Technology & IP solicitors
Simon Deans
Partner and Practice Group Leader
Practice Group: Technology & IP
Call: 01753 279023
Email: simon.deans@bpcollins.co.uk
Simon has extensive experience of helping businesses exploit their technology and intellectual property rights and he has headed the TIP team since its inception. He manages a portfolio of fast-growing technology-based businesses and is solutions-focussed, ensuring that good legal advice is given in its commercial context.
Key recent TIP projects for clients include advising a large US software corporation on licensing its website management products to well-known multinationals, advising a famous Italian food brand on publishing its first book and advising a management consultancy company on acquiring exclusive software distribution rights, enabling it to sell software solutions to complement its business advice to large corporates.
Simon is married to Cath and they have three young children, all of whom are showing early signs of their father's ability to successfully negotiate. Outside the office, when not indulging his family, Simon can usually be found wielding his golf clubs, playing football (very slowly!) or watching any sports he can find.
David Buckle
Partner
Practice Group: Technology & IP
Call: 01753 278659
Email: david.buckle@bpcollins.co.uk
David graduated in 1995 from Brunel University, qualified in December 1999 and worked for a north London firm specialising in employment law. David was promoted to senior associate in 2007 and made partner in 2008.
David specialises in all areas of employment law, including discrimination, trade union law and collective consultation, with particular emphasis on advising employers on large mergers, share and asset acquisitions, the implementation of cash and share based employee benefit schemes, the creation and enforceability of service agreements, policies, procedures and immigration matters. He also advises executives and directors on their termination packages and post-termination restrictions and advises individuals and companies in the financial sector on the termination and recruitment of staff. David provides in-house employment and diversity training for corporate clients.
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Tim Constable
Partner
Practice Group: Technology & IP
Call: 01753 279037
Email: tim.constable@bpcollins.co.uk
Having graduated with an LLB (Hons) from Exeter University, Tim joined B P Collins as a trainee solicitor in 1994, qualified the following year and became a partner in 1998. Tim has a wide range of experience of commercial contracts, plastics technology, IT, factoring and trade finance, professional negligence and contentious probate and specialises in the resolution of high value commercial disputes, particularly trade finance disputes and disputes relating to the movie and advertising industries.
Tim has numerous recently reported decisions, including Tahmassebi v Persia International Bank plc, Clark v Clark, Fairfax Gerrard v Zaragaran and Unigreg v Kripharma and has been highlighted as a leading litigator by Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession, for the past four years. Tim is also a CEDR accredited mediator.
Tim is married with three children and his interests include tennis, football and hacking round golf courses. Tim is also a trustee and director of The Buckinghamshire Foundation, a charitable trust that promotes and supports local voluntary and community activity.
David Pritchard
Partner
Practice Group: Technology & IP
Call: 01753 279075
Email: david.pritchard@bpcollins.co.uk
David graduated from Cambridge University in 1982. After military service with the 9th/12th Lancers and a spell as a credit and political risks insurance broker at Lloyd's of London, he qualified in 1990 as a solicitor with Simmons & Simmons in the City. In 1995, he moved to B P Collins and now specialises in intellectual property and shareholder disputes, has valuable experience in the Chancery and commercial courts, as well as acting in arbitrations, adjudications and appeals, often with an overseas dimension.
Throughout his work, David places emphasis on carefully integrating specialist counsel, expert witnesses and clients, promoting teamwork and concurrency of action. David has led his team in a number of reported cases, including the Appeal Court ruling in Fairfax Gerrard v Capital Bank and High Court decisions on Oxford Legal Group Ltd v Sibbasbridge Services plc, Battlebridge Group Ltd v Hoyer Miller and Singh v Anand.
David is a CEDR-trained mediator, a strong advocate of alternative dispute resolution and takes pride in the many successful mediations he has guided clients through. David is also independently recommended for his dispute resolution services in the Thames Valley region by The Legal 500.
David is a non-executive director of a manufacturing company that is the holder of a Queen's Award for Innovation.
Alex Zachary
Partner
Practice Group: Technology & IP
Call: 01753 279022
Email: alex.zachary@bpcollins.co.uk
Alex trained at B P Collins and qualified in 1999, before becoming a partner in 2007. Alex leads substantial M&A transactions as well as undertaking a wide mix of corporate and commercial work, with a particular emphasis on the technology and environmental sectors, while taking primary responsibility for the team's knowledge management.
Technically astute, a very strong negotiator and sympathetic to client needs, Alex manages a number of key client relationships.
A keen sportsman, Alex is a regular footballer, occasional golfer and a long suffering Tottenham Hotspur supporter.
Harriet Pitblado
Associate
Harriet graduated from the University of Liverpool with an LLB (Hons) in 2005, trained at B P Collins and qualified in October 2008 as a corporate and commercial solicitor. She advises on a range of commercial and contractual matters and is involved in business acquisitions and disposals. Harriet has a particular interest in and is a member of both the environment and information technology teams. Outside work, Harriet enjoys going to the gym, cooking, and trying to improve her tennis serve.
Rebecca Samuel
Associate
Rebecca qualified as a solicitor in 2004, via a masters degree at the University of Auckland - New Zealand, and joined our Litigation and dispute resolution practice group at the beginning of 2007. Her experience covers a broad range of areas including property, construction, commercial contracts and intellectual property. Rebecca's outside interests include music, sport and languages.
