Luisa D'Alessandro > Tyr > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile

Tyr
2 The Embankment
Sovereign Street
LEEDS
LS1 4BA
England

Work Department

Commercial and IT

Position

Luisa joined Tyr in February 2021 to establish the firm’s commercial and IT practice.  She is a commercial and IT contracts specialist with more than twenty years of experience in her chosen field.  Luisa deals with a range of commercial contract work including agency, distribution, franchising, outsourcing and supply and purchase agreements.  She also has significant experience in data protection law and e-commerce work and has a particular interest in supporting clients in the IT arena, dealing with matters such as software licensing models, IT system purchase and supply arrangements, reseller agreements and service level agreements.   Other sectors of experience include manufacturing, logistics, leisure and retail, and professional services. Clients range from SMEs to large corporates including household name organisations and listed companies.  She also deals with matters involving overseas aspects such as transborder data flows and international supply contracts.

Career

Luisa trained at Pinsent Masons where she spent a further five years in the Leeds commercial team on qualification, before spending seven years at Berg (now Kennedys).  Luisa joined Schofield Sweeney in 2013 and was promoted to partner in 2014, leading the firm’s Commercial team. In addition to her role as department head, she also held the firm’s Training Principal role for several years. Luisa has most recently moved to Tyr to head up the firm’s Commercial practice. Luisa has also spent time on secondment in the in-house legal team at Aviva.

Education

University of Leeds (LLB Law with French), College of Law, York (LPC).

Lawyer Rankings

Yorkshire and the Humber > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire

Tyr was founded in 2019 and has been continuing to bolster its corporate and commercial offerings. Chris Blantern heads the corporate group and acts for a wide spectrum of clients, ranging from SMEs to national public and private companies. Luisa D’Alessandro leads the commercial team, and has a broad practice that covers trading arrangements, agency and distribution matters, supply and manufacturing contracts, franchising, and outsourcing.

Yorkshire and the Humber > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms

The presence of Tyr‘s Leeds-based practice continues to expand, with the team advising a growing number of IT providers and contractors on service agreements, licensing issues and contractual arrangements. Luisa D’Alessandro also handles a large volume of compliance and liability management mandates related to data privacy legislation. D’Alessandro is well regarded for her technology sector expertise and also advises on matters in the e-commerce space.