The firm provided a bespoke international approach specialising in media law and commercial litigation matters.
[7] One of Tweed's earliest libel actions of note was against the Sunday World over the reporting of two local senior barristers fighting over a chocolate eclair in a Holywood cake shop.
[8] In 1992 he represented the plaintiff in the case of Barney Eastwood v Barry McGuigan which resulted in the highest libel award in Northern Irish history.
[10] Tweed has represented Liam Neeson, Britney Spears,[11] Jennifer Lopez, Justin Timberlake,[12] Kelsey Grammer, Nicolas Cage,[13] Harrison Ford, Chris de Burgh, Neil Jordan, Uri Geller,[14] Patrick Kielty, Colin Farrell, Keith Duffy, The Corrs, Ashton Kutcher, Johnny Depp and Sylvester Stallone.
[20] His acting for magician Uri Gellar against CNN and The Sun and Richard O'Donovan and Forbes was the subject of the BBC documentary See You in Court which was broadcast in 2011.
[23] Tweed has been listed as the top tier (Band 1) lawyers in both Defamation/Reputation Management and Media & Entertainment fields of the Chambers and Partners guide.