About Jonathan
Jonathan heads VWV's AI Law team. He is an Associate in the Commercial team and is the firm’s Legal Technologist.
With a focus on AI, intellectual property and life sciences, Jonathan acts for vendors, IP rightsholders and commercial customers across the AI ecosystem. He advises on AI strategy and policy, IP licensing, AIaaS and SaaS contracts, project and collaboration agreements and wider commercial work. He also has experience advising on cross-jurisdictional copyright ownership and is a key part of our emerging practice helping clients decide whether, and how, to commercialise their data for AI purposes.
As Legal Technologist, Jonathan works with VWV's Innovation team on the firm’s AI strategy and its adoption of AI in day-to-day practice, and contributes to live innovation projects. This role gives him hands-on technical and practical knowledge of AI, which he brings directly to his client work. Jonathan also founded VWV’s Innovation Evenings, which brings people together to discuss topical issues in AI and legal innovation.
Legal Practice Course with integrated LLM (Law) - The University of Law, Moorgate (2020-2021): Distinction.
Graduate Diploma in Law - Nottingham Law School (2018–2019): Commendation; Dean's Scholarship.
BSc Chemistry - University of Nottingham (2014–2017): First Class Honours.
Jonathan is based in VWV's London office. He is admitted in England and Wales and regularly advises on cross-jurisdictional matters.
Advising a world-renowned UK-based charity on its approach to licensing datasets for AI training, including drafting a bespoke licence to facilitate control over releases, mitigate copyright infringement risk in the underlying material to align with the copyright-clearance process, and control the scope of the permitted use.
Advising a Cambridge-based organisation on its strategy for licensing its unique proprietary database globally to academic and commercial licensees, including structuring licence terms to restrict use of the database for AI processing without further permission, in turn opening up a new revenue stream.
Advising an AI vendor on its platform terms and conditions to limit its exposure from clients’ use of the platform, and negotiating a global framework agreement with its customer for use of the tool.
Advising a large group with operations across Europe on the commercial aspects of its AI policy and wider strategy for ethical and responsible AI adoption.
As VWV’s Legal Technologist, contributing to the firm's in-house AI development and third-party trials, working on innovation projects and contributing to the firm’s AI strategy.
Jonathan's international work includes cross-jurisdictional copyright advice, global licensing of proprietary databases, negotiating global framework agreements, and AI policy advice for a group operating across Europe.
He also attends Eurojuris and Eurojurismus, the international network of law firms of which VWV is a member.
Jonathan writes regularly on emerging legal issues, including his series on the AI and copyright position in the UK. His articles are available within the Insights tab.
What does Jonathan specialise in?
Jonathan can help you by:
Advising on AI strategy, regulation and policy, including ethical and responsible adoption of AI into workstreams.
Advising on IP and data licensing, including strategies for licensing datasets and proprietary databases for AI training and processing while protecting the value of the asset.
Drafting and negotiating bespoke agreements and licences for AI stakeholders.
Advising on cross-jurisdictional copyright ownership and copyright clearance.
Advising AI vendors in the Digital & Technology and Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences sectors on platform terms and conditions, and negotiating cross jurisdictional agreements with commercial users and service providers.
What sectors does Jonathan work in?
Jonathan works across:
Charities, including organisations licensing datasets and proprietary databases.
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences, including on the provision or receipt of AI services, and other connected areas.
Digital & Technology, acting for both vendors and customers on procurement and regulatory compliance.
Last updated: 05 November 2026
