Anthony Robb-John

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Central Government - GLD - HMRC
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London, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Anthony Robb-John

Business Competencies and Successes• Corporate solicitor,admitted 1989,1st Class MBA, track record designing and setting up legal management systems handling rights, data and sensitive personal information.• Rapid and effective legal team troubleshooter: reporting to senior management (Celador, UCAS, Royal British Legion).• Significant global and national experience at Board, Executive and Operational levels with P and L responsibility under public scrutiny with reputation management wins. This is in the public and private sector with demanding stakeholders• DPA and FOIA including management vulnerable persons, sensitive personal data, audits, enquiries, reports, action plans, emergency ICO reports, business continuity planning (cyber attack, data leaks, data theft, security challenges).• Regulatory compliance and case negotiations with Charity Commission, Privy Council, ICO, OFCOM, PhonepayPlus, Gambling Commission, Fundraising Standards plus extensive data management and compliance programmes which include revenue generation.• Substantial team leadership, ream recuperation and restructuring experience in public and private sectors.• Insightful, caring and discreet with strong analytical resources - handling sensitive investigations.• Motivational and passionate leader; highly effective team, influencing and presentation skills• Author of dozens of professional reports, guides and book; lectured widely at conferences and to post-graduate students.Copyright, trademark and branding expert; MD of household name online businesses.

