Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Technology, media and entertainment, and telecommunications, Technology transactions, Outsourcing, Blockchain, digital assets and Web3, Digital business

Senior Associate, London

Will is a technology lawyer based in London. He focuses on fintech, outsourcing and intellectual property law and co-leads the firm's UK AI Advisory Group.

Will advises clients on global commercial and technology transactions (including regulated outsourcing arrangements in compliance with DORA and the EBA Guidelines), fund administration and investment service arrangements, complex software and systems development projects, and the commercialisation of intellectual property.

Will works with a broad range of clients, including institutional banks, investment/pension funds, large technology providers, insurers, and clients within the energy sector. He was previously seconded to a global investment bank to work on projects involving the distribution, analytics and commercialisation of market data and the use of blockchain in global securities financing markets.

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"Will Garton has been a really positive addition to the team. He is a top senior associate who is operating at a level of partner at other firms. His calm and measured approach to problems has been really helpful in delivering on a couple of large outsourcing contracts. We also value Nick Pantlin's involvement - he brings wide industry knowledge to the table and is solutions-driven in both his approach to problems and negotiations."