Katy’s focus is advising on the full life cycle of IP rights – from their creation and protection to their continuous development and exploitation. With experience in cross-border transactions, Katy drafts, negotiates and advises on complex collaborations and bespoke projects including licences, options, assignments and IP audits, as well as distribution and merchandising arrangements.

Katy also advises on IP and commercial issues arising in corporate transactions (including investments, financing, sales and acquisitions) especially in the media, entertainment and consumer product sectors.

Her work has particularly focused on the media and entertainment sectors, in which Katy has a particular interest following previous experience in the publishing and media industries prior to joining Bristows as a trainee solicitor in 2016.

Through her secondments to globally renowned entities including a media and entertainment conglomerate, TV/Film streamer, an R&D technology specialist and luxury consumer brand company, as well as an international IT outsourcing provider, Katy has gained invaluable commercial and practical insight into the day to day challenges facing legal and commercial teams as they create, develop and exploit their valuable IP assets.