About
Justin is a senior associate in the Technology team and advises on a wide range of commercial technology, data protection, intellectual property and cyber security matters. His expertise covers complex B2B2C cloud-based technology platforms that increasingly make use of AI technologies across a range of (both regulated and non-regulated) sectors.
He has a strong interest in the space, satellite and cyber sector. He was the only UK candidate selected from the European Space Agency’s ECSL course in Space Law and Policy (Class of 2013). He has been the legal adviser for the Satellite Applications Catapult’s South-West Centre of Excellence SpaceTech Incubation Programme, backed by the UK Space Agency. He was also part of the team the helped advise Spaceport Cornwall and Cornwall Council on the regulatory and legal requirements for building, licensing and operating the UK’s first horizontal spaceport.
Prior to his career in law, Justin led and worked for both large and early stage venture backed, technology companies. He has a wealth of international, commercial and entrepreneurial experience across a range of sectors and brings a pragmatic, commercially astute approach to the advice he provides clients.
In the 2024 edition of Legal 500, he was recognised as a Recommended Lawyer in IT and Telecoms, and he is also a member of the Society for Computers and Law (SCL).
Experience
- Wealthtime: Advising the Wealthtime group on a complex technology outsourcing arrangement for its £15 billion of financial assets under management.
- Atlantic Green: Advising on the software licencing and intellectual property aspects relevant for securing £152 million for the Cellarhead Battery Energy Storage System project – with a capacity of 624 MWh – one of the largest of its kind in the UK.
- UK Atomic Energy Authority: Advising on the intellectual property components for Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) – the programme to design and build a prototype power plant to demonstrate the commercial viability of fusion energy.
- Ministry of Defence: Advising on a number commercial intellectual property related matters.
- Private client: Advising a geo-spatial data technology client on the intellectual property and cybercrime risks in relation to various open data use case scenarios.
- Regulatory issues: Advising on regulatory and legal issues relating to building, licensing and operating a horizontal spaceport in the UK.
Credentials
- Admitted as a solicitor: England & Wales (2017)
- LL.M in data protection from the University of Law
- MA in Chinese from the University of Edinburgh,
Areas of expertise
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