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David Varney is a commercial technology and data lawyer with more than 15 years’ experience and has advised some of the world’s most successful technology companies during that time. He also advises clients in the energy and utilities, retail, financial services, manufacturing and digital creative sectors, and has a particular interest advising emerging high growth technology businesses.
He advises on commercial technology contracts, digital transformation projects, the creation, licensing and commercial exploitation of intellectual property and digital content, software development and licensing, cloud services agreements, online safety issues, data protection, e-privacy, AdTech, GDPR compliance and cybersecurity issues.
David has been recognised by both Chambers and Legal 500 in the areas of IT and data protection. He is a member of the Society of Computers and Law and the International Technology Law Association. David joined Ashfords from an independent UK law firm in 2025.