• About us
  • People
  • Expertise
    • Sectors
        • Technology, media & communications Technology, media & communications
        • Private Wealth Private wealth
        • Real estate, infrastructure & energy
        • Life sciences & healthcare icon Life sciences & healthcare
        • Aerospace & defence
        • Automotive & mobility
        • Business & professional services
        • Chemicals
        • Consumer & retail
        • Financial institutions & insurance
        • Hotels, hospitality & leisure
        • Logistics & transport
        • Manufacturing & industrials
        • Public services & education
    • Legal services
        • Artificial intelligence
        • Banking & finance
        • Brands & advertising
        • Commercial & consumer contracts
        • Competition, EU & trade
        • Copyright & media law
        • Corporate crime & compliance
        • Corporate/M&A & capital markets
        • Data & cyber
        • Deals
        • Disputes & investigations
        • Employment, pensions & mobility
        • Environmental, planning & regulatory
        • Environmental, social & governance (ESG)
        • Intellectual property
        • Information technology
        • Multi-service
        • Patents & innovation
        • Private client
        • Private equity
        • Projects, energy & infrastructure
        • Real estate & construction
        • Regulation
        • Restructuring & insolvency
  • Locations
    • Europe
        • Locations
        • Austria
        • Belgium
        • Czech Republic
        • France
        • Germany
        • Hungary
        • Italy
        • Netherlands
        • Poland
        • Portugal
        • Ireland
        • Slovakia
        • Spain
        • United Kingdom
        • Ukraine
          Groups & regions
        • CEE Turkish Desk
        • French German group
        • Our offices
    • Middle East & Africa
        • Locations
        • Middle East
        • UAE
          Groups
        • Africa group
        • Israel group
        • Our offices
    • Americas
        • Locations
        • Latin America
        • USA
          Groups
        • Brazil group
        • Our offices
    • Asia
        • Locations
        • Asia
        • China
        • South Korea
          Groups
        • India group
        • Japan group
        • Our offices
  • Insights
    • Insights
        • Featured Topics
        • Artificial intelligence
        • Data Centre Expertise
        • The EU Whistleblower Directive
        • German Supply Chain Act
        • Unified Patent Court
          Content hub
        • Global Data Hub
        • Interface: tech, IP and media law
        • Podcasts
        • Synapse
        • Browse all insights
    • In focus
        • AI
        • Dealonomics
        • Disputes
        • Intellectual property
        • MENA
        • Regulation
        • Browse in focus
    • Events
        • In person
        • Online
        • Browse all events
    • News
        • Media centre
        • Work highlights
        • Firm news
        • Browse all news
  • Careers
  • EN
    • English
    • 中文(简体)
    • Français
    • Deutsch
  • Home
  • People
  • Jo Joyce
Jo Joyce
Jo Joyce

Jo Joyce

Partner

  • London UK
Contact Me Today
+44 20 7300 7000
vCard
Email me Call me
Featured award

Finance Dublin Deals of the Year 2025

Acquisition, SME: Sherweb Ireland Limited's acquisition of MicroWarehouse

Scroll to featured award

Jo is a partner, in our technology, IP and information team. Jo is based in our Dublin office and makes frequent visits to the UK. Jo is a specialist in emerging digital regulation and information rights, with a focus on AI and privacy governance work. Jo co-leads the UK and Ireland cyber security practice and has extensive experience of managing cybersecurity breaches and data and confidential information-focused litigation.

Jo has spent more than a decade of her legal career advising on contentious and non-contentious data and IP matters and she works with clients of all sectors and sizes to develop data privacy and AI strategies. Much of Jo's work involves explaining complex privacy and other legal issues to groups of all ability levels; and in addition to running popular privacy training courses Jo is a leading proponent of our innovative legal design programme, tackling legal problems of all sorts with user focused design-thinking.

Jo supports organisations of all sizes and sectors, with a particular focus on tech, communications and e-commerce clients. 

