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Keystone Law Offices
Keystone Law
48 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
WC2A 1JF
England
48 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
WC2A 1JF
England
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Suzy Schmitz

020 7152 6550 [email protected]
Work Department
Commercial, Dispute Resolultion, Intellectual Property, Technology
Position
Suzy is a technology lawyer specialising in intellectual property, commercial contracts, and dispute resolution. Her practice includes intellectual property registration and enforcement, IT and general commercial disputes, digital marketing law, technology licensing, and breach of confidence actions.
Suzy’s non-contentious practice includes strategic advice regarding trade marks and patents and intellectual property licensing, particularly in the digital context. She also assists clients with commercial contracts such as software development, distribution, and confidentiality agreements.
Suzy is a leading legal authority within the social media space, advising on platform terms of service, restrictions on the use of social media data, PR/crisis management, and commercial terms relating to social media marketing services. She also frequently provides counsel on specialist topics relating to the online environment, such as copyright issues relating to digital content, liability of online service providers, and legal issues relating to user-generated content.
As an accomplished litigator, Suzy has extensive expertise in relation to commercial and intellectual property disputes and has represented clients before the UK High Court, the UKIPO, OHIM and WIPO.
Career
Qualified as a Solicitor 2002; Clayton Utz, 2002-05; Speechly Bircham LLP, 2005-10; Kemp Little, 2010-16; Keystone Law, 2016.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Court of protection
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Real estate > Residential property
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Senior executives
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Finance > Islamic finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Transport > Travel
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Transport > Aviation
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Private client > Court of protection
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare