Nigel Parker
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  • Haleon on the sale of the ChapStick brand to Suave Brands, and on the divestiture of its Lamisil brand across 70+ jurisdictions to Karo Healthcare.
  • A public petroleum and natural gas company on its strategic partnership with Aston Martin F1, including a long-term sponsorship and licensing agreement.
  • Uni-President on the acquisition of Carrefour Taiwan from the Carrefour Group.
  • An investor, in a consortium comprising PCP Capital Partners and RB Sports & Media, on the sponsorship, IP, IT and data protection aspects of its acquisition of Newcastle United Football Club from St James Holdings.
  • MBDA UK on a series of air defence export agreements with Poland, including IP and technology transfer issues relating to ground-based-air-defence systems.

    • Pro bono

    • Solving Kids Cancer on a range of data protection and commercial matters.
    • Action For ME on a range of commercial and IP matters.

    Published Work

    • "Infiltrate, Extort, Repeat - The Ransomware Pandemic" (Nigel Parker, Nathan Charnock, Daniel Rubin), ICLG 2022
    • "Get Stuffed! Are you prepared for a credential-stuffing attack? (Nigel Parker and Nathan Charnock), ICLG 2021
    • "Effective Cyber Diligence – The Importance of Getting it Right" (Nigel Parker and Alexandra Rendell), ICLG 2020
    • "The Regulators Have Spoken – Nine Lessons To Help Protect Your Business" (Nigel Parker and Alexandra Rendell), ICLG 2019
    • "Would the Standard of Cybersecurity be Improved by the Introduction of Mandatory Cybersecurity Controls?" (Nigel Parker and Alex Shandro), ICLG 2018
    • "International Data Transfers under the proposed Data Protection Regulation", PDP Journals, May 2012
    • "The secret recipe: key ingredients of agreements to protect confidential information" Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Practice Point, February 2011.
    • "Cross-border data transfers: Weighing up regulator requests" PLC, January 2011.
    • "Intellectual property and joint ventures: protection of intellectual property on exit", 4 Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 473, 2009.
    • "Post-termination use of licensed intellectual property by licensees", 3 Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 5, 2008.
    • "Data Protection Law in Japan: a European Perspective", 8 World Data Protection Report 12, 2008.
    • "Intellectual property issues in joint ventures and collaborations", Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 2: 729-74, 2007.

    Speaking Engagements

    • Tutor on transactional IP, Oxford University IP Course, annually since 2020
    • Speaker on transactional IP, IP Law Summer School, annually since 2009

    Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

    • Member, the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

    Recognition

    “Leading Individual”
    Legal 500 UK 2024 (Intellectual Property: Trade Marks, Copyright and Design)
    “Nigel understands the area in detail. He's able to advise on complex matters from a strategic perspective. ”
    Chambers UK 2024 (Data Protection & Information Law)

    Awards

    • European IP Transactions Advisory Firm of the Year, Managing IP, 2022
    • Licensing and Collaboration Firm of the Year, LMG Life Sciences, 2022

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