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Patricia Taylor

Patricia Taylor

she/her/hers Associate
Edinburgh
About

Patricia is a commercial litigation solicitor qualified in Scotland and England & Wales. Patricia specialises in complex commercial litigation, arbitration and advising clients in relation to data privacy / information security. She also holds a particular interest in disputes of a corporate nature.

She regularly works cross-border, including within the UK and internationally. Patricia’s practice extends over a number of sectors, including Technology, Consumer, Goods Food & Retail, Financial Services and Life Sciences.

Patricia is the regional co-lead of the DLA Piper UP Network, which provides a platform for multi-sector NextGen networking and professional development in the Edinburgh marketplace. She is also the President of the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association – a membership network representing over 5,000 junior solicitors across Scotland.

Areas of FocusLitigation, Arbitration and InvestigationsConsumer Goods, Food and RetailFinancial ServicesLife SciencesTechnology
Professional QualificationsAdmitted as a Solicitor with the Law Society of ScotlandSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

  • Acted for retail banking client in successfully defending action for reduction of Court of Session decree.
  • Advising international manufacturing company following the compromise of its customer accounts via a brute force credential stuffing (‘password spraying’) attack. Patricia assisted in coordinating local counsel advice in over 15 global jurisdictions; ensuring that the client was able to meet its obligations to data regulators and data subjects in these locations.   
  • Advising international gaming and technology company in responding to a ransomware attack. Patricia assisted in notifying the ICO and affected data subjects and advising the client as to the scope of its regulatory obligations as a consequence of the incident. 
  • Acted for construction company in successfully defending construction arbitration, governed by the laws of Saudi Arabia, and quantified at 500m USD. 
  • Acted in three concurrent arbitrations raised against national builders’ merchant / retailer in respect of dilapidations. 
  • Acted for leading Scottish tourism organisation in successfully defending action raised under Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016 in respect of its tendering process. 
  • Acted as lead solicitor in multifaceted claim against English local authority concerning allegations of defamation, breach of human rights and the GDPR. Successfully secured dismissal of case at Debate. 
  • Acted as lead solicitor in successfully pursuing a claim for a Scottish Premier League football club against its former sponsor for breach of contract. Summary decree obtained in early course. 
  • Advising private equity house (operating in sustainability and technology sectors) as to the efficacy of enacting drag along rights. 
 
Languages
  • English
Education
  • University of Glasgow, Diploma in Professional Legal Practice (Merit), 2018
  • Glasgow Caledonian University, and Universite Catholique de Lyon (Lyon, France) LL.B. (Hons) (1st), 2016
  • Solicitors Qualification Exam, 2023

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • Winner of the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow Prize, Top Student in Corporate Law, University of Glasgow, 2018
  • Brown Mosten International Client Consultation Competition, 2nd in the World, Maastricht, 2018
  • Prize for Best Performance by an Honours Year Law Student, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2016

Publications and media

  • “A Manifesto for the Future”, Future of Women in Law Exhibition, Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, 2023

  • “Pre-action requirements in Scottish Civil Litigation”, Lexis Nexis, 2023

  • “Pay it Forward – the importance of mentorship”, Legal Women Magazine, 2022

  • 100 Voices for 100 Years, Glasgow University, 2021

Additional information

  • Regional Co-Chair of DLA UP Network (business development network for junior professionals across Scotland)

Speaker Events

  • Insurance Society of Edinburgh, “Cyber Security and Data Protection: A business, legal and reputation risk”, 2024

  • DLA Cyber Breakfast, 2023

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association
  • European Young Bar Association (Member)
  • Scottish Arbitration Centre (Named Member)
  • Law Scot Foundation (Member of Fundraising Committee)
  • Judicial Appointment Board, Member of Diversity Reference Group (2024)
  • Member of DLA Horizons Committee

Connect

Phone

+44 0 131 345 5141
(Work, Edinburgh)
+44 0 740 787 8024
(Mobile, Edinburgh)
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