Avocats – England

John Brunning

Partner

Fieldfisher

John Buckby

John is a dual-qualified solicitor and trade mark attorney, and a member of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA). John advises on all aspects of intellectual property law, including trade marks, passing off, copyright, designs, patents, confidential information, and domain names. John is experienced in helping clients to protect brands, and handles trade mark filings, oppositions and disputes in the UK and internationally. He drafts and negotiates IP agreements, and has a strong track record of resolving intellectual property disputes in an efficient, client-focused way.

JMW Solicitors LLP

John Buckeridge

Consultant

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

John Buckley

Partner

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

John Burns

Consultant

Gowling WLG

John Caddies

Partner, Head of PI & Regulatory

Hill Dickinson LLP

John Cassels

Partner, Co-Head of Competition, Regulatory and Trade

Fieldfisher

John Catchpole

Real Estate John is a leading member of Foot Anstey LLP’s real estate team, delivering a broad range of high value, complex commercial property projects, with a particular focus on corporate real estate and large-scale development and infrastructure projects. Work highlights include: Acting for a local authority to acquire over 100 acres of land for a major mixed use “Garden Village” development of 3,500 new homes, shops, community facilities, schools, care homes, open space and a sports stadium. Acting for TClarke PLC in the relocation of their head office to the iconic Gherkin building in the City of London. Supporting Teignbridge District Council with the acquisition and long term management arrangements for over 100 acres of land designated as “Suitable Alternative Natural Green Space” to support the development of a large mixed use urban extension at South West Exeter. Leading the Foot Anstey team advising an international charity on the acquisition of land and development of a £110m education and leisure venue. Advising on the redevelopment of an historic airfield to create a mixed use creative arts and business hub. Space and Satellite John has a passion for space and leads Foot Anstey’s Space and Satellite team, supporting space and satellite sector businesses and organisations in both the upstream and the downstream segments. Work highlights include: Leading the Foot Anstey LLP team advising Spaceport Cornwall on the legal and regulatory framework for launch under the Space Industry Act 2018, delivering guidance on state aid, legal structures, planning and environmental, property and infrastructure and health & safety, in preparation for the first sovereign launch of spacecraft from UK soil in 2022. Supporting an Argentinian space tech business set up their new operations and expansion into the UK. Client relationship partner for AeroSpace Cornwall, working with the wider Foot Anstey Space and Satellite team to support over 36 space and aerospace businesses with bespoke IP, data, commercial, corporate, real estate, infrastructure and employment advice. Contributing to the West of England Space Strategy. A member of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Data and Space Industry Advisory Group.

Foot Anstey

John Chambers

Consultant

Ashtons Legal

John Chater

John heads up the firm’s international banking and finance team. He specialises in a broad range of finance transactions including acquisition finance, general corporate banking, real estate and project finance for both lenders and corporate borrowers. He has a particular focus on the real estate, technology, healthcare, hospitality and renewable energy sectors.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

John Chettle

John is a European and Chartered Patent Attorney with expertise in the software and engineering fields. He has a background in physics and is a specialist in autonomous and electric vehicle technology, unmanned aerial vehicles, electronic and computer-based object recognition, robotic control, deep learning and neural networks, mobile operating systems, and IoT devices. John works closely with in-house IP counsel, inventors and overseas colleagues to prepare and prosecute families of patent applications in often fast moving areas. He thrives on helping organisations to obtain the IP that will help them maintain control in their sector, protect them from threats, and give freedom of opportunity. He has been recommended as a Key Individual in the Legal 500 PATMA: Patent Attorneys and is described by his clients as doing ‘an excellent job of providing clear and thoughtful strategies’, ‘always suggesting strategies that make sense’, and giving ‘calmly delivered advice that keeps us looking forward’. In addition to his wide experience of patent matters, John is an experienced UK designs attorney and an IP Litigator (patent).

Venner Shipley LLP

John Cohen

Principal

Clintons

John Colbourn

John has over 15 years’ experience as an intellectual property lawyer, with a broad practice covering all aspects of IP and related issues, with particular focus on brands. “My practice covers all aspects of brand management and protection. From risk to new brands or expanding existing use, through protection and registrations, enforcement and dispute management. I manage and enforce both UK and international brand portfolios for a number of brands in a variety of sectors, and advise on complex issues involving of disputes, enforcement, and related filing strategies in multiple jurisdictions. I have advised in many trade mark and passing off disputes and have particular experience running multi-matter enforcement programs against misuse of trade marks and copyright works, on- and off-line, and both domestically and coordinating overseas. I also have a particular interest in parallel imports and exhaustion of rights. I have acted in the High Court (including shorter trials scheme), Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) and the UK IPO and the EUIPO (including appeals to the General Court of the EU) and in the European Court of Justice.” John completed the Bristol University Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice in 2007, and won the AIPPI national award for the best young contribution for work in relation to trade mark dilution laws in 2010. John is involved in a number of professional organisations, including INTA, CITMA, MARQUES and PTMG, and is presently a member of the INTA Brands and Innovation committee. Prior to joining Wiggin, John worked at Redd.

Wiggin LLP

John Coldham

Partner, UK Head of Brands and Designs, Co-Head of the Retail Sector (UK)

Gowling WLG

John Condliffe

Partner

Davitt Jones Bould

John Connor

Partner in the banking team specialising in corporate finance, property lending and asset-based lending. Focussed on new lending and turnaround.

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

John Cooper

Partner

Gowling WLG

John Cox

Bevan Brittan LLP

John Curran

Partner

Indemnity Law

John Darnell

John has twenty six years' experience in property litigation, with several high profile wins in the Court of Appeal. John concentrates on commercial property disputes with particular specialism in business lease renewals and lease termination issues. His longstanding clients include PLCs, nationwide retailers and Universities. John is also the Head of Service Delivery for the 65-strong Property Litigation Department at Weightmans.

Weightmans LLP

John Davies

John qualified as a solicitor in 2013 and works on a broad range of family matters, both contentious and non-contentious. This includes divorce, complex financial disputes and children matters. A high proportion of John's caseload involves an international element. John was promoted to Partner in May 2023.

Farrer & Co

John Davies

John has extensive experience in all types of investigations and prosecutions brought by a multitude of agencies with the Crown Prosecution Service, HMRC and the Financial Conduct Authority being just three examples. He has a solid grounding in general crime but has built his experience in financial crime, fraud, regulatory and disciplinary matters over the years, working on some ‘heavyweight’ cases in that time.

Irwin Mitchell

John Davies

Head of Corporate. John specialises in business and company acquisitions, disposals, MBO’s, MBI’s, restructure and refinance. He also acts for a number of banks on structured finance solutions for businesses. John is also one of the firm’s client relationship partners and assists clients with strategic, commercial advice often negotiating complex agreements and joint ventures. He works closely with the in-house legal teams of a number of universally recognised businesses providing support where necessary. John has won Client Partner of the Year at the prestigious Lawyers Awards and Deal of the Year at the Insider Awards.

Thrings LLP

John Dingle

John Dingle is a partner in the Commercial Property team at Blandy & Blandy. He has over 12 years’ experience of a wide range of transactions, including property development, the acquisition and disposal of freehold and leasehold property, secured lending, and public and private health sector work.

Blandy & Blandy LLP