Timothy Pinto

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Timothy Pinto, senior counsel at Taylor Wessing, has a practice that encompasses highly technical aspects of intellectual property, privacy and online reputation management. He specialises in defamation, copyright, confidentiality, hate speech and data protection, including the right to be forgotten online as established in the GDPR regulations.

As well as advising private clients on IP rights, Pinto leads the firm’s UK publishing group, and is known for his attentiveness and academic thinking. He also provides legal training for a number of UK media companies and digital platforms as part of Taylor Wessing’s efforts to engage with publishers and develop relationships with in-house lawyers and editorial staff. 

Adviser Profile

Senior counsel at Taylor Wessing, Pinto helps clients with complex intellectual property and media law and reputation management matters (including defamation, privacy, copyright, trade marks, confidentiality, hate speech and data protection/right of erasure).

Known for his attentive nature, client service and strategic thinking, Pinto prevents false, misleading and/or private allegations from being published and has stories corrected or taken down.