Helen Dobson
Boyes TurnerSarah Williamson heads the commercial and technology practice group at Boyes Turner which handles complex IT and technology matters for national and international technology sector clients, including IT disputes and data protection projects. Williamson has over 20 years of experience on technology related agreements and comes highly recommended for her ‘extremely effective negotiation style’ and ’leveraging her expert technical knowledge’. Helen Dobson advises key clients on intellectual property, including issues of brand management, licensing, development and commercial contracts, as well as corporate transactions and restructures.
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‘We have employed the services of Boyes Turner since 2021 and have consistently found their work to be thorough, relevant to our business and to a very high standard with excellent results. They have always been responsive, even at short notice, and are friendly and easy to work with.
‘Having used different lawyers at different times and in different countries concerning certain software products owned by our company, our experience of Boyes Turner has been excellent. In particular we have found Rowan Turrall and Sarah Williamson at Boyes Turner to stand out. Not only have we found them to be highly knowledgeable in the areas that they cover but also very thorough and sound in the advice and guidance they have given us and also in the high quality of their work. Their ability to quickly understand the issues at hand, often concerning quite complex software related aspects, has been impressive. As well, their focus on detail and their ability to quickly recall salient detail at key moments is a significant and important differentiator. Allied with this has been a fairness in their approach when charging for their work. ’
‘I have always had very high quality lawyers form Boyes Turner and the partner is always accessible and is clearly very close to the details of our transactions.
‘Sarah Williamson is our main partner. She manages to combine an endearing personality with an extremely effective negotiation style by leveraging her expert technical knowledge.’
Key clients
- Culligan Group
- Virtualstock Limited
- Wind River Limited
- Guardian News and Media Limited
- Kelk Consulting Services Limited trading as KCS Automotive
- First Hydrogen Limited
- Novatiq Solutions Limited
- Virgin Strauss Water UK Limited (trading as Virgin Pure)
Work highlights
- Advised Culligan on DXP project to be rolled out across its group companies in EMEA.
- Advised Virtualstock on agreements for the use of its dropshipping SaaS platform with some of the biggest retailers, merchants and hospitals in the UK.
- Providing an outsourced legal service to The Guardian supporting the in-house commercial legal team and advising on a variety of technology agreements including SaaS and AdTech agreements.
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