Band 3
Provided by Jowanna Conboye
Jowanna is an expert intellectual property and information technology lawyer. She has many years’ experience advising organisations on the best ways to protect their intellectual property (IP) from creation through to exploitation. Jowanna works with businesses on their IP portfolios covering trade marks, copyright, design rights, and patents.
After training and qualifying at large regional firm Stevens & Bolton, Jowanna moved to join the large south-west firm Stephens Scown and became known for her practical approach and commercial knowledge. Whilst there she commenced her specialism in transactional IP. Jowanna’s expertise in this area covers the full range of IP from transfers and assignments of IP, licencing, collaboration agreements, joint ventures, marketing and sponsorship arrangements.
Jowanna works with a wide range of organisations from tech companies, creative businesses, non-profit organisations including charities and social enterprises, healthcare businesses and suppliers to the NHS, boutique businesses in the beauty and luxury goods industries, hospitality, food and drink, and leisure and tourism.
Intellectual property, trade marks, copyright, designs, patents, assignments and licencing; information technology, agile, SaaS, PaaS, software development, end user licence agreements, outsourcing, commercial contracts, B2B, B2C, online sales and platforms, terms and conditions, HealthTech; data protection, GDPR, data processing agreements, data sharing agreements, processor/controller agreements.
Jowanna takes pride in partnering with companies from start-ups and SMEs up to large multi-national corporations on projects such as bespoke software development including cross-border work, platform creation, software licencing, value-added reseller agreements, systems integration agreements and full IT outsourcing. She has particular expertise in agile working for software developers and reflecting this in their commercial agreements and business terms and conditions.
Jowanna has additional expertise in data protection. She has worked with some national names on complying with their data protection obligations, particularly around sub-contracting with data processors, and working with controllers on data sharing arrangements.
Jowanna is also a trusted advisor on high-value corporate deals, advising on the IP, IT and data protection aspects of mergers and acquisitions to ensure that clients’ brands and products are protected on transfer. She has a wealth of experience in advising on government and local authority contracts as well as procurement and funded projects.
Provided by Chambers
Jowanna Conboye of Spencer West has substantial expertise advising on trade mark portfolios. She is also adept at supporting on the IP aspects of transactions and licensing deals.
Provided by Chambers
Jowanna understands our needs and responds with prompt, thoughtful and well-informed advice.
Jowanna provides excellent service at a very high level of sophistication, with keen commercial insight.
Jowanna gives pragmatic and very client-focused advice.
Jowanna is always swift to respond to our queries, which enables us to move forward with business initiatives. Jowanna has sound knowledge in the areas that we require her input.
Jowanna is brilliant and her help is invaluable throughout the process.
Jowanna understands our needs and responds with prompt, thoughtful and well-informed advice.
Jowanna provides excellent service at a very high level of sophistication, with keen commercial insight.
Jowanna gives pragmatic and very client-focused advice.
Jowanna is always swift to respond to our queries, which enables us to move forward with business initiatives. Jowanna has sound knowledge in the areas that we require her input.
Jowanna is brilliant and her help is invaluable throughout the process.