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.
Thought Leadership
On 1 March 2024, the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama issued an opinion holding, on summary judgment, the Corporate Transparency Act unconstitutional.
On Wednesday, 6 March 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved its highly anticipated final rules on “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” by a vote of 3-2, with Republican Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda dissenting.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released its compliance and enforcement priorities for 2024-25, with ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb expanding on the Commission's key areas of focus in her address to the Committee for Economic Development.
On 30 January 2024, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule (Final Rule) increasing the premium processing fee from US$2,500 to US$2,805, increasing filing fees for I-129 and I-140 employment-based petitions, and imposing a new Asylum Program Fee for each Form I-129 and I-140 filed by employers.