Joanna is a partner in the firm's media and technology practice whose key areas of expertise are technology transfer, IT/IS outsourcing transactions, collaborations and brand exploitation and she advises clients on a range of matters from multi-partner industry/academic collaborations to major sponsored events. Joanna has been a Law Society of Scotland accredited specialist in intellectual property law since 1998 (most recently re-accredited in 2014) and teaches this at postgraduate level. She has had particular success in attracting high-value and challenging deals, thanks to her pragmatic and knowledgeable advice.                                                                                                         

Admitted in Scotland

Professional Associations
Licensing Executives Society
Accreditation by Law Society of Scotland as an Intellectual Property Specialist


Professional Activities and Experience

• Implications of the Data Reform Bill

  By Joanna Boag-Thomson, Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP |June 2022

• The new EU-US Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework

  By Joanna Boag-Thomson |April 2022

• New UK safeguard mechanism for international personal data transfers – what organisations need to know

  By Joanna Boag-Thomson |April 2022