Our team of advisers supports clients in the Tech, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Diversified Industrials and Universities sectors, helping these clients navigate the complex and fast changing landscapes in which they operate across the globe.
Dr. Florian von Baum, Head of our Technology, Science & Industry sector, discusses the challenges and opportunities for organisations in the sector.
Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names across this diverse sector. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and legal disciplines.
Supporting a global technology business with a managed legal service to manage its processes to amicably resolve consumer data protection challenges.
Advised Porsche Cars Great Britain Limited a leading automotive distributor on the grant of a new 15-year lease involving property works in Didcot.
Advised a German joint venture, consisting of a major German insurance group and a well-known telecommunications company, on the implementation of FTTH (Fiber to the Home) connections in rural areas, focusing on distribution antitrust issues related to the distribution of their products in Germany, including complex questions regarding the individual exemption of contract clauses.
Defended a leading energy services provider facing defect claims regarding evaporative free cooling units installed at a major data centre in Europe.
Advised a construction and engineering services provider regarding insolvency issues of an approved inspector on a London data centre project, including adjudication support for extension of time and loss and expense claims with a subcontractor and addressing bad debt concerns.
Advised a construction and engineering services provider on securing appropriate contractual protections, including obtaining a parent company guarantee for its agreement with a data centre operator in Jersey.
Representing an Indian automotive parts manufacturer in a Section 68 challenge to an arbitral award initiated before the Commercial Court in London.
Advised Stena Group on the intra-group sale of the vessels Stena Carron and Stena Drillmax to newly formed UK subsidiaries, supporting operational, commercial, and financing arrangements with third-party lenders.
Advised and litigated on behalf of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, a leading global pharmaceutical company, on regulatory and patent matters concerning the launch of dimethyl fumarate in the Netherlands.
Advised Arkance Systems Netherlands B.V., a Dutch software provider, on potential copyright infringement and unfair competition issues concerning icons used in their InfraCAD software, including guidance on software-related intellectual property infringement and slaafse nabootsing under Dutch law.
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Global Sector Head for Technology, Science and Industry
EmailDavid is our Sector Head for Technology, Science and Industry and leads our global offering to clients in these sectors. He is recognised as a market leader in technology and privacy litigation, having acted in some of the most complex and groundbreaking litigation in the tech space.
Legal Director
EmailJo is an intellectual property specialist. She advises on the creation, protection, commercialisation and enforcement of all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, copyright, trade marks, design rights and confidential information.
Partner, Head of Diversified Industrials
EmailStephan advises German and international companies in commercial, intellectual property & data protection, data access (EU Data Act) and information technology law matters, with a particular focus on the automotive and IT sectors. Stephan’s clients are often based in the US, Asia and the Middle East.
Partner
EmailJames advises on technology, outsourcing and other strategic commercial transactions, including digital transformation programs, as-a-service transactions, technology-led carve-in and outs, ITO and BPO outsourcing transactions. He also advises on the acquisition, development, transfer and licensing of IP, data and content.
Partner
EmailLaura specialises in commercial law and advises businesses on a wide range of supply chain projects, including business critical, strategic outsourcing contracts.
Legal Director
EmailSarah deals with forward fundings, acquisitions, disposals and lettings. Sarah specialises in healthcare and later living and deals with the acquisition, letting, sale and forward funding of care homes and later living development sites and provides strategic later living advice.
Partner
EmailGerry advises corporates and financial investors across sectors on a wide range of transactions, including domestic and international M&A, fundraisings, PE deals (investees, management teams and funders), MBOs, takeovers, joint ventures and corporate reorganisations and restructurings.
Partner
EmailZoe is a Criminal Regulatory Law specialist who advises on Health and Safety, Food Safety and Product Safety
Partner, Head of Office, Manchester
EmailNeil specialises exclusively in employment law and leads the Employment & Incentives team in Manchester.
Orbital has built specific workflows for Scottish commercial real estate work, built around Scots Law and Scottish real estate practice
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Penta Real Estate on its investment into a landmark £230 million-plus joint venture with Staycity Group and advised the joint venture on the financing arrangements for the development, which will deliver a 350-room Wilde aparthotel in the heart of London's Farringdon district.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised manufacturing companies PROXMUS and Promus on the sale of their businesses to CGH Innovation, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of steel tanks and a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital, a global private equity firm headquartered in Miami.
David Barker
Global Sector Head for Technology, Science and Industry