Tamara specialises in the law of artificial Intelligence, data, emerging technologies, and non-contentious intellectual property, and leads our Knowledge team in these areas.
She has many years' experience in the protection, acquisition, sale and licensing of IP rights; in-depth expertise in dealing with all aspects of data privacy, as well as advising extensively on the legal aspects of the creation and deployment of both generative and traditional AI systems.
Tamara has a particular interest in the intersection of data and IP laws with AI and other emerging technologies, such as augmented and virtual realities, blockchain and robotics.
She has helped many technology clients, in areas such as bioinformatics, medical imagining, facial recognition, AI chatbots, social media, online search, electric vehicles and charging networks, and gaming. She has also worked with a broad range of clients in other sectors, ranging from investment funds and real estate, to veterinary services and film special effects.
Qualified as both a solicitor and a barrister, Tamara spent over six years as a partner in our Commercial team, before transitioning to focus on being a repository for and disseminator of the firm's Knowledge in these crucial area She is a member of Osborne Clarke's international AI team, and has for many years been involved with the advisory board of the All Party Parliamentary Group on AI.
Tamara values her experience gained from in-house secondments, as acting head of IP for a major retailer, and as acting head of legal for a well-known publishing company. She is a member of Society for Computers & Law, and is a devotee of the New Scientist magazine.
Helping you succeed in tomorrow's world
Curiosity, creativity and original thinking are crucial to help our clients navigate the worlds of AI and other emerging technologies, of data and IP, making my work fascinating. I am lucky enough to have the fantastic job of building and sharing knowledge about these transformational technologies which will power our future world. My work is all centred on equipping our legal teams to help clients develop strong but pragmatic legal positions as they take advantage of the remarkable opportunities that these cutting-edge developments are creating.
New LLM Company
Acted for a very high-profile new AI business based in Silicon Valley on their launch of a search engine and chatbot based on their new large language model AI programme.
Leading international security and defence contractor
Advised on legal issues arising from research into the use of advanced data analytics to remotely monitor crowds in in order to predict whether violence or unrest was likely to break out.
One of the UK's leading market research companies
We were engaged in assessing risks from our client's use of generative AI tools (such as GitHub Copilot), and image-generation systems, across its global business and formulating an AI-governance strategy.
Insights
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Appeals court hands down the UK's first judgment on automated facial recognition
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CDEI research identifies barriers to data use and ethical artificial intelligence
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