Jeremy Newton > Codified Legal > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Codified Legal Offices
7 STRATFORD PLACE
LONDON
W1C 1AY
England
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Jeremy Newton
Position
Jeremy is a director of Technology Law Alliance, a leading specialist IT and outsourcing practice, and is based in their London office. He advises both IT service providers and customer-side clients on large IT projects and outsourcing contracts. Active clients in the current year have included Hitachi Data Systems (IT storage solutions and services), Crest Nicholson (housebuilder), F&C Asset Management (financial services) and Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (wholesale and reinsurance broking).
Career
Slaughter and May (trainee and then assistant in IP group): 1989-94; Pitmans (assistant and then partner): 1994-97; CMS Cameron McKenna (partner): 1997-2000; Sun Microsystems (assistant general counsel): 2000-01; Nabarro Nathanson (partner): 2001-05; Technology Law Alliance (director): 2005 to date. Publications of note include: contributor to and joint editor of A Manager’s Guide to IT Law (published by the British Computer Society); contributor to Computer Law (ed. by Chris Reed, published by Oxford University Press).
Memberships
Law Society; IOD; International Technology Law Association; British Computer Society (Secretary of the Financial Services Group).
Education
University of Warwick, BA English and American Literature (1986); City University, London, CPE (1987); Wolverhampton Polytechnic, Law Society Finals (1989); University of Bristol, Diploma in Intellectual Property Law (1991); University of Birmingham, MA Shakespeare and Theatre (2007); University of Oxford, MSt Literature and Arts (2014).
Leisure
Drama; sport.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
(Leading individuals: IT)Specialist firm Codified Legal focuses on IT projects and outsourcing contracts for major service providers, such as Hitachi Vantara and Spirent Communications, to name a couple. The practice advises its roster of clients on e-commerce, data protection, IP and related HR matters. Jeremy Newton, who deals with commercial contracts and data protection issues, jointly leads the team alongside Gavin Wakefield, who advises on outsourcing-related projects. Shazanna Safdar-Karim has extensive IP experience and is another key contact in the group.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals: IT London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- IT and telecoms London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)