Lawyers

Ian De Freitas

Ian De Freitas

Farrer & Co, London

Work Department

Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Information and Data

Position

Partner

Career

Ian has over twenty-five years' experience as a litigator in resolving disputes for clients in a wide range of sectors. In particular, he specialises in disputes involving intellectual property, technology and data. More recently, he has used his experience of dealing with risk to assist clients in achieving compliance with the stricter standards of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Memberships

Ian is a past President of the Intellectual Property Commission of the Union Internationale des Avocats, an international association of mainly private practice lawyers.

Education

The University of Manchester, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

Mentions

Risk advisory • London

Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity

TMT (technology, media and telecoms) • London

Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design