I’m a managing associate in the commercial team assisting clients navigate a range of legal and commercial issues. I specialise in intellectual property.
As a managing associate in the commercial team, I advise on a range of commercial agreements with a particular focus on IP/IT and technology. My clients range from technology start-ups to large multi-nationals. Wherever a client is on their business journey, whether engaging customers, suppliers or others, I help them understand their relationships and ensure their rights are suitably protected by reviewing, drafting and/or negotiating relevant contractual documentation. I strive to give clients not just clear legal advice, but advice with real commercial value.
Areas of expertise:
- Intellectual property rights
- IP assignments and licenses
- IP audits
- Confidentiality agreements / non-disclosure agreements
- Research and collaboration agreements
- Information technology
- Software licensing
- Distribution and reseller agreements
- Terms of supply / terms of purchase
Qualifications and memberships
- Admitted as a solicitor in March 2012
- University of Oxford Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice (2014)
- Society for Computers and Law
If I'm unavailable, please contact:
Steph Young
Legal Secretary +44 (0)1892 506 276 [email protected]
Download PDFMy experience
Drafting and advising on a template distribution/reseller agreement for the overseas distribution of the client’s newly developed innovative SaaS product offering.
Assisting an innovative start-up company with its relationship with its external software developer and the drafting and negotiation of a suitable software development agreement.
Advising long-standing client regarding its restructuring and ownership of IP within its group of companies to ensure the IP was suitably protected and maintained.
Planning and execution of a complex IP audit of the UK’s leading berry and stone fruit production and marketing co-operative.
Advising a well-known online creative company on a number of IP-related matters including a number of complex guidance notes / policies.
Advising on the sale of a university spin-out company formed around an innovative piece of security software, ensuring the key IP was correctly owned and assigned.
How we made a difference
My thinking
Cripps advise Paris-headquartered Manutan on its acquisition of Findel
AI cannot be an inventor! A quick look at the Supreme Court decision in Thaler v Comptroller [2023] UKSC 49
Intellectual property audits
A quick guide to intellectual property audits
The Digital Copyright Directive
Domain names: a closer look
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