Gowling WLG advises its clients, who range from start-ups and public bodies to multinational conglomerates, on both contentious and non-contentious matters. The firm offers specialist AI support, especially relating to autonomous vehicles, under the eye of Matt Hervey. The head of practice, Jocelyn Paulley, specialises in non-contentious IT matters, with experience in SaaS, cloud and IT services arrangements. Patrick Arben supplements the team, specialising in litigation work relating to data protection, outsourcing and licensing disputes.

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Key clients

  • Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Limited
  • Virtus Data Centres
  • Wates Limited
  • Keyloop (UK) Limited
  • Sitehop Limited
  • Energy Systems Catapult Limited
  • National Farmers Union Mutual Society Limited
  • Transport for London
  • Mixmove Limited
  • Lloyd's Register Group Services Limited
  • Dudley Building Society
  • Halfords UK Limited
  • Statkraft GmbH
  • The Shrewsbury and Nottingham Maternity Services Inquiries
  • ST Telemedia Global Data Centres
  • Connected Places Catapult

Work highlights

  • Advised National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited on a material outsourcing for a mainframe-as-a-service contract.
  • Advising Transport for London on its £500m re-procurement through Competitive Dialogue of the supply contract in respect of the London Cycle Hire Scheme.
  • Representing and advising Statkraft in the defence of proceedings brought by Calder Water Community Wind Farm Limited.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jocelyn Paulley

Other key lawyers

Matt Hervey, Patrick Arben