George Festing

George’s broad practice encompasses the full roster of contentious and advisory work, including press and reputation management, rights infringements, shareholder disputes, royalty claims, sponsorship, celebrity endorsement and licensing. 

George acts for songwriters and recording artists in a variety of copyright infringement and commercial and contract claims. He has worked on a number of high-profile entertainment industry matters. Recent examples include advising in relation to artists James Lavelle, Duran Duran, Iron Maiden and Jay Sean.

George has led the firm’s contentious Intellectual Property and IT work for years dealing with issues such as rights ownership disputes, software licensing problems and copyright, trade mark and patent infringement claims. He also advises on data, data breaches and GDPR issues and recently successfully defended a multi-million-pound damages claim brought under the Data Protection Act.