Ben Williams

Partner | London


Client services contact Liberty Blanchfield

 

Track record

Leading 3D mapping provider

Advising a leading 3D mapping provider in connection with its licensing arrangements with third parties based in the UK and US and all over the world.

Health tech client

Represented a health tech client in relation to the distribution of medical device technology to hospitals, care homes and other healthcare settings in the USA. The deal was worth c.100 million USD.

Edtech company

Representing an edtech company at a mediation in Singapore in a claim concerning breach of contract and copyright infringement in (inter alia) the USA, UK, Singapore, and Sweden.

Intellectual Property Enterprise Court

Representing a national tabloid newspaper before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court in a high-profile copyright infringement dispute (involving the digital rights in an audio-visual work) against another national tabloid newspaper.

Fintech company

Advising one of the world's largest and fastest growing fintech companies on its intellectual property protection, commercialisation and enforcement needs, including the recovery of its .co.uk domain name from a Chinese cyber-squatter.

Telecoms network operator

Representing a telecoms network operator before the High Court of Justice in a wholesale telephony dispute against another (large multi-national) telecoms provider.

Telecoms provider

Acting for a telecoms provider in connection with its successful bid to provide technology and telephony services for a Premier League football team.

Venture-backed telecoms provider

Advising a venture-backed telecoms provider on the sale and licensing of certain of its telephony technology to a regtech business.

Talks

  • Real Estate innovation think tank (2021)

  • Digital Health London, innovation series (2019-2020)

  • BT innovation, TechEast: Intellectual Property for start-ups (2014)

  • Digital Health London, industry masterclass: Data security and the GDPR (2017)

  • GDPR roundtable series (2017-2018)

  • In and Out of Retail Distribution in China (2019)