
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 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
- Technology and data protection
Thought Leadership
On 10 March 2023, the financial world was rocked by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, a choice institution for tech startups and venture capitalists.
The FDIC put Silicon Valley Bank into receivership today, 10 March 2023, in what was the largest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis - and the second largest bank failure in U.S. history. Our cross-practice team discuss the ramifications for depositors, borrowers, and others.
Late last year, Congress enacted a sweeping set of new retirement savings rules. The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0), included as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, builds on the significant retirement savings changes previously enacted by the original SECURE Act of 2019.
On 30 June 2022, the new EU Market in Crypto-assets Regulation (MiCA) was agreed on between the European Commission (Commission), the European Parliament (Parliament), and the Council of the European Union (Council).