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Provided by Anna Williams

UK

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Commercial

Advertising and sponsorship

Intellectual property

Regulatory and compliance

Advertising and marketing regulation

Gambling regulation

Career

Anna is a Partner within Osborne Clarke’s media team and heads the Commercial team of lawyers within the Reading office. Anna provides advice on a range of advertising, AdTech, commercial and intellectual property issues to a number of well-known brand owners and agency clients within the advertising, digital, retail and media sectors.

Anna regularly advises on issues concerning marketing and sponsorship activities, including the negotiation of client/agency agreements, talent agreements and sponsorship agreements. She advises her clients on all aspects of intellectual property, promotions, digital marketing and AdTech as well as clearance, brand exploitation and general commercial contracts relevant to the advertising ecosystem and major collaboration agreements between different brands.

Before joining the Osborne Clarke media team in 2004, Anna was an in-house lawyer for Vodafone Group Services Ltd. Her role required her to advise the Vodafone group companies on a range of intellectual property and commercial matters both on a local and global scale. She provided advice in relation to Vodafone’s corporate sponsorship activities, advertising campaigns, joint collaborations with other companies, music and content related activities, and the exploitation and protection of the brand.

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Media & Entertainment: Advertising & Marketing - UK-wide

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Anna Williams advises world-famous brands, creative agencies and online marketplaces on all manner of commercial advertising, adtech and sponsorship matters. She is highly expert on co-branded promotions.

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