Stephen Dooley Email & Phone Number

Stephen Dooley is a Deputy General Counsel and Partner at KPMG UK. He possess expertise in intellectual property, outsourcing, licensing, copyright law, software licensing and 20 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Stephen is perhaps one of the brightest legal minds I have ever had the pleasure of working with. I have worked with Stephen in various capacities - as a client and a colleague and as a trusted collaborator for over 10 years. He is detail oriented, practical, extremely strategic and brave in the sense that sometimes the best outcome requires walking down a path less travelled. I can not recommended Stephen Dooley highly enough and am in no doubt that some of the successful outcomes I achieved (in particular during my time as a GC) may have been reduced or more difficult to achieve had I not have had such a talented collaboration partner to work with. For that reason, to this day I continue to seek Stephen's advice for various matters. I can throw practically any complex commercial legal challenge at him with the knowledge that something sensible and actionable (and often deeply strategic) always comes back my way. " and "Working with Stephen always have been a pleasure, because of his reliability, his pragmatism and his extensive knowledge. He is very personable but respect commanding in front of the Customer, can create a rapport with ease with the opposition that - when the process allows it! - results in beneficial modifications to otherwise unacceptable terms. His understanding of what matters and his willingness to have discussions when there are opposing views ( that would be from me and from Customers...) always result in pragmatic solutions that does not expose CSC to undue risk. Stephen's understanding of real risk is an huge differentiator. In addition to his customer facing skills, I can also attest to his skills in internal briefing ( a much more difficult task) - we have undertaken many Executive briefing sessions ( quite a few ad-hoc...) together and have always presented a united front. Our working relationship has been quoted as an outstanding example of Commercial and legal alignment Stephen's recommendations are always sound and are rooted in contractual facts and up to date first hand experience. His understanding and knowledge of existing client pain points are of huge help in determining what to die for in a ditch - both internally and externally. My increased knowledge of certain legal aspects ( such as the wonderful world of indemnities and misrepresentations ) are a direct result of working with Stephen and being educated - whilst his increased knowledge of clauses impacting revenue recognition are hopefully due to me educating him! What else can I say? - Integrity, honesty and collaboration coupled with pragmatism and knowledge and the genuine need to solve issues to the mutual benefit to CSC and Customer makes Stephen the best lawyer I have worked in my rather lengthy career"

Listed skills include Intellectual Property, Outsourcing, Licensing, Copyright Law, and 21 others.