Poh-Leng Devare

Partner – Commercial, Intellectual Property, Data Protection

Poh-Leng Devare

Poh-Leng Devare

Partner – Commercial, Intellectual Property, Data Protection

Poh-Leng is a commercial lawyer with over ten years’ experience in law firms and industry in London and the South-East of England region.

Poh-Leng completed her Bachelors and Master’s Degrees in Law at LSE and trained at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP. Poh-Leng spent two years at PwC, followed by eight years as in-house at Imperial College London and then YouGov plc. Poh-Leng joined Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP as a Partner in June 2021.

Poh-Leng advises clients on a wide range of commercial contracts, from NDAs to bespoke multi-million pound, international framework agreements. With experience from practising in industry, Poh-Leng also advises on intellectual property, information technology agreements and data protection law. Poh-Leng is experienced in running the commercial law aspects of M&A transactions. With strong negotiation skills, Poh-Leng is known for her pragmatic approach to getting the job done.

Poh-Leng is an Expert in Residence at Imperial College’s Enterprise Lab and assists innovative entrepreneurs with legal and commercial aspects.



Jurisdictions

  • England & Wales

Specialisms

Commercial contracts, intellectual property agreements, information technology (including SaaS) agreements and data protection arrangements.

Qualifications

    • Solicitor of England and Wales (2010)
    • LLB
    • LLM
    • Legal Practice Course

Career

  • Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP
  • YouGov plc
  • Imperial College London
  • PwC
  • Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP