John Haggis
PARTNER & DIRECTOR
John is partner and director of Kepler Wolf. He specialises in commercial, IP and strategic advice for clients across the technology and media industries. His clients include cloud based platforms, digital agencies, marketing agencies, production studios and technology consultancies. He works directly with the founders and their leadership teams to help the business during growth and through to a clean exit for the founders and shareholders.
John is recognised for his commercial and pragmatic legal advice and is an advisor to SoDA and its global membership network, and also supports digital and creative agency network groups in the UK.
Lizzie Ball
PARTNER (Consultant)
Lizzie is an senior employment lawyer who advises clients on the full range of employment legal issues including business change and redundancy programs, disciplinary and grievance matters, contracts, policies and TUPE. Lizzie has considerable experience advising on issues that affect the media industry such as Respect at Work policies, practices and investigations. Lizzie has worked on the implementation of projects across multiple jurisdictions working with a network of advisors. Having worked within a global corporate as part of an in house team Lizzie understands how to provide commercial and practical legal guidance to help clients achieve their goals. Lizzie also advises individuals on their employment contracts, severance arrangements and settlement agreements.
Laura Berton
PARTNER (Consultant)
Laura is an expert in Commercial, Technology law with 20 years of experience in advising client on complex commercial transactions, cutting edge technology and digital legislation. Beyond advising on information technology, outsourcing, cloud computing, software development, licensing, e-commerce and data protection, Laura focuses on digital regulation for online platforms, social media and emerging technologies (AI, automation, AR/VR etc.) and overall helping her clients achieve their growth objectives.
Michael Brown
PARTNER (Consultant)
Michael specialises in privacy, technology and AI law and policy. His private practice experience includes working as a director in Fieldfisher’s tier 1 ranked Privacy, Security and Information law team. He has advised entities ranging from start ups, through to global companies and national governments. His experience working in house at clients includes acting as the head of global privacy and as a member of the legal leadership team at one of Europe’s fastest ever growing technology companies. As well as being a legal consultant, Michael teaches at the University of Edinburgh Law School and is a member of the IAPP's AI Governance Training Faculty.
Marta Dunphy-Moriel
PARTNER (Consultant)
Marta is a multilingual international privacy lawyer and DPO. She specialises in all areas of data protection and privacy. Her deep sector knowledge and a decade of international experience allows Marta to work with pan-European and global businesses to achieve compliance. Her interests include AI and privacy issues in the health and health-tech sectors as well as in media and travel.
Tara Grossman
PARTNER (Consultant)
Tara is an experienced solicitor who advises on a range of employment issues, including advising clients in the Employment Tribunal and the High Court. Tara advises clients on a range of contentious and non contentious employment matters, including the application and use of TUPE, discrimination, unfair dismissal contracts, secondment agreements, advising on corporate transactions. Tara is representing thirty ex British Airways cabin crew in a claim against the airline relating to the ‘fire and rehire’ process carried out during the Covid crisis.
Julie Desmarquest
PARTNER (Consultant)
Julie is a senior Commercial and Technology law expert with years of experience advising organisations from small UK-based firms to global companies. She has a strong background in handling complex cross-jurisdictional transactions, outsourcing, SaaS/licensing, Cloud, website development, systems integration, MSAs, and data deals in both regulated and non-regulated sectors. Her 15+ years of in-house and private practice work have honed her practical and technical skills, making her a solution-driven advisor. Julie nurtures a keen interest in regulations and policy changes in the digital tech and data space. She understands the needs and challenges of customer-driven organizations and has extensive experience working with public institutions and regulators. Additionally, Julie has developed a keen interest in and a discerning understanding of the travel tech sector.