Rebecca Kelly

Expertise

Rebecca is best known for her skills as an intellectual property, information technology and commercial lawyer. She has over 14 years’ experience of dealing with businesses. During that time she has worked with numerous companies, both in-house and in private practice. Her knowledge and breadth of experience, as well as her technical expertise, means she brings added value to all her dealings with clients, ensuring all matters are dealt with efficiently, pragmatically and with as little fuss as possible!

Rebecca Advises

• Manufacturers
• Software Houses
• E-commerce organisations
• Professional Services Companies
• Entrepreneurs and Inventors
• Franchisors and Franchisees
• Owner Managed Businessses

Experience Highlights

• Drafting, negotiating and completing various high value contracts with several FTSE 100 companies, major banks and government organisations on behalf of a software developer client.
• Identifying, advising and protecting the intellectual property rights in several high value transactions and providing corporate support in respect of the IT and IP aspects of various technology based acquisitions.
• Providing e-commerce documentation and training to a major pram retailer when it made its products available to consumers over the internet.
• Developing, drafting and completing a high value contract for a large medical organisation to enable the organisation to purchase medical and technology based supplies for hospitals in Kazakhstan.

Publications

• Brand Yorkshire – Top Tips for Selling Online (December 2014)
• Yorkshire Business Daily – How to protect your brand (October 2014)
• Global Trader – Top 10 Tips for protecting your export business online (July 2014)

Webinars

• Five ways to ensure your business is exit ready

Career History

Previous Law Firms

• Field Fisher
• HLW Keeble Hawson

Previous Businesses

• CPP Group Plc

Education

• College of Law, York (LPC)
• University of Hull (LLB)