Jo has been listed as Notable Practitioner by Managing Intellectual Property – IP Stars 2024 and was one of Global Data Review's Top 40 Under 40 in 2018.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Environmental, social & governance (ESG)
Data & cyber
Commercial & consumer contracts
Copyright & media law
Artificial intelligence
GDPR compliance
Contractual, technology, data and IP due diligence in M&A transactions
Drafting and negotiating the full range of consumer (B2C) contracts
Regulatory issues affecting contractual arrangements

Sectors

Consumer & retail
Hotels, hospitality & leisure
Technology, media & communications
Manufacturing & industrials
Private wealth
Machine learning
Adtech
eCommerce & marketplaces
IoT
Games and gambling
Fashion & luxury
Data centres
Into the breach: avoiding, managing, and reacting to cyber threats

Into the breach: avoiding, managing, and reacting to cyber threats

A five-part webinar series looking at cyber security and breach management issues from a variety of angles, with special guest hosts.

Watch now

Read our 2024 report

CV

Since 2025 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2021 - 2025 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2017 - 2021 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2017 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 - 2016 Associate, Shoosmiths
2011 - 2015 Solicitor, Shoosmiths
2010 - 2011 In-house legal advisor, DHL
2009 - 2011 Trainee Solicitor, Shoosmiths
2023 Admitted as a lawyer, Ireland
2020 LLM Intellectual Property, University of London
2011 Admitted as a lawyer, England, Wales
2009 Legal Practice Course, City Law School, London
2007 Graduate Diploma in Law, Inns of Court School of Law, London
2006 BA Hons Modern History and Politics, University of Oxford

Career

Since 2025 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2021 - 2025 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2017 - 2021 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2017 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 - 2016 Associate, Shoosmiths
2011 - 2015 Solicitor, Shoosmiths
2010 - 2011 In-house legal advisor, DHL
2009 - 2011 Trainee Solicitor, Shoosmiths

Education

2023 Admitted as a lawyer, Ireland
2020 LLM Intellectual Property, University of London
2011 Admitted as a lawyer, England, Wales
2009 Legal Practice Course, City Law School, London
2007 Graduate Diploma in Law, Inns of Court School of Law, London
2006 BA Hons Modern History and Politics, University of Oxford

Publications

Landmark Decisions of the European Court of Justice, Larcier, 2014, p 45-60
Copyright in conflict with social media, Intellectual Property Magazine, March 2015
Premier League scores a further victory against overseas broadcasts, Intellectual Property Magazine, April 2014
Focus on: Image Rights (two-part series), Intellectual Property Magazine, November 2013
Social Media Scares: protecting your brand, Intellectual Property Magazine, September 2013
Moral Compass: Moral rights in architecture under English law, Intellectual Property Magazine, December 2012

Memberships & Associations

IPSoc

Awards

Finance Dublin Deals of the Year 2025

Featured

Acquisition, SME: Sherweb Ireland Limited's acquisition of MicroWarehouse

Managing Intellectual Property – IP Stars 2024

Notable practitioner

Legal 500 UK 2023

Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity - Ranked: ‘I’ve work closely with Jo Joyce and she is a spectacular professional, with a deep knowledge of privacy, the applicable laws, and with the capability of thinking like a business.’ ‘I appreciate how diligent Jo Joyce is in getting practical advice to me quickly, and Vin Bange has put together a fantastic team of individuals with good knowledge of privacy laws.’

Managing Intellectual Property - IP Stars 2019

Rising star

Top 40 Under 40 - next generation of lawyers

Jo's news & insights

View Jo's insights
Server room corridor
Click here to find out more
Technology, media & communications

The EU Data Act is coming: stay on top of things with our scoping tool

20 May 2025

by multiple authors

Glass.Mapper.Sc.Fields.Image?.Alt
Artificial intelligence

AI literacy and prohibited AI systems under the EU AI Act: entry into force on 2 February 2025

31 January 2025
In-depth analysis

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
Global Data Hub

Human threats and artificial intelligence

Jo Joyce looks at the UK ICO's approach to security, safety and robustness.

10 July 2023

by Jo Joyce

2 of 3 Insights

Click here to find out more
View Jo's insights

Related news & insights

Tunnel with vanishing point and neon lights
Disputes & investigations

When the evidence thinks for itself: how will the courts keep AI-generated evidence in check?

