Intellectual property/technology.

Partner dealing with intellectual property (non-contentious); data protection; technology and outsourcing; e-commerce and competition law. Acts for clients across all sectors, including brands; retail and leisure; banks and financial services; IT/internet; manufacturing and engineering; charities and third sector.

Trained Tods Murray; qualified 1995; assistant solicitor McGrigor Donald 1996-98; assistant solicitor Kemp Little (formerly Kemp & Co) 1998-99; partner 1999-2005; partner Shepherd & Wedderburn 2005-09; partner Withers 2010. Publications: ‘Private Sector Guide to Freedom of Information (BSi 2006).

Society for Computers and the Law.

Uddingston Grammar School; Glasgow University (1991 LLB Hons); DipLP (1992); Strathclyde University (1993 LLM).

Family, sport, music.