over the years including advice on advertising and claims, food regulations, packaging, labelling, a 'first of its kind' global cloud project, and on data protection.
  • Diageo on various IP, corporate, commercial, corporate, advertising, tax, real estate and other matters across Europe for many years.
  • Nestlé on IP issues including its application to register the shape of a Kit Kat as a UK and EU-TM and its opposition by Cadbury/Mondelez, as well as on advertising, pricing and promotion.
  • Costco, The second largest retailer in the world on the vast majority of the developments of their new warehouses in the UK, as well as on real estate, construction, employment, litigation, IP, tax, and health and safety matters.
  • Mercedes-Benz on five separate civil and criminal UK competition law investigations into the commercial vehicle market, leading to settlement and successful resolution.
  • Heineken on various transactions including its joint venture with Namibia Breweries in South Africa, the restructuring of Heineken Belarus with Oasis Drinks, and the IPO of Bralirwa in Rwanda.
  • New Balance on commercial agreements including advising on the set-up of a series of trading websites across Europe
  • Samsonite, the world's largest travel luggage company on UK and EUTM portfolios including over a hundred trademarks and dealing with new filings, oppositions, acquisitions, clearance queries, customs matters and enforcement.
  • Dune across all its IP issues in the UK and on the refinancing of its debt.
  • Sainsbury’s on all aspects of their real estate portfolio and on real estate disputes.
  • Moss Bros on its takeover by Brigadier Acquisition Company Limited.
  • Marks & Spencer on commercial contracts for many years. Key projects include assisting M&S to rationalise its top IT suppliers and enhance its IT infrastructure; improving its supply chain process; and negotiating celebrity endorsement agreements.
  • French Connection on the sale of its majority stake in fashion and homeware label Toast to Danish fashion group Bestseller United.
  • Uniqlo on the fashion retailer’s property portfolio in the UK.
     
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