Patronus Legal

We advise on, and develop legal strategies to maximise and protect, the commercial potential of brands, ideas and existing and new technologies. We give pragmatic and commercial advice to our clients and work closely with them to achieve their commercial objectives as we understand how important IP is to their business.

We are renowned for our broad IP services in both contentious and non-contentious matters. This includes dealing with IP issues in corporate and finance transactions, advising on patents, trade mark, copyright and designs, regulatory and marketing and advertising issues and acting for clients in significant (and often multinational) intellectual property, consumer protection and passing off disputes.

​​​In the rapidly evolving Technology, Media and Telecommunications industry, you need to be ahead of the game and understand opportunities that seemingly emerge from nowhere.

With many of our lawyers having worked inside Technology, Media & Telecommunications companies and a fluency in the technologies that drive our clients businesses, we are able to offer a level of TMT understanding that is hard to match. 

Our internationally recognised Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice is a multi-disciplinary group of lawyers with specialist skills covering all aspects of the TMT sector including commercial/transactional, regulatory, corporate/M&A, finance, competition, outsourcing, employment and pensions, intellectual property, dispute resolution, real estate and tax advice. This broad coverage of the sector means we are perfectly positioned to advise TMT suppliers and their customers on any legal or commercial issues they may be facing. 

With a proven track record in advising clients across all three sub-sectors of TMT - from start up companies to some of the sectors largest players - our lawyers have been involved in some of the industry's landmark cases and deals and advise regularly on sector defining projects. 

This level of industry focus, when coupled with our corporate credibility and international reach is of clear benefit to our clients. By being fully immersed in our clients commercial landscape, we are able to reflect their business drivers in the solutions and advice we provide, positioning us as trusted business advisors. 

A full service employment practice: advice on all aspects of employment law.

Our employment team delivers incisive legal advice and pragmatic solutions to multinational clients on all aspects of employment law. We advise across all advisory, transactional and contentious issues.

We advise on highly confidential and sensitive board matters and are recognised for providing strategic, robust, commercially driven advice in a timely manner. We have many long standing clients who come to us as their trusted advisers on matters ranging from day-to-day HR queries to group strategy impacting corporate reputation and wider commercial objectives.

At Patronus Legal, we have thought more about Your World. You do not want to litigate, and neither do we. You want to avoid disputes and when they do arise, have the right team to resolve them. Unlike most major law firms, you will not find a traditional litigation department at Patronus Legal. What you will find is a team of specialist lawyers who share a refreshing approach to disputes. Structured according to the industries our Clients work in, we bring our deep sector expertise to your dispute ensuring you will always receive advice in the context of your own market. Where your dispute cannot be resolved in any other way, we have the expertise and resources to ensure your dispute is pursued through litigation and arbitration, including, where necessary, appeals and challenges to the highest courts and tribunals. We advise our Clients on international arbitration (both commercial and investor-state), litigation (either of the underlying dispute or in support of arbitral proceedings), expert determination, adjudication and mediation.

Patronus Legal has a premier finance team with deep product expertise and extensive multi-jurisdictional experience. Our top ranked finance lawyers have a track record of executing transactions with innovation and vigour, and advise clients at the forefront of their markets.

Our multi-jurisdictional capacity and technical expertise enables us to provide an international perspective coupled with an understanding of local client needs. We have a track record of successfully managing large and complex multi-jurisdictional transactions and projects, and delivering practical and commercial solutions wherever in the world our clients operate.

As the complexity and breadth of financing arrangements continues to develop, so has our practice. We deliver integrated solutions by drawing on the support of specialist legal expertise across our regulatory, M&A, commercial, litigation, competition, real estate, tax and insolvency practices.

Financial markets across the world have undergone unprecedented change in recent years. Our clients need us to understand their business and industry in order to help them to respond to rapid market changes. By placing industries at the heart of our strategy, we have a greater understanding of the commercial drivers that affect our clients' business, allowing us to deliver truly commercial solutions.

Our seamless blend of market leading expertise allows us to carry out the most complex and often pioneering transactions across the real estate space.

We have extensive experience advising on all real estate transactions ranging from the acquisition, planning, construction and development, letting and sale of mixed use sites, office buildings, business parks, retail units, shopping centres, government property, hotels and leisure, industrial sites and aged care facilities. We also advise on major urban regeneration projects, the real estate aspects of energy, resources and infrastructure projects, property financing transactions, public private partnerships and private finance initiatives and joint ventures.

Our team advises on all aspects of real estate activity including high profile acquisitions and divestments, large scale regeneration and development schemes, real estate finance, funds, joint ventures, construction and planning advice. 

We bring together the best of our non-contentious and contentious regulatory capability to develop solutions to complex regulatory issues.

We frequently advise clients on handling regulatory problems, often at the earliest stages where questions of self-reporting or global co-ordination may arise. We have acted for high profile individuals facing insider dealing allegations, firms facing allegations of benchmark manipulation, and on contested enforcement proceedings relating to breaches of conduct rules.