Friday 2 December 2011
Legal 500 recognition for leading NLS alumnus
The specialist technology law firm, Technology Law Alliance, which has been regularly providing legal advice on billions of pounds worth of transactions in the IT industry, has made history this month by achieving a Tier 1 ranking for technology law in the West Midlands. This great achievement was announced in the recently released rankings published by Legal 500 which researches and ranks the top 500 law firms in the UK.
Jagvinder Kang, who studied his LPC with Nottingham Law School in 1996, co-founded the law firm with Stephen Ollerenshaw in 2003. Legal 500 have also recognised Kang and Ollerenshaw in the Directory’s Elite Leading Lawyers List - the United Kingdom’s guide to outstanding lawyers nationwide. Technology Law Alliance is the only firm in the West Midlands to have two directors recognised amongst the elite for technology law.
Kang comments: “We are pleased that Legal 500 has recognised our firm’s and our lawyers’ leadership in the field of providing IT law advice to corporate clients.”
The firm has also achieved another first this year, with Kang being the first Sikh technology lawyer to be able to claim the two joint accolades of: co-founding a law firm which has been independently recognised as a Tier 1 technology law firm; as well as being recognised amongst the elite technology lawyers in the UK.
Kang, in addition to being a technology lawyer, is also dual qualified as a Software Engineer, with a First Class BSc (Hons) degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering, in addition to his Distinction in Law - a powerful combination when understanding and advising on complex software and system contracts. His involvement in co-founding Technology Law Alliance, saw him also being awarded both the Champions of Enterprise Award in the West Midlands, as well as being recognised as an Ambassador for Enterprise in the West Midlands.
The firm also operates from a second office in London, where it shares a strong reputation for technology law as well, with Legal 500 ranking the firm equal with global law firm, Clifford Chance, and other heavyweight firms, such as Slaughter and May and Freshfields.
