John Halton

Current

Partner at Cripps Harries Hall LLP

Past

Solicitor at Wellers

Education

College of Law
University of Oxford
Leeds Grammar School

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Industry

Legal Services

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John Halton’s Summary

I am a partner in the law firm Cripps Harries Hall LLP, specialising in intellectual property, technology law and related commercial contracts.

My clients include IP and technology vendors, along with corporates in other sectors who are buying in technology products or services. My work over the past twelve months includes advising on:

* a wide range of substantial IT procurement and outsourcing projects;

* setting up a European-wide outsourced accountancy services network;

* licensing mobile social-networking technology to international telecoms companies;

* initial funding round and development agreements for a sports simulation start-up;

* brand management agreements for well-known food brands; and

* know-how and patent licensing agreements for a UK-listed pharmaceutical company.

Cripps Harries Hall LLP is a leading regional law firm in the south-east of England, ranked as a "regional heavyweight" by Legal 500 and acting for a wide range of plcs, financial institutions, private companies, local and national government, charities and individuals. I work in the firm's corporate division, consisting of ten partners and twenty other lawyers, and described by Legal 500 as "responsive, efficient and competent" and "a real asset to clients".

John Halton’s Specialties:

Software development
IT procurement projects
Hosted services and SaaS
Data management and data processing
Outsourcing
Research and development
Patent and trade mark licensing

John Halton’s Experience

Partner

Cripps Harries Hall LLP

(Partnership; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)

May 2001 — Present (8 years 3 months)

Cripps Harries Hall LLP is a leading regional law firm in the south-east of England. I am a partner in the corporates division ("responsive, efficient, competent ... a real asset" - Legal 500, 2008/9), specialising in technology law.
Solicitor

Wellers

(Legal Services industry)

1997 — 2001 (4 years)

Wellers is a small law firm in greater London, where I trained as a solicitor and spent my first 18 months post-qualification. Training with a smaller firm provided great experience in dealing with clients directly from an early stage, and I got involved in some good-quality IP and IT-related work.

John Halton’s Education

College of Law

Law 1995 — 1997

At York 1995/6, London 1996/7
University of Oxford

BA , Mathematics , 1991 — 1994

Lady Margaret Hall
Leeds Grammar School

1981 — 1991

Additional Information

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John Halton’s Groups:

Society for Computers and Law, British Computer Society

Society for Computers and Law
Procurement Professionals (#1 supply chain & sourcing group) Opportunities, network, career & jobs
IP Lawyers
Tweeple
Intellectual Property Professionals
Elite IT Contractor Networking Programme
Oxford University Alumni
IP Transactionalists
Oxford Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Biotechnology & Medical Devices Network