Luxury Products and Fashion
The world of fashion raises legal issues that can be as intriguing as the designs that glide down runways. Our lawyers are ready with integrated, detailed, and creative solutions to address the many challenges faced by luxury and fashion brands around the world.
From intellectual property matters to superannuation, we handle a myriad of issues affecting these businesses throughout the life cycle of their products. As a founding partner of the Luxury Law Alliance and the Luxury Law Summit, we are on the forefront as thought leaders. We have unique partnerships with the Camera Nazionale Della Moda Italiana, The Fédération française de la Couture, du Prêt à Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de la Mode in France, and The Melbourne Fashion Festival in Australia. These important connections place our firm at the forefront of industry events across the globe.
Our experienced Luxury Products and Fashion lawyers provide counsel on a broad spectrum of matters, including:
- Artificial intelligence;
- Blockchain;
- Commercial agreements, collaboration, and licensing;
- Distribution strategies and antitrust policies;
- Insurance;
- Risk management;
- Intellectual property;
- International trade;
- Logistics transactions;
- Real estate;
- Regulatory and compliance;
- Restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and securities; and
- Technology and data protection.
Chambers
Ranked by Chambers Asia-Pacific for Competition/Antitrust in Australia, 2024
Ranked by Chambers Asia-Pacific for Intellectual Property in Australia, 2024
Legal 500
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Commercial contracts in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design in London, 2025
Ranked by The Legal 500 United Kingdom for Retail and consumer in London, 2025
Thought Leadership
On 3 December 2024, Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction with respect to the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), enjoining enforcement of the CTA as well as the implementing Treasury regulations, and staying the 1 January 2025 reporting deadline until further order of the Court.
On 22 December 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments (the final rule) to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the Advisers Act) to modernize the regulation of investment adviser advertising and solicitation practices.
In the October edition of The Essentials, we summarize key provisions of California employment laws that took effect in 2024 and those that will take effect in 2025.
In this semiannual series on the U.S. Department of Labor's Regulatory Agenda, partners Craig Leen and Kathleen Parker discuss recent updates to the regulatory agenda and what employers should expect in terms of new labor and employment regulations in 2023.