Firm Brochure

stuart{malcolm}

commercial communications awyerscorporateintellectual

propertymediapartners

science technology

LLP

NOT JUST THE LETTER OF THE LAW BUT THE SPIRIT Andrew Carnegie

A very warm welcome to Stuart Malcolm LLP. We are a niche specialist business law firm based in Oxford, England focusing on the United Kingdom’s science, technology and innovation sectors and knowledge-based and creative economies. We have an acknowledged strength in advising clients rich in intellectual property.

We are right at the centre of the knowledge and creative economies and endeavour to make a positive impact – through our lawyers’ expertise, for our clients, within our targeted economies and communities, on the environment and through wider engagement.

© Stuart Malcolm LLP 2009. This publication is protected by copyright 2009 and all rights are reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, photocopying or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher and copyright owner. Designed by Jupiter 7 Graphics Ltd. Printed by Greenhouse Print on fully recycled and FSC accredited Cocoon offset.

www.stuartmalcolmllp.com

An Introduction Our vision is to create a distinctive, dynamic and pioneering practice with an enlightened approach and highly evident enthusiasm, determination and absolute commitment. Alongside this we prefer to take an original and independent approach. This underlies everything we think and do and what we believe sets us apart.

Established in 2009, we identified the opportunity in the marketplace to create a specialist niche practice to focus on assisting clients who are engaged primarily in the generation and exploitation of knowledge and intellectual property through all manners of economic activity and creative enterprise.

Our blend of tradition, coherence, quality, innovation and motivation, together with our unique blend of niche service offering, forms the basis for our distinctive practice. Our priority is always our clients and our whole ethos is to deliver extraordinary client service. Our clients depend on us as trusted advisers and they expect, and receive, no less.

We see law as a creative discipline that involves thinking beyond conversations and finding lateral solutions. It is all about seeing through the clutter to focus on what is important.

Good lawyers see beyond the law.

www.stuartmalcolmllp.com

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability Sir Walter Scott

www.stuartmalcolmllp.com

www.stuartmalcolmllp.com

what we do

We work in a world of ideas, a place where every idea is a new opportunity to progress.

Our structure is entirely sector specific. We are a media & communications and science & technology law firm. Whilst our expertise and strategic focus crosses over the traditional legal practice areas, our specialist approach, coupled with our passion for and definitive understanding of these sectors, ensures that our clients are provided with best in class legal advice.

We act for clients throughout the United Kingdom’s science-to-innovation and creative communities: universities, research institutes and institutions, start-up enterprises, high technology companies, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, media and creative enterprises and associated stakeholders.

www.stuartmalcolmllp.com

corporate & commercial We are recognised for having a first-rate understanding of the technology and communications sectors We specialise in and have an impressive legacy of advising on deals and commercial matters which have a particular focus on technology, media and communications. We commonly act for investors, companies and stakeholders involved in these sectors and the industries that technology and communications transform.

Our sector expertise enables us to efficiently assess risk and ensure the particular transaction is properly managed. Alongside this we combine insight with the ability to think strategically and act boldly, nimbly and decisively, always against the backdrop of the performance-to-price ratios that clients demand.

intellectual property The protection and exploitation of intellectual property is at the core of our practice We provide comprehensive intellectual property advice, combining legal skills, deep knowledge of engineering industry sectors and excellent business judgment to every matter.

Our practice covers the acquisition, maintenance, protection, enforcement, licensing and other exploitation and optimisation of business-critical intellectual property assets. We likewise understand how creators, developers, licensors and licensees of such assets work with these rights.

www.stuartmalcolmllp.com

media & communications We understand the communications industry – both where it is today and where future opportunities lie Media & communications is evolving rapidly and dynamically in response to regulatory changes, increased competition, shifts in consumer demand and the convergence of information technology, communications and various media streams. This produces exciting and sophisticated legal and business challenges.

Assisting our creative clients exploit intellectual property and creative talent throughout the publishing, media and communications sectors or assisting in the provision of business-to-business creative services is at the heart of what we do.

science & technology We pride ourselves on combining business, legal and technology knowledge and experience Our sector expertise means we are ideally placed to assist clients in promoting and accelerating their unique set of educational, research, intellectual and business assets and opportunities which characterise the knowledge economy.

We advise clients concerning a broad range of issues involving a wide variety of engineering disciplines, technologies and scientific developments. We commonly assist clients with commercialisation aspects including technology transfers and spin-outs, licences, research and development arrangements, collaborations, strategic alliances and routes to market acceleration programmes.

www.stuartmalcolmllp.com

commercial communications awyerscorporateintellectual

propertymediapartners

science technology

LLP

stuart{malcolm} www.stuartmalcolmllp.com e: contact@stuartmalcolmllp.com