Simon Levine

Before taking on his current roles, Simon sat on the firm’s Executive as Managing Director of Groups and Sectors, and prior to that was Co-Global Head of the Intellectual Property and Technology group, while keeping an active practice advising clients on intellectual property, media and sports law.

Simon focuses on all aspects of copyright and related rights, advertising and sponsorship, design rights, trademark rights, passing off, breach of confidence and patents. He has acted for well-known individuals, trusts, charities, and companies in many industries, in particular media, sport and technology.

Simon has also been involved in all aspects of litigation and arbitration. He has experience in worldwide courts and in co-ordinating multijurisdictional litigation, and has arbitrated under a number of rules including the ICC. In the UK, he has litigated in the High Court, the Copyright Tribunal, the Court of Appeal, the House of Lords/Supreme Court and the Privy Council, as well as the Trade Mark and Patent Registries in the UK and Europe, and the European Court of Justice. A number of his cases have been reported, set legal precedent in both IP and arbitration law, and have been the subject of media interest.

Simon has a passion for education and teaches IP and Business at Imperial College Business School in London, which granted him a professorship in 2015. He has also worked with and presented at the Moller Institute in Cambridge, and the Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership.

He is currently a Non-Executive Board member for the UK higher education regulator, the Office for Students, and chairs its Quality Assessment Committee. He is a member of the Advisory Boards of the Lord Mayor’s Appeal, City UK and the International Development Business Exchange, and works with the leadership of the CBI and London First.