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.
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Jurisdictions
Specialisms
Commercial contracts, intellectual property agreements, information technology (including SaaS) agreements and data protection arrangements.
Qualifications
Career
- Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP
- YouGov plc
- Imperial College London
- PwC
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP