Katerina Antoniou

Katerina advises businesses across a range of commercial, non-contentious intellectual property, and data protection compliance matters.

She supports a diverse client base ranging from owner-managed businesses and charities through to large UK and international organisations.

Katerina has particular expertise in drafting, reviewing and negotiating all types of commercial agreements, including supply of goods and services agreements, product development agreements, agency and distribution arrangements, commercial and brand partnership agreements, terms and conditions and confidentiality agreements (NDAs).

She also advises on non-contentious intellectual property (IP) matters (including the protection, commercialisation and exploitation of intellectual property, intellectual property licences and assignments, trade mark portfolio management, trade mark filing strategies, clearance searches and brand protection projects both in the UK and internationally), alongside supporting organisations on a range of data protection compliance matters (including privacy notices, data processing agreements, data sharing arrangements, direct marketing compliance, website compliance projects, cookie compliance, and Data Protection Impact Assessments).

Examples of Katerina’s work include:

• Advising on privacy notices, cookies, and broader website data protection compliance requirements in connection with the launch of a new UK website.
• Advising a large agricultural cooperative on the implementation of a new contractual framework, including drafting bespoke supply and agency agreements, advising on regulatory obligations, and engaging with both the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator and the Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affiars (DEFRA).
• Negotiating a long-term brand partnership agreement between an automotive events business and a global online automotive marketplace.
• Drafting and negotiating a cross-border product development agreement on behalf of an international supplier of packaging equipment, consumables and engineering services.
• Preparing and negotiating a bespoke security services agreement for a business park client, including advising on the associated data protection compliance requirements, surveillance-related processing activities, and conducting a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA).