Peter Hopton

Associate

Peter is an Associate in the Commercial team, having joined the firm in 2019.

He undertakes a broad variety of non-contentious and transactional commercial and intellectual property work for clients across media, entertainment and sports sectors. He specialises in drafting, reviewing and advising on all types of intellectual property, commercial, sports, entertainment and media arrangements and regularly advises clients in relation to the CAP and BCAP Codes and ASA complaints.

Prior to qualifying as a solicitor in 2015, Peter undertook a client secondment at Selfridges.

In 2018, Peter completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice at the University of Oxford. He is a member of the following intellectual property organisations: AIPPI and IPSoc.

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