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Thomas Moore
Both during his training contract and since qualifying, Thomas has gained experience advising on defamation, reputation protection and privacy issues, as well as commercial and intellectual property disputes. He has been actively involved in media litigation, including high value disputes in the High Court. Before joining Simkins, Thomas worked as…May 12, 2019 -
Jessica Welch
Before joining Simkins, Jess worked at sports PR firm Pitch working with clients such as the National Basketball Association, Channel 4 and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games. If you have a reputation protection issue that requires urgent, out-of-hours advice, please call +44 20 7874 5757.October 24, 2018 -
Fiona McAllister
Fiona is primarily involved in the media and entertainment industries, advising high-profile individuals and companies on issues of defamation, reputation protection, crisis management, harassment, privacy, data protection and copyright. Fiona also handles commercial disputes and has a broad range of experience across a variety of sectors. Fiona litigates, but wherever…October 24, 2018 -
Rose Croshaw
Prior to joining Simkins, Rose worked in the music industry at independent music publisher, Imagem, where she gained experience in all aspects of music publishing, with a focus on contractual negotiations, licensing and copyright infringements. Rose completed her training at Imagem during which she was seconded to Simkins. Whilst on…October 24, 2018 -
Eleanor Steyn
Her experience is broad-based, encompassing copyright, performers’ rights, passing off/false endorsement, defamation, privacy, harassment and broadcasting disputes, as well as contractual, professional negligence and shareholder litigation. She has particular expertise in High Court litigation, but also has experience of disputes in the Copyright, Tax and Employment Tribunals. Since joining Simkins,…October 24, 2018 -
Jon Oakley
Jon has been instrumental in numerous landmark court successes over the years and has regularly dealt with emergency matters on behalf of high-profile clients. In addition to purely litigious matters, Jon also works with listed and privately held businesses by using the law to help contain threats to their reputations…October 24, 2018 -
Tom Iverson
On the entertainment side, Tom advises on copyright, performers’ rights, false endorsement, passing off, royalty, management, agency, shareholder and other contractual and tortious claims for both claimants and defendants. His experience covers music, film, television, theatre, computer games, publishing, art, design and sport (football, cricket, athletics). Tom has advised many…October 24, 2018 -
Paddy Gardiner
Paddy has litigated many disputes through to trial, although where possible he seeks to settle them through ADR. He always seeks to deploy a sensible, pragmatic and cost-effective approach for clients. He has represented both corporates and high net worth individuals, including PRS for Music, Sir Elton John, U2, PPL and…October 24, 2018 -
Gideon Benaim
Gideon represents a number of the world’s leading companies from sectors including financial services; energy; tech; food and drink; and television. Gideon recently headed the team that acted for Sir Cliff Richard in his ground-breaking privacy case against the BBC, which Spears Wealth recently named as “Case of the Year”.…October 23, 2018