Profile

• Laurie joined Spratt Endicott in 2010.
• He qualified as a solicitor in 1994 having been previously called to the Bar.
• Laurie has worked as an in-house lawyer in the food and pharmaceutical industries and in private practice in London, Manchester and the Midlands.
• He acts generally for media, entertainment, branded goods, technology, education and services businesses in connection with commercial, regulatory and intellectual property matters.

• "Described by clients as "knowledgeable and practical"…" (Chambers UK 2011).

Work Highlights:

• Laurie advises on trading agreements of all kinds. He has wide experience of drafting distribution, agency, franchising, joint ventures, sponsorship and sales promotion agreements, as well as software, technology, copyright, design and trade mark licences and other intellectual property transactions.
• He has extensive experience advising clients in technology and creative businesses on procurement, development and exploitation of intellectual property rights. He supports corporate transactions by audit and review of intellectual property ownership.  He is able to deal with contentious intellectual property matters. 
• Laurie has experience in data protection law; he has advised clients on data protection, information governance and privacy issues for almost as long as the legislation has been in place! He acts generally for clients in connection with standard terms of business, e-commerce trading terms, gaming and lotteries, competition law and regulatory compliance in specific industry sectors.
• He has experience of defamation (libel and slander) and of the law relating to privacy/confidential information.
• Laurie has lectured widely in the UK and abroad on intellectual property and data protection topics.

• Barrister (Middle Temple); Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (Allied Member); Fellow, Royal Society of Arts. 
• Laurie enjoys travel, cooking, wine, classical music and history.