Matthew Ives

Matthew is a Senior Associate in the Commercial Technology & Data team. He has broad experience in advising on intellectual property, consumer protection, and commercial contracts matters with a particular focus on technology, including online platform terms, IT services, and the development and licensing of software.

Matthew has acted for a wide variety of clients, ranging from international FTSE100 organisations to tech start-ups, in the UK and internationally. He has also gained significant commercial experience through secondments to multinational banks and a government department.

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Carrière

Since 2021	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 - 2021	Associate, Taylor Wessing
2016 – 2018	Associate, Hogan Lovells, London

2014 – 2016

Trainee, Hogan Lovells, London

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Formation

2017	Postgraduate Diploma Intellectual Property Law and Practice, Oxford University
2016	Admitted as a lawyer, England and Wales
2013	Legal Practice Course, BPP London

2012	Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP London
2011	BA Hons Degree, Warwick University

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Publications

Protecting trade secrets but suppressing whistleblowers?, Intellectual Property Magazine, July 2016

Groupes & Associations

Society of Computers and Law

Langues étrangères

English

Expertise

Secteurs Technologie, Médias et Communications (TMC)Droit de la consommation Fintech

Experience

Vinted become latest European Unicorn after closing EUR128 million Series E round financing	Vinted, Europe's largest online international C2C marketplace dedicated to second-hand fashion, on its EUR128 million Series E round financing which values the company at over EUR1 billion.The round was led by new investor Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from existing backers including Sprints Capital, Insight Venture Partners, Accel and Burda Principal Investments.
An international automotive company	An international automotive company on software development for an autonomous vehicle collaboration project.
A life sciences company	A life sciences company on a complex trade mark transfer and licensing arrangement.

A cloud services provider	A cloud services provider on the use of open source software.
An international video streaming business	An international video streaming business on its licensing obligations and the regulation of online media services in the UK.

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