England - South West • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Spencer West LLP
With a South West offering in Exeter, Spencer West LLP‘s IP team is particularly active in advising clients across four distinct areas: the environmental and renewable energy space, the sports industry, the health and wellbeing arena, and startups emerging out of regional universities. Practice head Jowanna Conboye and Edmund Probert are the key names and both have broad experience dealing with IP matters such as trade marks and designs.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Easy to connect with high-quality individuals.'
- 'Edward Probert is highly focused on commercial outcomes and works in a highly contextual way. Edward understands how to truly interpret the client need whilst highlighting pitfalls.'
- 'The team is highly conscientious and wholly committed to the client's interests. They bring keen legal insight that has had invaluable commercial implications for our company. The practice is friendly and helpful, whilst also being forceful and direct when required.'
- 'The Spencer West team has been outstanding in all respects.'
- 'Jowanna Conboye has been a powerful advocate in the technical sense (as a lawyer) and lay sense (as a representatives and safeguarder of me and my company's interests). In all dealings she has been forthright, highly articulate, perfectly informed and exceedingly knowledgeable of all relevant aspects of the law.'
- 'Spencer West were able to demonstrate an excellent understanding of the education sector.'
- 'Jowanna Conboye project managed the intellectual property dispute, providing clarity around ongoing discussions. For a person not au fait with legal affairs, her 'plain English' approach enabled me to easily understand what actions needed to be taken.'
- 'I would single out Jowanna Conboye for her encyclopaedic knowledge of IP. We have collaborated on countless matters, and in addition to her knowledge, she is extremely amenable and therefore a pleasure to deal with.'
Key clients
- Deutscher Cricket Bund
- Studio71 UK Ltd
- Certus Technology Limited
- Resolution Therapeutics Limited
- Wave Hub Developments Limited t/a Celtic Sea Power
- Commons Seas CIC
- Senseful AI Limited
- Camrosh Limited
- Syrenis Limited
- Merizon Limited
Work highlights
- Advising the Deutscher Cricket Bund (the German national cricket board) on a new international competition.
- Working with Resolution Therapeutics on licencing of cell therapies being used for toxicology studies.
- Advising Wave Hub on the licencing of data relating to wind farm project research in the Irish Sea.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jowanna Conboye