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) > IT and telecoms

With in-depth expertise in digital assets, IT transactions, as well as licensing and software development, Browne Jacobson LLP is jointly led by Anthony Nagle and Declan Cushley. Nagle is noted for his strength in IT procurement, outsourcing projects, and the acquisition of technology equipment. Thomas Gibby often drafts commercial contracts for technology service providers, while David Hill is knowledgeable of digital transformation contracts and Saas. Andrew Douglas is well-versed in sourcing agreements and key supply chain contracts. The practice secured a major boost in May 2024 with the hire of a five-strong tech and commercial team from EY Law including Rowan Armstrong and Alex Mason.