Jay Barnett

Senior Associate

Commercial

Advises on all areas of commercial law and business matters across a broad range of industry sectors including IT, technology, travel, retail, and creative businesses.

Jay is a Senior Associate in our Commercial team and qualified in September 2017. His main areas of specialism are business contracts, data protection compliance, IT and intellectual property strategy and protection. Jay works with large brands and entrepreneurial businesses from a broad range of sectors including retail, IT and technology, manufacturing, travel and creative businesses.

He advises on business contract matters (both B2B and B2C), privacy and data protection (including advising on the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018), intellectual property rights protection and commercialisation, IT contracts (software licences, support and maintenance, SaaS / Cloud, managed services and IT infrastructure contracts) and online trading / website regulation.

Work highlights

BUSINESS CONTRACTS

Working with a global luxury retailer on its business contracts with its worldwide distribution network, including advising on supply, manufacturing and data protection issues.


INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Advising a global IT company on the protection of its complex software engines for the creation of multiple processing activities and algorithm application in various sectors, including metaverse infrastructure and gaming.


BUSINESS CONTRACTS

Working with a large behavioural science’s company on its business contracts, including negotiation with its global client base and advising on data protection issues.


Recent articles

Podcasts

International trade and trading across borders; the financial and legal implications

In this episode, we delve into the risks and opportunities confronting businesses involved in global trade or aspiring to expand their international footprint amidst the current economic climate.

12/04/2024

Media spotlight

DMH Stallard noted as one of the best firms for championing women

legalbusiness.co.uk writes about the number of female professionals ranked in leading legal directory Legal500, with DMH Stallard holding 14 rankings across 20+ departments in the latest edition.

11/03/2024

Insights

Problems with selling your business and minority shareholders

Drag Along rights… No, not a date with Ru Paul, but a crucial and little-known clause outside legal circles.

05/03/2024

Insights

DMH Stallard advises on St Barnabas and Martlets Hospice merger

The merger is described by St Barnabas as a move that ‘aims to create a stronger, more sustainable and comprehensive hospice care organisation

13/02/2024