England - London • Risk advisory
Osborne Clarke LLP
Osborne Clarke LLP acts for major international and domestic clients in the tech sector, providing strategic data advice, cyber incident response expertise, and advice on developing and emerging technologies including AI, machine learning, and blockchain. The extensively experienced Mark Taylor leads the team and has a strong track record advising clients in the financial services and technology sectors on a broad range of data protection matters. The ‘highly knowledgeable’ Ben Dunham is recommended for data flows advice, privacy policy drafting, and compliance matters. On the contentious and cyber front, Ashley Hurst and Charlie Wedin are the key names, advising international clients on cyber incident response and data litigation cases. The team strengthened its commercial data protection offering with the May 2023 arrival of Jonathan McDonald, formerly the practice head at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘It is the people at this firm, and their collective knowledge, that stands out for me.’
‘Mark Taylor remains our 'go to' data protection lawyer. He is vastly knowledgeable, approachable and pragmatic. He has a fantastic ability to get the trust of our business colleagues. They know that Mark is always focused on finding scaleable solutions to even the trickiest data protection problems.’
‘Very responsive and pragmatic, advice is consistently high quality.’
‘Mark Taylor and his team are our go-to for strategic advice on complex data protection and privacy matters. OC always delivers quality.’
‘Ben Dunham is an expert in his field and highly knowledgeable of the law and practical in his application of the law to novel and complex situations crossing several continents. The team's ability to draw in expertise from several jurisdictions and to filter and present a sensible aggregated approach is commendable.’
'Their technical knowledge is of course excellent, and is delivered in a straightforward practical way.'
‘Mark Taylor and his team have been a fantastic support as we have refreshed our privacy programme. They are approachable and engaging, and have provided us with excellent technical advice. Their advice is clear and concise and they put the risks into context, allowing us to make informed commercial decisions.’
Key clients
- Police Federation of England & Wales
- Wise Payments Limited
- Wates Group
- S-RM Intelligence and Risk Consulting Limited
- National Grid Electricity Distribution (formerly Western Power Distribution)
Work highlights
- Continuing to support and advise the Police Federation of England & Wales in relation to a ransomware attack and the claims arising from it.
- Acting for Wise Payments (formerly TransferWise) in data protection litigation brought by Ben Delo, the co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX.
- Advising National Grid Electricity Distribution (formerly Western Power Distribution) on a range of data protection matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mark Taylor