21st October 2021

Lee & Thompson is proud to have received the following independent recognition in the Legal 500 2022 UK directory:

• The firm entered the Legal 500’s Intellectual Property category and received individual lawyer rankings in this area for partners Dominic Bray, Mark Stafford, Gordon Williams and Julian Ward.
• Andy Florence in our Digital & Technology team joined Carrie Finlay and Marek George (in our Film & TV team) as ‘Rising Stars’ for Media & Entertainment
• Tim Fowler and Leo Dawkins were ranked as Next Generation Partners for the first time, along with Lizzie Payne-James and Antony Swiatek.
• We continue to hold our ranking in the Art & Cultural Property category along with partner, Sarah Barker, in this category.
• We also feature in Reputation Management for which we were ranked in Tier 3 this year
• We are ranked in the top tier again for Media & Entertainment (which includes Media Finance)

We are delighted that the following team members have been ranked across four sections:

Private Client – Art & Cultural Property (Tier 4)

• Sarah Barker

Risk advisory – Reputation management (Tier 3)

• Mike Brookes (Leading Individual)
• Leo Dawkins

TMT (technology, media and telecoms) – Media and entertainment (including media finance) (Tier 1)

• Andy Florence (Rising Star)
• Antony Swiatek (Next Generation Partner)
• Carrie Finlay (Rising Star)
• Christos Michaels
• Dominic Bray
• Gordon Williams
• Huw Morris
• Julian Ward
• Lawrence Engel (Leading Individual)
• Lee Stone
• Lizzie Payne-James (Next Generation Partner)
• Marek George (Rising Star)
• Martyn Bailey
• Nicki Parfitt (Leading Individual)
• Reno Antoniades (Hall of Fame)
• Richard Lever
• Sam Tatton-Brown (Leading Individual)
• Tim Fowler (Next Generation Partner)

TMT (technology, media and telecoms) – Intellectual Property (Trademarks Copyright & Design) (Tier 5)

• Dominic Bray
• Mark Stafford
• Julian Ward
• Gordon Williams

To view the rankings in full, including what was said about the firm and many of our ranked lawyers, check out Lee & Thompson’s profile on the Legal 500 website.