Ed Forbes
Senior Legal Counsel @Vattenfall
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Legal Counsel @Vattenfall
Edinburgh, GB
EDUCATION
Universität Passau
German Civil and Commercial Law
King's College London
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B Hons) with German Law
King's College London, U. of London
PgDip
Queen Mary, U. of London
Trade Mark Law & Practice
ABOUT ED FORBES
One of the very few legal eagles to have run a TV station. Specialising in renewable energy and infrastructure, with expertise in IP/IT, data privacy, media law, content rights management and in-house legal service delivery, including multi-lingual cross-jurisdictional projects and all manner of contractual and deal closing matters. Corporate: Vattenfall, working on renewable energy infrastructure projects. Prior to which B&Q, Vodafone, Lykke (fintech), Dell and HSBC. Formerly, Global Head of Rights Management for international information agency Reuters. Academic: Senior Lecturer in Media Law and IP, lecturing and providing training on privacy, IP/IT, media law and reputation management. Served as MBA (Media) and LL.M (IP) programme leader at Bournemouth University\'s Media School. Also visiting lecturer at other institutions. Media: Head of Station / News Editor /Producer - Mirror Group (Reach) TV Companies & Markets Editor / Producer CNBC Researcher / segment producer BBC / Corporate Music: Outside of the law I am a jazz drummer and tutor @edforbesdrums.com
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