Andrew Shindler
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Work Department
Commerce and technology.
Position
Partner in the firm’s commerce and technology group specialising in: general commercial contracts, including supply, agency, distribution, franchising and co-operation agreements; intellectual property, advising on the existence and the exploitation of intellectual property rights, including assignments and licensing of patents, know-how, copyright and trade marks; IT, including system supply, software licences, facilities maintenance and outsourcing agreements; e-commerce, including website development and management agreements, website terms and conditions, framing, linking and content supply agreements, ASP agreements and partnering arrangements; pharmaceutical, including licensing, R&D and clinical trials agreements. Leading member of the firm’s TMT and pharmaceutical groups. Wide range of clients, mainly in technology sectors (particularly IT, e-commerce and pharmaceuticals) but also in sectors such as hotels, interior design and furniture.
Career
Trained SJ Berwin; qualified 1989; partner 1997; former editor of firm’s ‘Pharmaceutical Update’; editor of firm’s e-commerce newsletter ‘StrICTly Legal’; co-author of Tolleys’ ‘E-Contracts’ (2001). Regular writer and lecturer in all the above areas.
Languages
Basic French.
Member
Law Society; trustee of the Cardiovascular Research Trust; secretary of City of London Law Society Commercial Law Committee; Licensing Executives Society.
Education
Latymer Upper School; Keele University (1985 BA English/Law); Queen Mary College, London (1986 LLM); Solicitors Finals (1987).
Leisure
Sports (mainly tennis), family, theatre, eating out, supporting Arsenal, travel.
Practice Areas
Electronic commerce; Intellectual property; Information technology
