Our entertainment and media lawyers have worked for many years for clients in the fashion industry including high street retailers, designers, agencies and models. Upon the formation of Michael Simkins LLP we brought together our collective experience to form our Fashion group. Our breadth of experience in the creative industries is particularly useful to our clients in the fashion sector whose activities increasingly extend into the music, publishing, advertising and other entertainment sectors. Our work in the fashion group includes the following: Brand registration, protection and extension Copyright and design right disputes Counterfeiting & trading standards actions Model agency contracts, releases and disputes Photographers agreements Sports merchandising Celebrity merchandising agreements PR agreements and disputes Events agreements and disputes Privacy and defamation actions & press complaints Licensing and franchising Employment contracts, disputes and general employment law advice Primary contact: James Harman