This month (during London fashion week), gunnercooke joined forces with Joanna Dai (founder of luxury womenswear brand Dai) to celebrate the launch of gunnercooke partner, Rosie Burbidge’s book: European Fashion Law: A Practical Guide from Startup to Global Success. Rosie’s motivation for writing it: to make the law more accessible for the creative industries. In […]
A team led by gunnercooke partner Mel Kang has advised on the acquisition of a growing Midlands dental practice, following funding from Barclays. Mel is a recognised specialist in corporate healthcare, frequently advising dentists, pharmacists, GPs and care home operators on high-value acquisitions and disposals of their practices. There are many complex regulatory aspects involved in transactions such as these […]
The eagerly awaited High Court decision on the case being brought by the residents of the Neo Bankside Apartment Block against the Tate Modern Gallery has determined that the viewing platform, offering uninhibited views into their homes, does not amount to an actionable nuisance or invasion of privacy. The dispute dates back to when the […]
A gunnercooke team led by Corporate Partner Nick Gould has advised Euro Media Group (EMG) on the acquisition of Telegenic, a major player in the UK and European Outside Broadcasting Market. Telegenic operates a fleet of 15 Outside Broadcast and Production trucks equipped with the most advanced technology available for HD and UHD HDR productions […]
Could your password get hacked? It seems like every week, another company or public service organisation is in the headlines, with details of customer accounts or payment information being stolen and sold on the “dark web”. Whilst we all recognise that we need more complexity than Password123 in our login credentials – how can we […]
Are you being vigilant? In the modern connected age, owners of small businesses need to be vigilant to the constantly growing number of threats to their livelihood. Organised criminals want to try and get access to your funds and data, to disrupt your business, or to get access to customer information that you hold […]
In the complex mix of information used by your organisation, there is one type of data that is highly regulated: personal data. The fact that is regulated means you have to think not only about commercial issues (the business risks and the opportunities around using personal data) but about legal compliance too. In discussions with clients, I tend to think about managing […]
One of the key challenges of data security relates to how we communicate electronically; namely email. How can we possibly keep the data we send by email safe and secure when there are cyber attackers ready to pounce around every virtual corner? Answer: You need to act before the event to reduce the risks presented […]
With the ongoing increase in global digitalisation, very few industries (If any) will escape the impacts of the increasingly digitalized world we inhabit. New technologies continue to emerge creating a moving landscape that can seem challenging to even the most digitally mature organisations. Consider the hype around the Internet of Things (IoT), the network of […]