'The team comprises seasoned partners with diverse backgrounds in corporate law, intellectual property, and technology sectors.'
Legal 500
'Colin’s technical expertise, swift response times and awareness of the commercial context are highly valued.'
Colin is a Partner and head of the Commercial contracts team.
Colin specialises in the review, preparation and negotiation of commercial contracts, helping clients to manage risk in their key relationships with customers, suppliers and commercial partners. A Blaser Mills Partner for over 20 years, Colin combines a high level of technical expertise with providing practical and pragmatic advice. This approach reflects his experiences in industry before he became a lawyer, a career that included 6 years in brand management with Proctor & Gamble.
He advises across a wide range of industry sectors, including manufacturing and distribution, IT/technology, renewable energy, motorsport, health care and professional services.
Colin’s clients include tech start-ups, established family businesses, household brands and global corporations. Much of Colin’s work has a strong international focus and he has extensive experience of negotiating complex cross-border agreements.
Specialisms include franchising and data protection. Colin trained with one of the UK’s leading franchise lawyers at the outset of his legal career and has been at the forefront of steering clients through the introduction of the GDPR and the impact of Brexit on data privacy and direct marketing.
Colin is recommended in The Legal 500 UK guide.
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