One problem in. Everything handled.
Legal, strategic and investigative work for the hard, sensitive, high-stakes problems that do not fit a standard box. We say little. We solve a lot.
By the time a problem gets to us, it is rarely simple. That is the point.
Global luxury and fashion houses
International and sovereign-scale clients
Founders, investors and law firms
Top-tier legal background
The complex, the sensitive and the high-stakes, handled quietly and properly. Names on request.
Trade marks, copycats, infringer identification, disputes and enforcement. Explore →
Platforms, products and the contracts and risk underneath them. Explore →
Deals, structures and the agreements that hold a business together. Explore →
Tracing, recovery and structure where value moves fast and quietly. Explore →
Sponsor licences and moving talent, with regulated partners. Explore →
If it does not fit a box, it is probably exactly our kind of problem. Talk to us →
Each one is honest about what it can and cannot tell you. No score is a substitute for advice, but every one is a head start. Four to start with, and eight more alongside them.
Nine questions. A score out of 100, by pillar, with what to fix first.
Start →Seven questions. A plain-English list of the gaps in your protection.
Start →A name and a sector. A quick read on distinctiveness, honestly caveated.
Start →Five questions on UK sponsor-licence eligibility, with flagged areas.
Start →The cases that reach us have usually been declared too hard, too sensitive, or too strange. We treat that as the brief, not the obstacle.
We work in the background and hand the result back. The credit, and the relationship, stays with you. Loud about the work, silent about the operator.
Build the asset properly from the start.
Lock it down before someone tests it.
Handle the conflict, quietly and properly.
Arrange it so value holds and moves cleanly.
Turn the intangible into something realised.
We work in the background, make you look good, and hand the result back. No conflict. Your client stays yours.
Start a quiet conversation →Confidential, no obligation, and your client stays yours.
We had three firms on it and no answers. brandleys found who was behind it in a fortnight, and nobody ever knew we had asked.
General Counsel, global fashion house. Name on request.
The first five moves, in order, before you tip anyone off.
OwnershipThe gap most founders only find at due diligence, and how to close it.
InvestigationsWhat is possible, what is lawful, and where to draw the line.
Tell us what is going on. We will tell you, plainly, whether and how we can help. Confidential from the first message.
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