12 December 2025
Briefing

by Helen Robinson and Andrew Spencer

Click here to find out more
Lights on network server
Technology, media & communications

Data and cyber security - 2025 roundup

11 December 2025

by Debbie Heywood

Click here to find out more
Interior of data centre
Technology, media & communications

Radar roundup 2025

11 December 2025

by Debbie Heywood

Click here to find out more
Escalator
Consumer & retail

Consumer and Retail in the News

11 December 2025
Quick read

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
Green bag on grey background
Consumer & retail

Fashion and Luxury Market Update

10 December 2025
Quick read

by Jason Rawkins and Simon Jupp

Click here to find out more
Interior of data centre
Data Centre Expertise

Virtual reality – meeting the data centre challenges

8 December 2025

by Alan Evans and Laura Stechno

Click here to find out more
Private Wealth
Private wealth

UK residence for Americans – the key is in the preparation

8 December 2025
Quick read

by Sophie Aitmehdi

Click here to find out more
Metal whistle hanging down
Copyright & media law

ECJ rules on copyright and designs: No higher requirements for copyright protection of everyday objects

5 December 2025
Briefing

by Dr. Gregor Schmid, LL.M. (Cambridge) and Caroline Bunz

Click here to find out more
Tomato
Consumer & retail

Consumer and Retail in the News

5 December 2025
Quick read

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
Games and gambling

Sweepstakes & Social Casinos in Germany: Legal Overview and Opportunities

4 December 2025
Quick read

by Dr. Fabian Masurat, CIPP/E

Click here to find out more
View all insights

Related people

UK
Global
Nicholas Vollers

Nicholas Vollers

Associate

London
+44 20 7300 7000
Email me
View profile
Shervin Shameli

Shervin Shameli

Partner

London
+44 20 7300 7000
Email me
View profile
Christopher Thornham

Chris Thornham

Partner

London
+44 20 7300 4817
Email me
View profile
Richard Faichney

Richard Faichney

Partner

London
+44 207 300 4773
Email me
View profile
Louise Popple

Louise Popple

Senior Counsel – Knowledge

London
+44 20 7300 7000
Email me
View profile
Giles Crown

Giles Crown

Partner

London
+44 20 3077 7201
Email me
View profile
Christopher Jeffery

Christopher Jeffery

Partner

London
+44 20 7300 4230
Email me
View profile
Siân Skelton

Siân Skelton

Partner

London
+44 20 7300 4769
Email me
View profile
Charlie Barraud

Charlie Barraud

Associate

London
+44 20 7300 7000
View profile
Hannah Elam

Hannah Elam

Associate

London
+44 20 7300 7000
Email me
View profile
Full team
Kai Schlender

Kai Kim (né Schlender), M.A.

Salary Partner

Shanghai
+86 21 6247 7247
Email me
View profile
Bart Hunnekens

Bart Hunnekens

Partner

Eindhoven
+31 88 02 43 032
Email me
View profile
Gardella-Dorothee

Dorothée Gardella

Counsel

Paris
+33 1 72 74 03 33
Email me
View profile
Kirstie McGuigan

Kirstie McGuigan

Partner

London
+44 20 7300 4296
Email me
View profile
Wiebke Jakob

Wiebke Jakob, LL.M.

Salary Partner

Berlin
+49 30 885636 0
Email me
View profile
Person Placeholder Image

Abigail Reynolds

Senior Associate

Cambridge
+44 1223 446 400
Email me
View profile
Emma Danks

Emma Danks

Partner

London
+44 20 7300 4718
Email me
View profile
Christian Frank

Dr. Christian Frank, Licencié en droit (Paris II / Panthéon-Assas)

Partner

Munich
+49 89 21038 0
Email me
View profile
Zoltán Novák

Zoltán Novák, Ph.D.

Partner

Budapest
+36 1 32 70 407
Email me
View profile
Tobias Schelinski

Dr. Tobias Schelinski

Partner

Hamburg
+49 40 36803 0
Email me
View profile
Full team

Meet me at

Spotlight on Medical Devices

Location In Person
27 January, 08:30 - 13:45 GMT
Guest speakers Jenifer Hannon
Speakers Katie Chandler & Alison Dennis & Others
See all events
Subscribe to our latest insights
  • About us
  • Campaigns and online tools
  • News
  • People
  • Expertise
  • Locations
  • Insights
  • Events
  • Media centre
  • Contact
  • Careers
  • Alumni
  • Data protection & privacy policy
  • Cookie policy
  • Legal and regulatory information
  • Regulatory information on costs
  • Complaints procedure for clients
  • Terms of use
  • Anti-slavery statement
  • Environmental
  • Scam emails

© Taylor Wessing