Partner
DLA Piper UK
Richard is one of the UK's leading intellectual property and technology lawyers. Trained in the City of London, he became a partner with a specialist IP and technology firm, and has acted in transactions and disputes for technology suppliers and purchasers, in both public and private sectors. Richard is a renowned writer and lecturer on intellectual property law and technology.
Professional experience
- 1992 - 1994 Lovells, Trainee Solicitor
- 1994 - 2002 Stringer Saul (Partner, 1998)
- 2003 - Present DLA Piper, Partner
Education/qualifications
- London University - LLM Law
- Oxford University - MA English
Major transactions
- For Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), £100m+ of IT/IS contracts drafted and negotiated
- For HCL, major outsourcing agreement with EMI
- For National Health Service (NHS), competition and procurement law advice relating to the terms on which software supplied
- For a group of NHS Trusts, negotiating disposal of IT legacy contracts
- Private company negotiation for IS/IT services, including for Mothercare, Brother, Sheffield City Council
- For Croner.CCH, negotiating bespoke software supply to Big 4 accountancy firm Versailles v Whittaker (software ownership and recovery)
- Contributor to Managing Intellectual Property, New Law Journal, The Lawyer, The Bookseller, Scrip Magazine, edited "Guide to Internet Business Law". Numerous seminars on Freedom of Information, Data Protection, IT Outsourcing, Intellectual Property