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Provided by Steven Tregear
Practice Areas
Steven heads up Russells’ litigation department.
Steven specialises in litigation in the worlds of entertainment, media and sport covering a varied case-load representing major record and music publishing companies, artists, managers, promoters, sportsmen and women as well as many related businesses. He has been particularly involved in bringing and defending copyright infringement, contractual and audit claims for Russells’ clients, a number of which have been reported.
Aside from his general litigation practice, Steven regularly handles international arbitration claims acting for both Claimants and Respondents governed by different arbitration rules and procedures and sports related disputes where he represents sports personalities, teams and agents.
Steven has developed a first class reputation by regularly advising and acting in relation to defamation, privacy and breach of confidence matters where he has been at the forefront of Russells’ work protecting their clients’ reputations and businesses particularly in the area of celebrity harassment by the media.
As well as consistently being ranked as a top tier lawyer for contentious music industry work in Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500, Steven is also recognised as a Top Recommended Reputation Lawyer in Spear’s Indices: http://www.spearswms.com/steven-tregear.
Chambers Review
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Steven Tregear heads Russells' litigation team. He has a legendary client list and comes highly recommended for IP, contract, partnership and public image disputes.
Steven Tregear is head of litigation at Russells and advises on sports as part of its wider disputes practice.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Steven has the ability to translate techy legal arguments into layman's terms for artists and managers so that they completely understand."
"Steven is really commercial, knows the entertainment industry inside out, is fantastic at strategy and tactics, and is a brilliant negotiator."
"Steven is a brilliant, solutions-focused litigator."
"Steven is an excellent lawyer who is very good at thinking of practical and commercial solutions to sensitive and often complex disputes."
"Steven is excellent. He defends the rights of his clients and never takes no for an answer."
"Steven is always very responsive and commercially aware."
"Steven brings a litigator's discipline to commercial negotiations."
"Steven has the ability to translate techy legal arguments into layman's terms for artists and managers so that they completely understand."
"Steven is really commercial, knows the entertainment industry inside out, is fantastic at strategy and tactics, and is a brilliant negotiator."
"Steven is a brilliant, solutions-focused litigator."
"Steven is an excellent lawyer who is very good at thinking of practical and commercial solutions to sensitive and often complex disputes."
"Steven is excellent. He defends the rights of his clients and never takes no for an answer."
"Steven is always very responsive and commercially aware."
"Steven brings a litigator's discipline to commercial negotiations."
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