Laura Clatworthy

Laura moved to Rosenblatt in 2005 and is a commercial litigator with expertise in a wide range of company and commercial contract disputes, including: breach of warranty claims arising out of sale and purchase agreements, and commercial agency and distribution agreements

Laura specialises in intellectual property, confidentiality and restraint of trade. She advises on Trade Marks and passing off claims, co-existence agreements, comparative advertising and copyright infringement. She acts on business diversion claims involving breaches of fiduciary duty and breaches of confidence, and acts on high value employment claims involving team moves and poaching employees, and the enforcement of post termination restriction provisions

Laura is involved in the ongoing “team move” litigation being brought by our client, Tullett Prebon against BGC (Tullett Prebon plc and Otrs v BGC Brokers LP and Otrs [2010] EWHC 484 (QB)), a case concerning the attempt by BGC to poach up to 100 brokers from Tullett Prebon, and a conspiracy to induce 10 brokers to leave Tullett Prebon to join BGC in breach of contract. Having been successful in bringing the claims against BGC and the 10 brokers, the Rosenblatt team is currently acting for Tullett Prebon in the recovery of damages from BGC.