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Carol Copland

+44 (0) 7810 378 193 carol.copland@gunnercooke.com View profile View profile

Work Department

Commercial Contracts

Position

Partner

Career

Carol is a commercial lawyer with a wide range of experience working within businesses. This enables her to have a full understanding of her clients’ requirements on a wider scale.

Carol previously worked for Metaswitch Networks Ltd, where she served on the Executive Committee. Her responsibility was for the global legal function, data protection, anti-bribery and the patents portfolio. Prior to this, she worked for The Qualification and Curriculum Authority where she had specific Executive responsibility for legal; corporate governance; secretariat to the QCA Board and Executive; risk management and corporate performance; equalities; freedom of information and data protection; and the Examinations and Appeals Board.  She started her career in the Technology Media and Telecoms team at Linklaters, where she trained and worked for several years.

Previous Law Firms

• Chief Legal Officer, Metaswitch Networks Ltd
• Director, Metaswitch Networks AS
• Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs, QCA
• Head of Legal and Procurement, Finance Division, QCA
• Company Secretary for the Institute of Educational Assessors
• General Commercial Lawyer, English Heritage
• Associate, Technology media Telecoms Group, Linklaters

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