Richard Armitage
Director
About Richard
Richard Armitage is a director in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group and advises on a broad range of commercial contracts and data protection matters.
He has experience across a variety of sectors, including IT, retail and healthcare. He has undertaken two secondments to a multinational chemical manufacturer and a leading organiser of concerts and trade shows. These experiences have given him crucial insight into the workings of large commercial organisations.
Experience
- Drafting and advising on an international consultancy agreement as part of a cross jurisdictional transaction.
- Advising on the acquisition of a new business critical software-as-a-service solution for a client specialising in fund management.
- Drafting of an international distribution agreement as part of a cross border corporate transaction.
- Advising on the drafting and negotiation of long term contracts for the provision of an IT platform and associated professional services required to manage a large debt portfolio.
- Advising a major UK football club on various advertising and marketing contracts.
- Advising a UK-based IT services provider on data protection compliance when dealing with a US service provider.
- Advising a multinational business on general issues relating to cross jurisdictional data protection compliance.
- Advising a pension fund on the data protection issues surrounding a pension buy-in and drafting relevant data protection agreements.
- Advising a leading jewellery company on the drafting of a services agreement with a major insurance company.
Credentials
Education
- BPP Law School, Legal Practice Course, 2014
- University of Birmingham, LL.B., 2010
- University of Birmingham, B.A., 2008
Admissions
- England and Wales, 2016
Recognitions
- Recommended in The Legal 500 UK 2017 for Intellectual property
Expertise
Services
- Intellectual Property & Technology
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