• Lewis Cohen
• Partner, London
• Field Fisher Waterhouse
• lewis.cohen@ffw.com
• work +44 (0)20 7861 4000

Lewis Cohen is a partner in our Intellectual Property Group.

Lewis helps companies to commercialise their intellectual assets whilst ensuring that the appropriate protection and safeguards are in place. 

He advises on a wide range of intellectual property matters, including licensing, sponsorship, franchising, distribution and agency arrangements as well as on brand and domain name protection and enforcement strategies. 

Lewis has a particular sport and sponsorship focus and his recent work includes advising in connection with the sponsorship of the FIFA World Cups in 2010 and 2014 and the Confederations Cups in 2009 and 2013, Cancer Research UK's Race for Life, the Greyhound Derby and the Ballantine's Championship.  He advises a leading Premier League football club on its commercial and intellectual property arrangements such as sponsorship, licensing and brand protection. Lewis has helped that club to take down well over 2,000 auctions from eBay. He also edits Sport Shorts, our update on legal developments relating to the sports industry. Lewis has also authored numerous sports related articles.

His work increasingly has an international dimension. He has been recently advising clients on their expansion into countries such as Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Brazil, Mexico, Poland and Greece. 

Lewis also has extensive parallel import related experience including risk management and dispute resolution and was involved in the leading ECJ case, Levi Strauss v Tesco Stores Ltd.
 
Lewis has a post-graduate diploma in Trade Mark Law from Queen Mary, University of London.

Lewis is included in both of the leading legal directories; the Legal 500, 2010 and Chambers and Partners UK, 2010.  

Chambers & Partners 2010 ranks Lewis as a Leading Individual in the field of Advertising and Marketing and singles out his sponsorship work. Chambers states that "Sources highlight his pragmatism, saying: "His answers and advice are succinct and thoughtful.""

The Legal 500 2010 credits Lewis with being ‘customer-focused, realistic and innovative’ in the field of Brand Management in which Field Fisher Waterhouse ranks as a top tier recommended firm.

Lewis has been named as one of the Hot 100 Lawyers for 2009 by The Lawyer magazine.