Thomas Gibby > Browne Jacobson LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Browne Jacobson LLP
15TH FLOOR
6 BEVIS MARKS
LONDON
EC3A 7BA
England

Work Department

Business Services

Position

Thomas is a Senior Associate who specialises in IT & large scale technology outsourcing projects for insurers and their network of brokers, and public sector bodies and government agencies. He works with the Browne Jacobson projects team to structure and advise on large IT outsourcing projects, in addition to advising on related compliance areas including software licensing and data protection.

He is also a Certified Data Protection Practitioner. Clients particularly appreciate the commerciality and creativity of Tom’s advice and his ability to understand commercial contracts and provide a wide range of commercial advice, including related compliance areas of software licensing and data protection. His commercial awareness is supplemented by his periods of time spent with the in-house legal teams at Elekta Ltd, Ricardo PLC and The All England Lawn Tennis Club.

Career

Thomas Eggar LLP (now Irwin Mitchell LLP) – Oct. ’12 – Sept. ’15 (date of qualification: Mar. ’15)

Kerman & Co LLP – Sept. ’15 – Nov. ’17 (Commercial, Sports, Media & Tech)

Teacher Stern LLP – Nov. ’17 – June ’19 (Commercial, IT)

Governor (Co-opted, non-exec); Ivel Valley School, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire – June ’19 – present 

Secondment: The All England Lawn Tennis Club (Wimbledon) – Jan. ’16 – Nov. ’17 (Commercial/Tech Procurement and Strategy)

Secondment: Elekta Limited – Apr. ’15 – Aug. ’15 (Commercial Sales; Europe, Africa and Middle East)

Certified Data Protection Practitioner

Education

LPC (Nottingham Law School) – ‘11/’12

GDL (Nottingham Law School) – ‘10/’11

BA (Hons) History – The University of York (2007 – 2010)

Lawyer Rankings

London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech

The ‘personable team‘ at Browne Jacobson LLP is sought out by high-growth fintech and insurtech companies, AIM-listed corporates, and international payments service providers for assistance in a host of corporate matters. Jon Snade and Declan Cushley share leadership duties, with the former particularly well equipped to advise on cross-border private company transactions. Harry Pearson is noted for his knowledge of venture capital investment rounds involving fintechs, while Thomas Gibby is especially active on data protection compliance matters.