Who we are

Carolyn
Burbridge

Carolyn is co-founder of William Grace and a partner specialising in Commercial and Technology matters. She was previously a partner at the boutique Media, Marketing and Technology firm, Swan Turton having trained and spent fourteen years at leading international Technology firm, Bird & Bird. Carolyn has also spent some time on secondment as part of the in-house teams at a major blue chip communications company and a household name media company.

Carolyn has considerable experience and expertise in providing commercial legal advice on IT, e-commerce, digital media and telecoms matters. She has particular experience in technology, software and data licensing and development arrangements, cloud based solutions, e-commerce contracts and complex IT and communications agreements, including managed service transactions. She also regularly advises on general contractual matters governing all types of business relationships, including consumer contracts, terms and conditions of sale and agency and distribution arrangements, across various different industries.

Carolyn’s expertise has been recognised in various legal directories over the years, including Chambers and the Legal500. Most recently she was recommended in the Legal500 2019 and she leads the team that was recognised for being ‘responsive and professional‘ and for providing advice that is ‘pertinent and direct’. Carolyn is also an “expert” contributor for the TMT and Commercial practice areas of the LexisPSL product, as well as a member of the LexisPSL TMT Consulting Editorial Board.