Mr Brinsley Dresden
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Brinsley Dresden is Head of Media, Brands and Technology at Lewis Silkin. He advises on all aspects of advertising, marketing and sales promotion law and regulation, clearance work, and disputes with the regulatory authorities. He is also the Global Vice President of the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance. Brinsley is named as the UKs leading expert advertising lawyer by the Legal 500 and Chambers Guide as well as Campaign magazines A-List.
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Mr Joseph Lewczak
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Joseph Lewczak is a partner in the Advertising, Marketing & Promotions; Entertainment, Media & Publishing; and Intellectual Property practice groups of Davis & Gilbert. He represents numerous multinational, national and local advertising agencies, promotions agencies, advertisers, direct marketers, and telemarketers in connection with all aspects of advertising, promotions, marketing, direct marketing and telemarketing.
Mr. Lewczak has been recognized by Chambers USA 2008: Americas Leading Lawyers for Business, as a "fantastic practitioner with broad industry knowledge." Mr. Lewczak has considerable experience in all areas of advertising, direct marketing and promotions, and he is an expert in the areas of games of chance, complex skill contests, telemarketing, direct mail and charitable solicitations. He regularly counsels clients on issues relating to all aspects of intellectual property, including copyright and rights of privacy and publicity. Mr. Lewczak's practice extends from providing advice on the content of advertising copy and telemarketing scripts, to the review and drafting of rules for sweepstakes and skill contests, to the negotiation of complex agreements relating to the advertising, marketing and promotions industry. He is frequently involved and extremely well versed in the drafting and negotiating of a wide variety of agreements including agency/client agreements, media buying agreements, talent contracts, music licenses, commercial production agreements, and software license agreements.
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Mr Jamie Barnard
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Jamie Barnard is the Legal Counsel for Unilever UK
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Mr Giles Crown
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Giles Crown is a Partner at Lewis Silkin. He started at the Bar specialising in media law, then moved to be head of legal at TBWA UK Group, one of the largest advertising groups in the UK. Since joining Lewis Silkin, Giles has specialised in advertising, brand and intellectual property work particularly disputes and litigation. He has acted for Hutchison 3G throughout its long running comparative advertising dispute with O2. Giles is a member of the Advertising Lawyers Group, the British Brands Group and a Committee Member of the Branded Content Marketing Association. He is author of the leading textbook 'Advertising Law and Regulation'
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Ms Victoria Gaskell
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Victoria Gaskell is a Senior Associate at Olswang specialising in a variety of commercial and regulatory work for media clients. Iin particular she advises on arrangements for the creation, exploitation and distribution of content, including via the internet and mobile networks and on regulatory issues surrounding the use of content in the UK, particularly broadcast regulation. She also advises on the regulation of gambling services in the UK, particularly in the context of interactive television and other new media platforms, and the operation of prize competitions and promotions
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Mr James Whittaker
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James Whittaker is a Partner at Addleshaw Goddard and the head of the Advertising and Marketing Group. He advises retailing and manufacturing corporate clients on a wide range of advertising and marketing matters including sponsorship, agency contracts, sales promotions, comparative advertising, copy clearance, product development and labelling and related intellectual property issues. His clients include Britvic, AIG, Michelin, Bentley, PZ Cussons, Akzo Nnobel, Lloyds Pharmacy and one of the big four supermarkets.
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Ms Anna Montes
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Mr Dan Harrington
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Dan Harrington is a founding partner of Couchman Harrington Associates, the leading sports lawyers. He has particular expertise in advising football players joining Premier League clubs from overseas, as well as structuring and negotiating international sports broadcasting and sponsorship agreements.
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Mr Shahriar Coupal
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Shahriar Coupal is the Code Policy Manager at the Committees of Advertising Practice (B/CAP), the self-regulatory bodies that write the UKs broadcast and non-broadcast Advertising Codes. His team assists B/CAP to ensure the Codes remain relevant and fit for purpose, for example by ensuring the Codes don't undermine the law and take proper account of concerns about categories of advertising. Shahriars team has recently published the CAP and BCAP Code Review consultation documents; a root and branch review of the UKs Advertising Codes. Previously, Shahriar has worked at Ofcom, the UK's Communications Regulator.
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Mr Rupert Earle
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Rupert Earle is a Partner at Bates Wells & Braithwaite specialising in media and public law. He advises on a broad range of advertising law and IP issues, including in a number of celebrity endorsement cases. He has acted for the Advertising Standards Authority in several judicial reviews. He has advised producers, wholesalers, retailers and regulators on trading law issues, including lotteries, labelling, privacy and counterfeiting, and defended numerous trading standards prosecutions. He also acts in libel, privacy, data protection and freedom of information litigation, including for national newspapers.
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