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Gerrard Tyrrell has once again been named as Top Flight for media and information law. John Kelly and Michael Yates are Top Recommended for reputation protection, and international reputation and privacy law, respectively. Amy Bradbury and Andrew Terry are both Recommended in the indices, Amy for her work across the reputation spectrum and Andrew for intellectual property.
The Reputation & Privacy Lawyers Index showcases lawyers who are trusted to protect clients when their personal reputation or commercial interests are suddenly exposed to legal risk. They are compiled using nominations, client feedback and interviews with advisers, alongside independent research from the Spear’s editorial team.
The full index can be viewed here.
Gerrard is widely regarded as the leading lawyer in information protection, privacy and defamation. He acts for many household names both in the UK and globally, including senior members of the Royal Family, as well as other foreign royalty, heads of state and former prime ministers together with world-leading names in the IP, tech and entertainment worlds. Gerrard also acts for a number of leading family offices of leading UHNW individuals, global investment funds and leading “world” brands.
Gerrard was awarded for 'Outstanding Legal Achievement' by Spear's in 2017. He has also been listed in the Spear's 500 index of top recommended reputation management solicitors from 2017 to 2024.
He has also been recognised as a ‘Star Individual’ in Chambers and Partners since 2019 and in The Legal 500’s ‘Hall of Fame’ since 2018.
John is one of the leading lawyers in all aspects of media and information law and is actively involved at the forefront of this field.
John’s work is international and he advises clients all over the world including in the UK, US and the Middle East. He acts for A-list clients in the entertainment industry, music and sport. He also represents UHNW clients and corporate clients.
He has represented a host of well-known clients including the First Lady of the United States Melania Trump, Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Nicole Kidman, Steve Coogan, and Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne. John has developed Personal Protection Principles which are used to protect clients' reputations, their family and their security.
John is a sought after speaker on reputation protection and personal protection rights both in the UK, and internationally including in the US, Middle East and Australia. John is recognised as a ‘Leading Lawyer’ in Chambers UK, The Legal 500, Chambers High Net Worth and Spear's Magazine and has been named ‘Reputation Protection Lawyer of the Year’ by Spear's.
He covers the full spectrum of contentious matters, including in-print and online defamation, malicious falsehood, misuse of privacy information, breach of confidence, data protection, cyber attacks, data breaches, information theft, harassment, blackmail, right to be forgotten and subject access requests. He also advised on regulatory media and data complaints, reporting restrictions, NDAs, injunction applications, Norwich Pharmacal applications, online takedowns, apologies, damages claims and coroners' proceedings.
Michael often urgently advises clients who are in a crisis, typically when trying to protect reputation by stopping or mitigating the publication or broadcast of a false story, project managing a response to a cyber attack or preventing the unlawful misuse or disclose of information. He also provides regular training and preparedness sessions to clients to help get ahead of a media or cyber crisis.
He also protects publishers, platforms, data controllers and processors from legal claims.
Michael is ranked as ‘Up and coming’ in Chambers and Partners and is ‘Recommended’ by Spears Magazine.
Amy has a wealth of experience helping clients protect their reputation, personal information and data. She has a litigation background and advises on all legal areas relating to reputation protection and media law including defamation, privacy, confidentiality, data protection, freedom of information and harassment.
Amy’s practice is international and she acts for a wide range of clients including corporates and brands, global figures, business professionals, high net worth individuals and people in the media and entertainment industries.
Clients often seek Amy’s advice at times of crisis, including when faced with the threatened publication of damaging allegations, private information or personal data by media outlets or others. Amy also has particular expertise in contentious data protection issues including data subject access requests, data breaches and complaints to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Amy is a ‘Recommended' reputation lawyer in the Spear's 500 index and is recognised in both Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500.
Whilst Andrew has extensive experience in the High Court, Court of Appeal and IPEC, as a trusted advisor to his clients he is often co-ordinating their needs and facilitating wider work. To that end, he often advises on matters with a ‘brand’ focus, such as sponsorship, advertising and merchandising agreements and reputation management issues. Andrew also has extensive experience of advising on and clearing TV and film content for global projects.
As well as acting for household name brands across key sectors, such as FMCG, retail, fashion and technology, Andrew has worked with high profile talent in media and entertainment for many years, including major artists in the music industry.
Andrew has a strong reputation in the market and is described as “excellent” by The Legal 500. Andrew is a recommended IP lawyer in the 2026 World Trade Mark Review WTR1000 who “excels when advising on branding and advertising disputes" and is also recommended as a leading reputation management lawyer in the Spears 2026 Reputation & Privacy Lawyers Index. He was previously Head of the IP and Media Team at Eversheds Sutherland, having been a partner for more than 10 years.
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