Laura advises businesses on complex technology and intellectual property matters, helping them protect and commercialise their innovations while managing legal risk. She is known for delivering clear, pragmatic advice that enables clients to navigate the fast-moving intersection of technology and IP with confidence.
Laura specialises in intellectual property law, advising on the protection, enforcement and commercialisation of IP assets across all key rights, including trade marks, patents, copyright, designs and confidential information. She supports organisations on IP portfolio management, brand protection strategies, IP disputes and enforcement actions and the structuring of IP ownership and licensing arrangements. Her advice is commercially grounded, helping organisations maximise the value of their intellectual property without unnecessary complexity.
Laura also has a strong technology practice, advising on the legal and commercial framework surrounding modern and innovative technology projects. She regularly advises on technology licensing and SaaS agreements, software development and procurement contracts, IT outsourcing arrangements and enterprise-wide digital transformation projects. Drawing on both her IP and technology contracting expertise, Laura helps clients ensure that technology solutions are properly structured, IP rights are clearly allocated and commercial objectives are protected.
Laura regularly shares insight and commentary on technology, intellectual property and innovation through her LinkedIn thought leadership, reflecting her practical experience advising organisations on emerging legal and commercial challenges in the technology space.
Key Specialisms
IP
- Trade mark protection, registration and enforcement
- Patent commercialisation and licensing
- Copyright and design rights
- IP portfolio management and brand protection strategies
- IP disputes, enforcement and oppositions
- Domain name disputes
- IP in corporate transactions, M&A and investment rounds
- IP due diligence
- Confidential information and trade secrets
- IP ownership structuring and assignment
Tech
- Technology licensing: SaaS; PaaS; GPUaaS; IaaS
- Cloud computing – infrastructure; data centres; compute capacity (upstream and downstream)
- Software development and procurement contracts
- IT outsourcing arrangements
- Enterprise-wide digital transformation projects
- Open source licensing and compliance
- Technology joint ventures and collaboration agreements
Laura acts for clients across a range of sectors, including technology, life sciences, manufacturing, creative industries and start-ups, regularly working with innovators, founders, senior stakeholders and in-house legal teams on strategically important and high-value matters. Clients value her technically assured, commercially realistic advice which is aligned with wider business objectives.
Notable work highlights
- IP – Winning an appeal for a trade mark client seeking to overturn opposition proceedings which threatened to stop its business and require them to rebrand. By identifying key areas of the original judgment which were flawed legally with regard to the interpretation of ‘similarity’ and customer perception, the client was ultimately successful with its appeal.
- IT – re-drafting, negotiating and concluding a client’s international PaaS contracts with its customers which included global finance houses, banks and famous brand owners.
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