BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS

Susan Singleton: Admitted 1985
Nabarro Nathanson, Trainee 1983 - 1985
Slaughter and May: 1985 - 1988
Bristows: 1988 - 1994

1994 to Date : Runs own commercial law firm - Singletons


Susan Singleton is a solicitor with her own London firm, Singletons which specialises in intellectual property law, including trade marks and competition law and internet law and general commercial law.

Articled at Nabarro Nathanson, she joined Slaughter and May's EC/Competition Law Department on qualifying in 1985, moving to Bristows in March 1988, where she remained until founding her own firm in 1994.

Since then she had advised over 600 clients. According to the Chambers and Partners Legal Directory she is one of the UK's leading IT Lawyers. She acted for the claimant in the first damages action for breach of the EU competition rules to come before the English courts Arkin v Borchard and Others.

Her clients range from major plcs and institutions to small start up businesses.

She is author of over 30 law books on topics such as internet and ecommerce law, competition law, commercial agency law, data protection legislation and intellectual property and writes many legal articles. She speaks at 40 or 50 events a year in the IT/data protection/ecommerce intellectual property, competition and commercial law fields, both in the UK and abroad.

She is Vice Chairman (2009 appointment) of the Competition Law Association, is a member of the Licensing Executives Society (and sits on ther EC/Laws Committee). She serves on the Contracts Group of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).

She sites on the board of the Direct Marketing Commission (http://www.dmcommission.com/) as an independent member.

She has five children and lives in London.

Susan Singleton
Singletons
Solicitors
Tel 020 8866 1934
Fax 020 8866 6912
www.singlelaw.com
Email susan@singlelaw.com