Bill Thatcher

Bill is a commercial lawyer. His practice covers intellectual property, information technology and data protection, in addition to other commercial work.

He has particular expertise in:

• research and development contracts, including EU funded framework programme contracts

• R&D contracts involving both industry and not-for-profit research organisations such as universities

• licensing of patents and other intellectual property rights

His work covers many fields, for example:

• medical devices

• laboratory equipment

• automotive

• interior design

• environmental

• programmatic advertising

• cryptography

Bill has practised as a commercial lawyer since qualifying in 1990. He has been a partner in Harrison Clark Rickerbys and, before that, Hewitsons LLP and its predecessor firms, since 1996.