Our technical skill and pragmatic approach help you can protect what matters most – your ideas, strategies and innovations.
We help you respond to evolving legal risks in an increasingly competitive world. From identifying and securing valuable data and information to responding to theft and misuse.
How we help:
- Drafting and reviewing confidentiality clauses and employment agreements to ensure robust obligations of confidence are in place.
- Building secure frameworks for sharing confidential information in partnerships, joint ventures and development agreements.
- Addressing breaches quickly and decisively, including obtaining interim injunctions, damages and “springboard” relief.
- Taking action to recover or securely destroy sensitive data disclosed improperly.
- Implementing proactive measures to mitigate risks, including employee training, internal policies and monitoring systems.
Our experience includes:
- Acting for a major international food producer in one of the leading and most-cited breach of confidence cases of recent years.
- Obtaining and interim injunction for a fast-growing UK sensor-tech company against a former consultant and competitor, a well as representing them in the subsequent High Court proceedings.
- Advising a global biotech company on numerous disputes involving the use of confidential information and know how, in the context of both data breaches and biotech licensing dipsutes.
