Mark Gipson > Birketts LLP > Ipswich, England > Lawyer Profile

Birketts LLP
Providence House
141-145 Princes Street
IPSWICH
IP1 1QJ
England

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial, IT and Telecoms

Position

Partner

Career

Mark joined Birketts in 1995. He heads the Commercial and Technology Team in Birketts’ Ipswich and Chelmsford offices.

Mark is a commercial lawyer with wide ranging expertise in complex commercial contract drafting and negotiation including energy supply contracts, IT and computer contracts, agency and distribution agreements. He also specialises in data protection law.

Memberships

He is a director of Foundation East, a non-profit organisation operating across the East of England, which lends money to businesses and individuals for community benefit

Education

Mark graduated from Oxford University and qualified in 1997 after training with Birketts..

Lawyer Rankings

East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia

Birketts LLP has a long-standing reputation as a leading corporate and commercial practice in Suffolk though its Ipswich office frequently handles work from beyond the region. The team is described as ‘responsive, accurate and understanding‘. It is led by Alexandra Nelson, who has particular expertise in advising manufacturers and distributors of highly engineered products; senior partner James Austin, who handles commercial contracts and transactional matters; commercial and technology specialist Mark Gipson; and finance partner Andrew Tubb. Employee incentives specialist Lisa Hayward and senior associate Emma Bysouth are also recommended.