Neil Forrest
Technology Counsel, Office of General Counsel @PwC
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WORK HISTORY
Technology Counsel, Office of General Counsel @PwC
Birmingham, GB
In-house counsel for PwC specialising non-contentious commercial law including artificial intelligence/generative AI, intellectual property, telecommunications, information technology and data protection. Sales contracts in the UK and globally. General corporate and commercial legal advice; risk; compliance.
EDUCATION
The University of Law
PgDL; LPC, Law
Sir Graham Balfour
High School
Coventry University
Business Information Technology, Information Technology
SKILLS
ABOUT NEIL FORREST
Neil is a senior solicitor with 29 years of commercial experience in industry and legal services in the UK and internationally.Neil advises on AI, IT, IP, Telecommunications and commercial and corporate matters with particular emphasis on Artificial Intelligence, IT, telecommunications and logistics sectors. He has experience of both contentious and non-contentious areas of law including corporate, company secretarial, commercial contracts, compliance, regulation, risk management, exploitation of intellectual property rights, big data (AI technologies) and handling disputes in the County Court, the High Court and the Intellectual Property Office.Prior to qualifying as a solicitor Neil acquired 8 years industry experience in IT and Telecommunications. Neil gained experience as a software engineer, software architect, team leader and project manager working both within software houses and IT departments\' and telecommunications businesses. During his career Neil has worked across many industry sectors for major blue chip clients including telecommunications, utilities, automotive, airline, pharmaceuticals, government, manufacturing and financial services.
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