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Daniel advises businesses, institutions and individuals on a broad range of IP law issues, and specialises in advising clients in relation to contentious IP and media related issues.

Daniel provides strategic IP advice to clients from across sectors including, art, film, TV, theatre, publishing, music, entertainment, finance, fashion and retail. Daniel regularly advises on all stages of an IP dispute from pre-action through to trial and beyond, as well as alternative forms of dispute resolution including settlement and mediation. Daniel has advised clients in IP disputes in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, High Court and Court of Appeal, and in tribunal proceedings before the UK Intellectual Property Office and EU General Court.

Daniel advises clients on trade marks, passing off, copyright, database rights and design rights issues. This includes enforcement of IP rights outside the Courts such as online takedowns and domain name complaints. Daniel advises on advertising clearances and ASA complaints, and reputation management (including social media issues). On the non-contentious side, Daniel advises on the exploitation, acquisition and licensing of IP rights. In the art law space, Daniel has advised on disputes in relation to the ownership of artwork, the sale of works at auction, the recovery of stolen artwork by way of “stakeholder application”, NFTs where the underlying asset has been artwork, the resale of artwork online, and artist resale rights.

Before joining Harbottle & Lewis in 2021, Daniel was a senior associate in the London IP and media team of Eversheds Sutherland, having trained and qualified there in 2015.

Daniel has been named a key lawyer in The Legal 500 for intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design law (2024 & 2025) and for media and entertainment law (2021). Daniel holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice from the University of Oxford. Daniel studied languages at university and speaks Spanish and French fluently. Daniel is a member of the Art Lawyers Association (ALA), and Society for Junior Intellectual Property Practitioners (IPSoc). Prior to working in law, Daniel worked in film post-production, and was part of a team nominated for a film BAFTA.