International Activities
London is one of the main international centres of finance, communication, culture and trade.
From our earliest days, we have worked for clients who do business globally. Cross-border work accounts for an ever increasing proportion of our business.
Our international clients include businesses involved in marketing services for mobile phone operators, telecoms, the production and exploitation of sound recordings, films, TV programmes and the internet, ISPs, IT software and the provision of support and maintenance services, mobile gaming software, lifesciences (including pharmaceuticals, biotech and clinical research), as well as specialist international financiers involved in these media related and other, more industrial, sectors.
We have expertise in all aspects of cross-border and multi-jurisdiction disputes. We also represent sovereign states’ interests in commercial and litigious matters.
As a result we have established a large and growing worldwide network of relationships with individuals and businesses, including institutions, law firms and intermediaries with interests in these sectors.
One size does not fit all, so historically we have preferred not to be restricted in the use of law firms in other jurisdictions. Instead we have chosen individual lawyers and law firms specifically to suit the client and the task in hand, maintaining non-exclusive relationships with colleagues worldwide.
We are a multicultural law firm. Languages spoken by our lawyers include Brazilian Portuguese, Cantonese, French, German, Polish, Punjabi, Spanish and Urdu. ONe of our lawyers is also qualified to practise in the State of New York.
Members of the firm regularly attend legal and relevant industry conferences outside the UK. These include the annual IBA conference, MIDEM, MIPTV, the Cannes Film Festival, MIPIM, AMEC and others.
We also undertake client specific trips. Recently we have visited clients in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, the UAE and the USA. We currently have between one and three lawyers involved in large scale global IT infrastructure projects for an international bank on secondment in the Netherlands and in Switzerland.
We have also recently hosted a reception for a delegation from the Polish Judiciary, attendees of the Law Society’s India Legal Practice conference, a roundtable discussion for a Malaysian government delegation focusing on the Creative Media sector and a breakfast presentation on behalf of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce with guest speakers from Brazil’s National Council of Justice. We have been shortlisted for the Law Society International Excellence Awards.
If you need further information on any of the above, please contact Hugh Gardner (T: +44 207 209 2042 or e mail: Hugh Gardner) who will direct you to the right individual within the firm to deal with your enquiry.
