Nic Couchman

London
T: +44 (0)20 7611 9663
E:nic.couchman@couchmansllp.com

Nic is a specialist sports contracts, media, intellectual property and rights management lawyer.  He is former partner and head of intellectual property with Townleys, the leading sports law firm in the 1990s.

Co-founder of the firm, he has extensive experience in developing and implementing commercial rights programmes for a large number of sports properties and events, advising on intellectual property and media rights strategies and issues in sport, negotiating sponsorship, media, licensing and endorsement contracts, and undertaking policing, litigation and enforcement actions to protect clients' rights .

Nic's clients have included the International Olympic Committee, Formula 1 Management, Rugby World Cups 1991/1995/1999/2003, Ascot Authority, Six Nations, European Rugby Cup, International Tennis Federation, England and Wales Rugby Cricket Board, Premier Rugby Limited, Volvo Ocean Race, Nova International, Britannia Music, Carlsberg Tetley, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Nationwide Building Society, NEC, Nike, Nokia, News International, The Licensing Company as well as various players and athletes (including Wayne Rooney, Damien Duff and David Bedford) and player associations such as the Gaelic Players Association and World Pro Surfers.

Nic is recommended as a leading lawyer in sport in both the recognised directories of the legal profession, Chambers and The Legal 500.

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