Anthony Robb-John's Current Company Details

Central Government - GLD - HMRC
Anthony Robb-John Work Experience Details
  • Arj Legal
    Owner
    Arj Legal 2012 - 2015
    This is my independent service company to provide my services. It can also be used for paralegal, secretarial and related services.
  • Arj Legal
    Owner
    Arj Legal 2012 - 2015
  • The Royal British Legion
    Head Of Legal - Now General Counsel - Interim/Acting
    The Royal British Legion Mar 2013 - Jul 2014
    London Bridge
    This project successfully concluded after the nose to tail review, recommendations and recruiting. I am delighted to say the new GC is in post and the handover seems to have been smooth. Thanks to all colleagues, Odgers for recruiting, and of course Luke Joannou the new GC.
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  • Ucas
    General Counsel - Interim
    Ucas Mar 2011 - Jan 2012
    Cheltenham, Uk
    An exciting and challenging legal management role I stepped into on short notice to support the expansion of the current business and to find solutions for the new challenges it faces - from the market, regulation and organisational. In an HE environment, data security and licensing, board governance and then new building a new compliance function that would stand up to new challenges like the Freedom of Information Act are what I am delivering. The Governance Committee was formed and approved my agenda, recruitment for the permanent roles is underway and I have stepped aside to pursue my own personal projects - travelling across Argentina to follow in Darwin's footsteps as well as studying the economic challenges the country is facing, close up. As ever, comparative legal studies are powerful - Ferguson et al use the N vs S America economic studies to draw some powerful lessons and I am reviewing the rule of law texts he underlines.
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  • Easygroup
    Managing Director
    Easygroup Dec 2006 - Dec 2010
    London
    easyGroup - licensing, internetcafes and 30% shareholding in easyJet plc Managing Director 2005- 2010• Successfully litigated, negotiated and closed the revised easyJet brand licence• Combined code governance challenges and supervision (LSE; easyJet is FTSE 100)• Pro-actively managed multi-site, multi-national, multi-functional functions• Brand management, licensing and value maximisation• Business case and investment bank analysis for IPO; start-ups and liquidations.• Responsible for all aspects of operational management finance, reporting, tax, corporate governance and legal advice• Effectively co-ordinated financial and governance advice to minimise legacy risk across international business• Developed better outsourced legal and accounting functions to lower risks and costs.. Heavy emphasis on lean model
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  • Monstermob
    Head Of Legal And Business Affairs
    Monstermob May 2006 - Dec 2006
    This AIM listed leading supplier of content to mobile phones (£100m t/o) delivered 10 downloads per second to users throughout the world and at its peak it sold £1m or ringtones each week in the UK alone with over 50 employees. Products ranged from the classic ringtones and full track downloads, to games, gambling and chat. Bought out by Zed, the global content provider (www.business.zed.com); plus large JVs in the US, Russia andChina and the US. Reporting to Martin Higginson the CEO/founder the work fell into the following areas: - Key brand issues: protecting and fighting for the brand. Working with leading barristers (Geoffrey Hobbs QC) to resolve the legal issues cost effectively. - Music: key account management and complex licensing arrangements with the labels (and the studios): Warners, Universal, Disney. - Legal work: Ofcom and Information Commissioner relationships to manage at a time of tough change; Copyright Tribunal reference; JV structuring, licensing; gaming and lottery compliance.
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  • Cobbetts Llp
    Senior Associate
    Cobbetts Llp May 2003 - Apr 2006
    The work fell into 2 areas:1: Marketing, Business Development and Memberships:• Anthony was part of the senior team to spearhead the communications and marketing, joining up the teams, moving to larger clients. • Secured pitches to 3 global plc companies from scratch; major work won as a result.• Took the firm to specialized opinion making bodies: Royal Television Society & Radio Academy: committee member and event organizer. • Writing: column in Birmingham Post, regular pieces in the trade press. Successes: Write up in Legal 500 – media – 2nd behind Wragge’s; IP work up from 4th to 2nd place; with the merger of the firm across three UK cities, Anthony was key member part of the client care initiative.2 Client work:• Patent licensing: chemicals, materials, electronics. Hands-on and detailed advice on distribution and exploitation strategy; major public companies on the other side of the transactions; pricing and competition law advice. Start up focus.• Branding/TM advice: UK, European and worldwide, creation and enforcement issues. • Key client: specialist US patent backed engineering services client - IP protection; enforcement and litigation management; JVs; commercial licensing; competition law compliance; general advice to the board. • Digital TV client– full end to end advice, ie from rights to foreign licensing sales. • Excellent rating from client in terms of return work and requests for advice; had commendations for Chambers etc.
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  • Two Way Tv
    Vice President
    Two Way Tv 1999 - May 2002
    The UK’s leading creator and operator of “ digital interactive television” – high tech meets content in a VC backed 100 employee $100m start up. Anthony led integrated legal/commercial/technical teams across countries to pitch and deliver broadcast projects against tough deadlines in this competitive sector.- Managed the export of the service (trademarks, patents and know-how) to key territories (US, Europe and Australia); patent portfolio of 23 patents and expanding; key patent litigation won in the US. - Led key projects including the largest: Challenge TV. Balanced papering the transaction with running a 50+ person project. Launch on time. Hands on 12 month project with senior Flextech managers; included the re-branding of CHALLENGE. - Initiated and delivered licensing programme working with UK producers. Fast tracked key deals to sign three in six months. - led major deals and delivered full analysis to senior team for decision. NPV of £100M+; devised negotiation strategies and drafted heads of terms to initiate. - Deputy head of the global compliance team (10) finding solutions, with leading outside counsel, to the novel legal challenges this digital platform created; drafting from scratch the licensing library (in and out) with major studios on the other side – eg Sony, BBC.
  • The Media Trust - The Community Channel
    Consultant - Bootstrapping The Launch Of The Community Channel
    The Media Trust - The Community Channel Jun 1999 - Apr 2000
    London
    Working with the team tasked with the business plan prep for this new channel whose mission (to harness the power of the media to create real change, giving a voice to communities) is in many ways even more powerful in this (web 3, social media) age, it was a huge privilege to be there at the start of this remarkable unique social enterprise. From that pitch we did and the business plan, the channel has cross platform digital coverage in the UK and a respected role in its third sector communications training programmes. Reporting to CEO Caroline Diehl MBE.
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  • London Business School
    Alumni -Mba - Full Time + Part Time Consultant
    London Business School 1995 - 1997
    London & La
    Future Media Program under Prof Paddy Barwise - research report - as topical in 2014/15Foundation for Entrepreneurial Studies under Prof John BatesJoint First year project on organisational analysis under Prof Lynda GrattonSee e.g. Amazon for lists of their publications and the London Business School web site for details of the relevant research centres.Part of the successful Alumnia Media Group; set up with the other top team, the student media club and imported the outstanding student media conferences from the Anderson Business School model.
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  • Celador
    Director - Legal And Business Affairs
    Celador Nov 1992 - Jul 1995
    This is a better link to the work of Celador and its range of interestshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celador. I had the immense privilege of working with some amazing people here including Paul Smith, who garnered literally dozens of global awards for the company and its work.Known for "Millionaire", Celador was one of the UK's fastest growing and innovative media groups. Board Director, working daily with CEO Paul Smith. 70% growth (£3-5+m turnover) - Set up the legal/business affairs department and its processes from scratch; managed the systems to ensure effectiveness (rights, compliance, revenue and payment of suppliers.) Worked with all the production teams. Set up the structure - see also the easyGroup structure for effective rights management.- Managed the licensing in and out of all the IP; deals with major broadcasters and leading writers/creators. Carlton TV, BBC and leading distributors. Major artist output deals - eg Jasper Carrott, Paul McKenna. Repeat multi episodic contracts plus format sales and early cable channel rights sales. Developed the innovative funding models Paul Smith was famous for and papered them with studios eg BBC, Carlton.• Devised and grew new revenue streams: airline rights and music publishing - 20% profit of the company. • Devised solutions for innovative new TV formats in music and gaming; worked with the studios and their counsel – eg out clip shows shown all around the world. Award winning formats sold globally - handled in-house.
  • Reed Smith Llp
    Lawyer/Solicitor
    Reed Smith Llp Oct 1988 - Sep 1992
    Reed Smith is a major international law firm formerly Richards Butler. Anthony was in the media team working closely with global clients that included the major studios and broadcasters. • Negotiated opposite and delivered outstanding client work for: the BBC, ITV, Disney, LucasFilm, Channel 4. Devised the first format sales agreements – licensing all IP; complex revenue sharing agreements; joint ventures and co-operation/co-development. Handled satellite output agreements – BskyB. These were cutting edge at the time.• Implemented international tax structures and licensing – Danish, Dutch Antilles, Channel Islands and Bermuda. Worked closely with the tax teams to craft the effective structures and agreements. • Excelled at client service and grew my own client relationships. Beat the billing targets each year. Handled difficult star negotiations eg opposite David Lean for Bertil Ohlsson, the producer of “Amadeus”.
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  • Wragge & Co Llp
    Trainee Solicitor
    Wragge & Co Llp Jan 1987 - Sep 1988
    One of the UK's leading regional law firms, the training scheme was intensely practical, very hands on and a training second to none - • Specialised in intellectual property disputes and transactions. Focus was on “traditional” IP: design rights, patents and trade marks in industrial sector. • Managed over 150 litigation files; daily court appearance; 1 case went to Court of Appeal; excelled at results and service for clients. Focus on IP issues. • Led the commercial property side (£1M+) on own on a business sale deal.
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Anthony Robb-John Skills

Intellectual Property Corporate Governance Legal Advice Joint Ventures Mergers General Management International Commercial Law Branding Company Secretarial Work

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Anthony Robb-John attended London Business School, Institut Francais, London, Ucla Anderson School Of Management, The College Of Law, University Of Birmingham, Université De Limoges, Dane Court.

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Anthony Robb-John has interest in Civil Rights And Social Action, Education, Environment, Science And Technology, Human Rights, Arts And Culture.

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