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Nicholas Crossland

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Nicholas is a regulatory lawyer specialising in emerging and frontier technology, including AI, decentralised networks, fintech, and cybersecurity. 

Nicholas is a technology-first lawyer, with a detailed knowledge of the systems and infrastructure that underpin our clients' businesses. He advises one of the world's largest commercial cloud providers on their compliance and policy approach in relation to digital operational resilience, has worked side-by-side with a leading payment service provider on profiling emerging regulatory regimes and high-risk technology vectors, and is embedded within Taylor Wessing's AI regulatory offering.

He has spent time seconded to two of the world's leading technology companies, advising on out-of-remit issues relating to international data flows, disaster recovery, law enforcement and national security data, export controls, and novel research projects including everything from high-profile AI training programmes to the storage of databases in DNA.

Nicholas also acts as a mentor to early-stage AI and Web3 startups, where a detailed knowledge of their innovative products adds value to his regulatory and advisory practice. He also co-created www.prompts.law, a platform and blog designed for lawyers to share actionable advice for using AI in their professional work.

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Data & cyber
GDPR compliance
Cyber security & data breaches
Data Governance
Health Data
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Data Subject Rights
ePrivacy (cookies)

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Life sciences & healthcare
Technology, media & communications
Connectivity autonomous driving & data services
Biotech
Autotech & mobility
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IoT
Software
Tech infrastructure (data centres, fibre, broadband)
Cryptoassets, blockchain and distributed ledger technology

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CV

Since 2023 Senior associate, Taylor Wessing
2021 - 2023 Associate (Data Protection & Fintech), Wiggin LLP
2019 - 2021 Associate (Technology), CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
2017 - 2019 Trainee solicitor, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
2017 Legal Practice Course, University of Law
2016 Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Law
2015 BA, University of Oxford

Career

Since 2023 Senior associate, Taylor Wessing
2021 - 2023 Associate (Data Protection & Fintech), Wiggin LLP
2019 - 2021 Associate (Technology), CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
2017 - 2019 Trainee solicitor, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Education

2017 Legal Practice Course, University of Law
2016 Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Law
2015 BA, University of Oxford

Publications

"Blockchain-driven decentralisation, disaggregation, and distribution – industry perspectives" – Global Legal Insights, Nicholas Crossland, Marcus Bagnall, Ben Towell, Cecilia Lovell

"Why does the evolution of Ethereum's ecosystem matter to blockchain businesses?" – Lexology

"Redeemable NFTs and the conundrum of intrinsic rights" – Lexology

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Data & cyber

Lessons from CrowdStrike – a particular focus on financial services

24 March 2025

by Nicholas Crossland

Interface - Democracy in the digital age

Digital democracy – new ways to make voices heard

Nicholas Crossland looks at the opportunities and threats posed to democratic processes by digital technologies with a focus on DLT and DAOs.

27 June 2024

by Nicholas Crossland

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