Anthony Misquitta

Anthony advises technology suppliers and corporate/institutional clients on software contracts, outsourcing and insourcing arrangements and the protection of intellectual property in digital, social media and cloud-based service environments. 

• Working with SBC Systems and B2E Technologies (managed benefits software providers) for over 20 years on contracts for the delivery of their system into multi-national businesses including numerous contract negotiations, the periodic restructuring all contracts to reflect technological and regulatory developments.
• Advised iRuiz Technology on software, algorithm and patent licensing issues. 
• Advised Synergy Retal Support on the acquisition and sale of robots for use in its and third-party logistics businesses. 

Anthony advises publishers and creators/authors on author agreements and author disputes and clearing content for IP/defamation purposes. 

• Advised Angry Robot, Datura and Watkins Books (sci-fi/crime/mind and body publisher) on complex copyright issues and author, distribution and retailer contracts, on its suite of author contracts, disputes with authors and giving pre-publication advice on navigating copyright and trade mark issues when publishing books about established third party IP assets. 
• Advised Royal Armouries on navigating copyright and trade mark issues when publishing books and providing services about established third party IP assets. 
• Advised the Estate of Idries Shah on the exploitation of the Idries Shah copyright via third party publishers. 
• Advised the estate of a high-profile photographer on its publishing contract with Thames & Hudson. 
• Advised the Estate of Sir Howard Hodgkin on a dispute relating to a posthumous unauthorised biography. 

Anthony has been advising Museums and Cultural Institutions for over 25 years.  

• Advised Shakespeare’s Globe on its outsourced catering contract. 
• Advised Royal Armouries and National Portrait Gallery on IP issues. 
• Advised the Wallace Collection on object loan agreements. 
• Advised the Imperial War Museum on retail and licensing agreements. 
• Advised Compton Verney on governance and international institutional collaboration and loan agreements. 
• Advised Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust on a brand collaboration project in China. 
• As a trustee of the Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art negotiated and delivered the largest gift of antiquities in British history when the Foundation transferred ownership of its billion-pound collection to the British Museum. 
• As a trustee of the William Morris Gallery Trust in Walthamstow, London, helped re-constitute the Trust and incorporate it as a CIO and registered charity. 
• Advised Studio Voltaire on a contract collaboration with Meta. 
• Advised the Hampshire Cultural Trust on IP issues concerning it programme of events around the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen. 
• Advised the RAF Museum and the Postal Museum on IP and contract issues. 

Anthony advises artists, makers, dealers, fabricators, collectors, agents and art consultants on IP and contract issues. 

• Advised the Victoria Miro Gallery on the fabrication and installation of a Yayoi Kusama artwork near Liverpool Street Station (London). 
• Advised the White Wall Company on various art fabrication projects. 
• Advised a high-profile collector on the sale of a collection to a Middle East buyer. 
• Advised Pantheon Art on the creation and sale of Johnny Depp’s prints and NFTs. 
• Created a suite of antiquity purchase agreements for a start-up art consultancy. 
• Advised the Berne Schwartz Foundation on their gifts and copyright licences to various UK and US museums and universities. 
• Advised the Estate of Sir Howard Hodgkin on its gifts and copyright licences. 

Anthony advises businesses on all aspects of retail and commerce with a focus on contacts and IP. 

• Advised Thane Direct (TV shopping channel) for over 20 years in relation to IP protection and litigation against retailers of infringing products. 
• Advised Synergy Retal Support on logistics contracts and related disputes. 
• Advised Ellipsis Brands on the acquisition, creation and exploitation of celebrity-related beauty product brands. 
• Advised graphic designers on their standard terms of commission and supply into publishers and institutions. 
• Advised the fashion designer Alessandra Rich on contract and IP issues

Outside of the art and cultural heritage sector Anthony advises many charities and institutions on contacts and IP. 

• Advised the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) on various projects including joint ventures, copyright infringement claims and international franchise arrangements. 
• Advised the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) on copyright, contract and charity governance issues. 
• Advised Fight for Peace on its multimillion-pound sponsorship agreement with Reebok. 
• Assisted numerous schools (including Dulwich College, Marlborough College, Epsom College and Kent College Canterbury) to expand overseas using franchise-like models. 

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Art and Cultural Property 2024–2026 

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Intellectual Property: Trademarks, Copyright and Design 2022–2023 & 2026 

Recognised by WTR1000 – Recommended – Individuals: transactions 2020–2025 

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Intellectual Property 2020 

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Commercial Contracts 2017- 2018 

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Brand Management 2017