Gerrard Tyrrell

Spear’s Review

Harbottle & Lewis litigator Gerrard Tyrrell advises on a variety of information protection, privacy and defamation issues. Formerly senior partner at the firm – a role now held by Catherine Bedford – Tyrrell has four decades’ worth of experience in this field, and has been with the firm since 1984.

‘The philosophy of the firm is best summed up by the statement made when it was founded: “We do interesting work for interesting people”,’ says Tyrell, who counts numerous household names as clients, including members of the royal family.

He’s also explained to Spear’s previously – at the firm’s offices next to the Savoy – that video-games entrepreneurs are a growing constituency, noting that one such client ‘writes code from a beach in Mexico’.

Adviser Profile

Gerrard Tyrrell specialises in law relating to the creation, protection and use of information. The media and information group at Harbottle & Lewis deals with information law, covering defamation, breach of privacy, copyright, data laws and the media. ‘We are highly experienced in dealing with the legal issues in our specialist areas faced by leading individuals, family offices, global corporations and brands,’ Tyrrell explains. ‘We work with a range of global clients, who come to us because of our experience.

‘We aim to work with clients on a strategic basis, taking a long-term view of our clients’ aims, and devise strategies with them as to how to achieve their objectives.’