Praised by clients for its strength in ‘fast-moving, high-stakes matters’, Digitalis’ digital risk practice supports a diverse range of clients involved in litigation, including law firms, financial services firms, professional services firms, and corporates, particularly in the natural resources sector. Founder Dave King serves as chief executive officer, while Charlie Bain — a key adviser to both multinational corporates and private clients — serves as the firm’s managing partner. Capable in multilingual, cross-border investigations, the ‘extremely thorough, smart and knowledgeable’ Carys Whomsley is a managing director and head of the digital risk and intelligence team, while the ’exceptionally impressive’ partner James Hann is noted for his focus on online reputation management and digital intelligence, including open-source intelligence gathering.
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Testimonials
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- 'Digitalis is particularly strong in fast-moving, high-stakes matters. Their key strength is combining sophisticated digital investigations and intelligence capabilities with a clear understanding of the legal and strategic context in which that work is deployed. Their research work on Generative AI is particularly impressive and market leading. The team works closely and seamlessly with lawyers to ensure targeted, proportionate and immediately usable advice . They are highly responsive, able to mobilise quickly on urgent instructions, and deliver clear, well-judged and researched analysis.'
Work highlights
Through detailed analysis of available location data, the team was able to establish the geographic reach of the allegations and quantify the level of exposure among UK- and Ireland-based users, resulting in a clear picture assessing the spread of defamatory allegations.
By analysing more than nine thousand trade records across over 65 jurisdictions, the team identified multiple indicators of IP and trademark infringement, including evidence of a key co-defendant importing a previously identified infringing product directly into the jurisdiction of interest, as well as several consignments of similarly named products linked to another co-defendant between relevant jurisdictions.
Over the course of seven months, Digitalis investigated the campaign across the internet and several social media platforms, mapping the network of coordinated accounts behind it, tracking and reporting on hostile content and evidencing the actions of participating accounts.
Practice head
Carys Whomsley, Sheza Raheel, James Hann