England - East Midlands • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)

Howes Percival LLP

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Matthew Talbot leads the ‘excellent’ group at Howes Percival LLP, where he is well recognised for his contentious IT work. Adding complementary transactional bench strength, Hannah Steggles and Paula Dumbill are the go-to partners for tech, infrastructure and outsourcing and commercial projects. Re-joining from Dentons in February 2022, director Chris White bolsters the practice’s expertise in hardware procurement, software development, licensing and data protection issues.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team is excellent. They come with my strongest recommendation. Always available, always excellent advice.’

  • ‘They're just a fantastic group of individuals. One of the things I like the most is that the quality is always excellent no matter who I deal with.’

Key clients

  • Business Software Alliance
  • Getronics UK Limited
  • FibreFab Limited
  • DeMontfort University
  • Just Hype Limited
  • Autodesk Inc.
  • Internetwork Media Limited
  • E-Bate Limited

Work highlights

  • Advising Business Software Alliance Inc as sole representatives in the UK on behalf of the BSA whose members include Siemens, Autodesk and many other software companies.
  • Advised Just Hype Limited in relation to e-commerce strategy including reviewing and advising upon e-commerce agreements.

Lawyers

Hall of Fame

The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.

Matthew Talbot

Hall of fameHowes Percival LLP

Matthew is a partner and specialises in all areas of UK and European intellectual property law, particularly contentious matters. He advises clients regarding trade marks, copyright, design rights, passing off, patents, European food protection and defamation. Matthew also has substantial experience in IT disputes and has frequently appeared before the English courts, the European Court of Justice and the UK and European Patent Offices. Matthew is the head of the IP/IT team at Howes Percival, having joined in November 2006 to set up their IP/IT offering. He acts for clients across the UK and Europe covering all areas of intellectual property and large IT disputes.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Matthew Talbot, Paula Dumbill, Hannah Steggles

Other key lawyers

Chris White