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Francis McEntegart
Primary Expertise - Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Secondary Expertise - Contracts

Francis McEntegart is a barrister specialising in media, intellectual property and commercial law.

Francis, 33, is recommended in the Legal 500, the independent guide to law firms, for his work on behalf of music companies, artists, authors, publishers and the creative industries. He also advises clients in the film and theatre industries. His commercial client base extends from start-ups, SMEs and large blue-chip companies. His main work is agency, distribution, franchising, contract drafting, terms and conditions, data protection, intellectual property and ecommerce. After reading law at the University of Liverpool, he gained his professional qualifications at the Inns of Court School of Law in London and is a member of Gray’s Inn.

His first professional role was working within the Northern Ireland Office, where he was involved in negotiations with leading politicians from the province in the drafting the Good Friday Agreement. He subsequently became head of legal and business affairs, first with the London based music publisher Haripa and then with the record company Kickin Records Ltd, before leaving London to return to the North West in 1999.