Mills & Reeve LLP’s IT team advises across sectors including the healthtech, edtech, and AI spaces, with particular expertise in software licensing, development, and data security. The team is led by Paul Knight and supports clients such as the British Council and the Intellectual Property Office. David Baines, who joined from Hill Dickinson LLP in June 2024, enhances the firm’s strength in complex tech matters. Laura Wells specialises in SaaS agreements, software and app development, and provides day-to-day advice on data protection, e-commerce, and digital marketing compliance. Sam Wigley also supports the team with expertise in a wide variety of IT and data protection matters.
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- 'Paul Knight is very thoughtful and creative. Sam Wigley is highly engaged and creative.'
Key clients
- Intellectual Property Office
- Money and Pensions Service
- British Council
- T-Systems Limited
- Jumpmind, Inc
- Turley
- PDSVISION UK Limited
- Forwarding Digital Limited
- Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
- Northern Gritstone
Work highlights
Advising the UK Intellectual Property Office on the contractual arrangements for delivery of the One IPO transformation programme and the use of open-source software.
Advising the Money and Pensions Service on legal issues relating to the digital architecture for the national Pensions Dashboards Programme.
Advising the British Council on various high-value IT procurements.
Practice head
Paul Knight
Other key lawyers
David Baines; Laura Wells; Sam Wigley; Alasdair Dougan; Robert Beveridge