Regulatory & advisory

Our competition team provide support to clients across the board, from devising bespoke compliance systems that are appropriate to each client, to advising on the competition law risks arising from commercial strategies or agreements.

With one of the biggest and most well-known teams in Europe, Bristows is the go-to firm for pragmatic, expert-informed data protection advice. 

Our regulatory team have a variety of backgrounds within the fields of bioscience, genetics and neuroscience. We advise clients across the sector including pharma and biotech, cell and gene therapies, veterinary medicine, medical devices, in vitro-diagnostics and digital health. 

With our fingers firmly on the pulse of how the courts assess infringement and validity of rights, our contentious IP teams are ideally placed to assist in assessing the risks involved in any new project, no matter what the sector or technology.

We regularly advise major brands on the legality of advertising campaigns and sales promotions as well as comparative advertising and dispute resolution.

Our charities and not-for-profit practice provides a wide range of legal services to UK and international charities, foundations, universities and other not-for-profit organisations.