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John Ireland & Co. Who is John Ireland? An experienced sports, entertainment and media
lawyer offering legal and business advice to companies, executives and the
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Legal Career 1982
- Qualified as a solicitor with City law firm Masons. 1986/1992
- Partner at Lee & Thompson, a music, film, entertainment and media law
practice. 1993/2001
- Company Secretary at Tottenham Hotspur plc, acting as in-house lawyer for
Sir Alan Sugar and the
football club. 2001
- Established John Ireland & Co in Notting Hill |
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Philosophy
Clear, concise and commercial advice providing solutions in a
cost effective manner.
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Work Undertaken
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Commercial – advice concerning
company and partnership formation, business development and disputes, terms
and conditions of trade, e commerce, sponsorship, marketing and advertising,
data protection, computer software and
employment matters. Clients include media and IP
rights holders & licensees, football clubs, record & production
companies, film and tv producers & directors, design
companies, pr companies etc. ·
Talent - extensive contract experience across all media including intellectual
property rights such as copyright and trade marks, sampling, passing off,
sponsorship and product endorsement, management, merchandising and licensing,
privacy and breach of confidence cases, defamation and the sale of “kiss
& tell” stories to the papers. Clients include
sports persons, footballers, musicians, managers, agents, promoters, writers,
chefs, photographers,
celebrities, model agencies etc. ·
Personal – divorce, child custody, the negotiation of executive
employment contracts, litigation over dismissals,
redundancy and discrimination, defending allegations of assault, motoring and
drug offences, stalking and harassment. |
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Career Highlights
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Drafting
a £4M sponsorship agreement on just two A4 pages and getting it signed by
both parties within 24 hours of the main terms being agreed. ·
Being
appointed by the FA Premier League to be one of their representatives on the
Football Association’s committee set up to make recommendations as to the
future regulation of the top European football clubs. ·
Digging
deep enough into a box of papers from the ·
Acting
for an employee who suffered abuse and bullying at the hands of their boss
and within two weeks negotiating a payment into the client’s bank account of
three years salary as compensation. |
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What others have said ·
“Well done” - Sir Alan Sugar ·
“Formidable lawyer” - Paul Field, associate editor at the Sun newspaper ·
“The eagle eye of a decent lawyer” - Ross Walker of
Manchester United FC Merchandising Division ·
“I can usually get hold of
him on the phone first time” – ·
“Apart from talking plain
English, he does not have a big flash office to run” – Mike Barrett, MD of Beacon (MP) Ltd ·
“He has a quick and firm grip
of his client’s commercial needs, attention to detail where it matters and an
easy and natural charm” – His Honour Judge Robin
Jacob QC ·
“Balls of steel” – An employment client ·
“His negotiating skills are
superb....He is also good fun to work with !!" - Jon Smith, CEO,
First Artist Corporation plc ·
“And one of my most trusted
friends” – Mike Heneghan, MD of Mute Records |
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Contact details Tel 020 7792
1666 Fax 08700 516
570 Email john@johnirelandandco.net |
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