Carly is a Senior Solicitor in our Commercial Disputes team based in Edinburgh, advising clients across the UK and internationally. Her experience includes breach of contract claims, corporate governance disputes, warranty claims, enforcement of intellectual property rights, and high-profile shareholder disputes.
She advises on commercial and strategic dispute resolution of high-value claims, and guides clients through the litigation process, from the pre-action stage to alternative dispute resolution and litigation, including negotiating settlements. She has a particular interest in brand protection, corporate governance and intellectual property disputes.
Carly acts for clients across a variety of sectors, and is particularly passionate about the sports, retail and media industries. She has contributed to The Scotsman and The Fashion Law in relation to legal issues affecting businesses in the media, fashion and beauty sectors.
- Advising a luxury UK beauty brand in relation to brand dilution and product liability risk arising from the circulation of products, including ‘dupe’ products, via unauthorised retailers.
- Successfully enforcing the intellectual property rights of international sports organisation to prevent the unauthorised sale of match tickets.
- Advising a social media agency in relation to allegations of trademark infringement and associated brand protection issues, which included successfully defending our client’s use of their name in the relevant market.
- Negotiating venue hire and merchandising agreements for concerts hosted at Murrayfield Stadium during a secondment to Scottish Rugby.
- Advising chemical company on various breaches of contract by its counterparties, including advice in relation to counterclaims against our client and negotiation strategy, resulting in settlement of all claims.
- Advising high-profile golf body in relation to the production and sale of branded merchandise by an unauthorised third-party, including strategic advice on the removal of products from circulation to mitigate the risk of brand dilution.
- Acting as local counsel to international clients in relation to claims under Scottish jurisdiction.
- Advising publicly listed company in relation to GDPR breaches and defending damage and distress claims made against it as a result of those breaches.
- Advising Scottish sports organisation in relation to high-profile shareholder and governance disputes.
- Advising various clients in relation to the risk management and potential claims arising against employees following their transfer of confidential information from our clients’ servers to personal accounts, including pursuing a Section 1 Petition for the recovery of documents in the Court of Session and the subsequent interdict action against the defender.
- Advising group companies in the drinks industry in relation to breach of warranty claims against the seller of the subsidiary company, including advice on litigation and settlement strategy. The claims raised in the Court of Session were highly contentious and settled at mediation.
