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Douglas Mathie
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Work Department
Corporate; technology, information and outsourcing.
Position
Douglas is an experienced commercial lawyer specialising in information technology, intellectual property and outsourcing deals. He regularly advises clients in relation to the sale and or purchase of IT and telecoms solutions, and the exploitation and licensing of intellectual property rights (IPRs). In addition Douglas gives advice in relation to other complex commercial agreements. Douglas is also Brodies’ expert on telecommunications procurement. In particular he has helped both public and private sector entities to purchase complex, and occasionally groundbreaking, telecoms services from a wide range of suppliers. Prior to becoming a lawyer Douglas trained as a software engineer and spent a year doing academic research in the field of artificial intelligence and the law (trying to make computers think like judges) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Douglas’ technical background allows him to quickly understand the technical aspects of an IT project and translate between the technical and the legal. It also gives him an insight into where things can go wrong. Recent deal highlights include purchase of the IPR assets of an insolvent computer games company and the outsourcing of ATM provision for a bank.
Career
Trained Semple Fraser, Glasgow 1993-95; qualified 1995; Pinsent Curtis, Leeds, assistant 1995-98; General Motors IT Division, Maidenhead, in-house lawyer 1998; Dundas & Wilson CS, Glasgow, senior associate (from 2003) 1998-2005; partner Brodies 2007.
Member
Law Society of Scotland; affiliate member of Chartered Institute of Purchase and Supply (CIPS).
Education
Glasgow High School; Strathclyde University (1990 BSc (Hons) Computer Science; 1991 LLB; 1993 Diploma Legal Practice).
Leisure
Tennis, films, classic cars.
Practice Areas
Corporate and commercial; Information technology; Intellectual property
