An experienced technology lawyer and software developer enabling innovation while managing legal risk.
Jamie combines legal experience with hands-on software engineering skills to help organisations extract value from emerging technologies while managing risk. As both a qualified lawyer and practising AI/ML developer, he understands how technology works, enabling pragmatic solutions that balance innovation and commercial drivers with compliance.
Jamie manages complex technology projects within the firm's Emerging Technology Advisory practice, serving as a trusted advisor to organisations deploying AI, blockchain and other emerging technologies at scale. Drawing on secondments at Apple and UBS, he helps clients navigate the tension between innovation and legal risk, often advising on governance, risk and compliance frameworks that enable rather than obstruct.
His coding and business background differentiates his approach: Jamie engages directly with technical architectures and teams to provide commercially grounded legal advice. Clients value this ability to translate between boardrooms and development teams, helping them launch products, implement new capabilities and leverage technology for competitive advantage.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- A global financial institution on its end-to-end EU AI Act compliance programme and associated AI literacy programme, enabling continued AI deployment while managing regulatory risk
- A major natural resources company on its AI governance, risk and compliance programme, enabling business units to leverage AI capabilities while establishing proportionate oversight and control mechanisms
- A digital banking technology provider on its joint venture with a large financial institution to modernise the institution's core banking infrastructure, navigating strategic issues and negotiating key commercial terms
- A leading vehicle manufacturer on its data strategy for the rollout of connected vehicle technologies, enabling innovation while managing data privacy responsibilities sensitively
- TSB Bank plc on a strategic IT infrastructure and operations partnership to support its digital transformation objectives, strengthen its IT resilience and leverage higher value technology
Sectors
Background
Jamie read law at the University of Nottingham and the Australian National University. He is an active AI/ML software developer and founded and ran a software development company for over a decade before joining the firm.
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