INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Commercially astute providing practical advice. Very proactive in keeping the in-house team informed of timings and costs.

Piers has proved to be a real asset to our small legal department. We regularly ask him to help with our commercial contracts work, particularly in the IT procurement space. Pragmatic and commercial, Piers is a pleasure to work with and I have no hesitation in recommending him.

Myself and other colleagues across different departments at Oxford Nanopore have relied on Piers' drafting and negotiating skills to help us conclude many agreements, some highly complex, including licensing, research collaborations and production and supply agreements.

Piers proved to be capable and effective, offering a highly flexible resource to help us cope with spikes in workload. I would have no hesitation in recommending him.

Piers is a pleasure to deal with. Approachable and personable, he uses commercial plain English while providing clear practical advice under tight time frames and with excellent turnaround times. I would have no hesitation in recommending him.

M3 Global Research operates an ISO 26362 certified panel with the highest quality data collection and project management capabilities that cover the spectrum of quantitative and qualitative market research techniques utilised today. Our panel has over 2 million physicians in more than 70 countries worldwide, necessitating the transfer of data throughout the world. Following the abandonment of Safe Harbor Clayden Law has provided timely and vital counsel to help us navigate the changing waters regarding the export of data between the EEA and the US.

As a part of their continued drive to make life easier for their clients, Shaw Gibbs have recently launched SGConnex, an online accounts service fully integrated with accounting software Xero, creating instant and ongoing access for businesses from anywhere at any time. Clayden Law team provided Shaw Gibbs with vital input into the structuring and tailoring of a bespoke set of terms and conditions for SGConnex as well as legal advice around e-commerce implications, data protection and security.

He has calmly and professionally handled complex negotiations involving some of our most high profile and high value technology projects. He really understands the [company] community culture and mission here and we see him as an invaluable and experienced trusted advisor. In addition to Piers, more recently we have been working with other members of the Clayden Law team (currently Sukhpreet Bhinder) as additional resource for our small legal team - they all bring the same no jargon, plain English approach to their work for us and they are all a pleasure to deal with.

Hannah has helped with a very thorough overhaul of our terms and conditions and we have worked very closely with Piers on a number of projects on an almost daily basis. He is a pleasure to deal with – approachable and engaging which is a refreshing change from the more formal lawyers we might have dealt with in the past. He is a courteous negotiator that always strives to reach pragmatic solutions whilst protecting our commercial positions. Happy to recommend Piers and Hannah as technology law specialists.

We are a fast growing company and they have been able to meet and exceed our need for fast turn around times. They clearly understand the SaaS workplace solutions industry and have been an enormous help both on commercial contract upgrades and negotiations and also data protection compliance issues (particularly around Brexit).

We have been pleased with the service they have provided – clear, thorough but pragmatic. I have enjoyed working with Clayden Law, Hannah Kirby in particular.