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England - South West • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
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IT and telecoms

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Spencer West LLP

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Spencer West LLP fields strong expertise in outsourcing and commercial technology contracts, providing ‘practical and creative’ advice to clients across a broad spectrum of industries. The ’responsive and pragmatic’ Jowanna Conboye leads the South West practice, advising start-ups, SMEs and corporations on a range of IT and intellectual property issues. For major IT outsourcing projects, as well as matters involving SaaS and patent licensing, Edmund Probert is a key contact.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Edmund Probert: Top notch professional, provides the right advice to us on time every time.’

  • ‘I've found working with Spencer West very reassuring. The team have picked up on what our company does, how we do it and what's important to us quickly and offered practical solutions for all our legal requirements.’

  • ‘We've worked with Edmund Probert for a very long time, and he knows our business and team well. The practical approach to our standard contracts and bespoke requirements thoroughly meets our needs.’

  • ‘Jowanna Conboye was a pleasure to work with. She made sure she understood our requirements and position fully before discussing different options available. She was thorough and communication was excellent at all times.’

  • 'Jowanna Conboye stands out as a responsive and pragmatic commercial lawyer. Also helps that she is lovely to deal with and very sensible and cost-effective.'

  • 'My experience with Spencer West has been excellent. I received very professional and prompt advice, which was invaluable in setting up contracts with industry partners.'

Key clients

  • Glasgow University
  • Celtic Sea Power
  • Resolution Therapeutics
  • Kudos Software
  • Indigo Independent Governance
  • Financial Wellbeing Pulse

Work highlights

Acting for a Professor of Glasgow University on a £500,000 funding into the Dravet Syndrome Natural History Study over access to study data.
Advising Resolution Therapeutics on their SAAS contract for lab platform software for clinical studies.
Advising Celtic Sea Power on sub-licence of environmental data to national research project into impact of offshore wind farms.

Practice head

Jowanna Conboye

Other key lawyers

Edmund Probert; Poh-Leng Devare; Andrew Ailwood; Jo Probert