Ben Dunham > Osborne Clarke LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Osborne Clarke LLP acts for major international and domestic clients in the tech sector, providing strategic data advice, cyber incident response expertise, and advice on developing and emerging technologies including AI, machine learning, and blockchain. The extensively experienced Mark Taylor leads the team and has a strong track record advising clients in the financial services and technology sectors on a broad range of data protection matters. The ‘highly knowledgeable’ Ben Dunham is recommended for data flows advice, privacy policy drafting, and compliance matters. On the contentious and cyber front, Ashley Hurst and Charlie Wedin are the key names, advising international clients on cyber incident response and data litigation cases. The team strengthened its commercial data protection offering with the May 2023 arrival of Jonathan McDonald, formerly the practice head at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP.

Osborne Clarke LLP advises a number of household name clients on strategic projects, digital issues and regulation, led by a strong bench of talent including John Davidson-Kelly, who leads the firm’s media and entertainment group and digital regulation initiative. Digital media and tech specialist Ben Dunham is another key name, while associate director Chloe Deng has an impressive track record of work for big social media clients.