Paul Hinton

Practice Areas

Commercial & Technology Partner.

Paul leads the Financial Services team within Deloitte Legal. Paul has over twenty-five years’ experience as a commercial technology lawyer advising on drafting and negotiating commercial contracts with a particular focus on IT and intellectual property related matters in the financial sector.

Paul is a leading legal expert in trading platforms and financial data licensing, supported by bespoke methodologies and software tools that offer client’s innovative solutions to industry challenges.

Paul is a founder of Four Corners Intelligence, a next generation contract analysis solution that locates insights from within the four corners of your contracts and documents.

Paul has worked both in private practice and in-house and advises financial services companies of all sizes.

Specialties: A commercial lawyer with expertise in IT and intellectual property issues and agreements, including:

• IT agreements (procurement, licensing, development and maintenance);

• data licensing;

• IP advice and agreements relating to use and ownership of all types of content;

• trading platforms and connectivity;

• sourcing of goods and services;

• outsourcing agreements; and

• general commercial agreements

Career

Paul was admitted as a solicitor on 15/09/98. He trained at Field Fisher Waterhouse 1999 – 2001.

Paul worked at:

• Baker & Mckenzie, Junior Associate: 2001-2003

• London Stock Exchange PLC: 2003-2005

• Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP: 2005-2007 Partner 2007- 2009

• Kemp Little LLP: Partner 2009-2021

• Deloitte Legal: Partner 2021 – present