Senior Associate

Rob Grant

Languages

English

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Rob is a Senior Associate in the Technology and Media team at CMS, specialising in commercial contracts, the licensing of intellectual property, and the regulation of emerging technologies.

Prior to joining CMS in 2025, Rob worked for five years at a leading city law firm across a wide variety of technology-related sectors. Following this he spent three years as a commercial lawyer in the UK government with a particular focus on outsourcing projects and complex intellectual property licensing structures in the UK’s defence and cyber security environment.

Having worked across the public and private sectors, and in both private practice and in-house roles, Rob combines his broad legal skillset with a deeply pragmatic and business-focused approach to supporting his clients through their projects.

Relevant experience

A government department on the procurement of one of its key framework agreements, tendered across multiple suppliers for complex technology requirements.*
A large US pharmaceutical company in relation to the negotiation of two key transitional services agreements as part of its purchase of a package of medicinal brands.*
A regulatory technology platform spun out of the University of Cambridge on intellectual property and data protection issues.*
A global conglomerate on its trade mark licensing agreements and associated side letters.*

*Prior to joining CMS.

Education

2016 - LPC, BPP Law School, London.
2015 - GDL, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
2014 - BA (Hons), Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Oxford, Oxford.

sectors

TMT - Technology, Media & Telecommunications Technology

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