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Patricia Tinn
Legal Service Director
SRA No. 634623
Patricia is a corporate and commercial solicitor whose practice centres on mergers and acquisitions, early-stage investment rounds (particularly angel and pre-seed), and the commercial agreements that underpin high-growth businesses. Trained at DLA Piper and seasoned through a range of in-house counsel roles, she has advised FTSE100 corporations, public bodies, and high-profile individuals.
As Senior Solicitor and Legal Services Director at Lawyerly, Patricia leads service delivery for a client base weighted toward tech and AI. She guides founders and investors through funding rounds, structures strategic acquisitions, and negotiates the subscription agreements, technology licences, and partnership arrangements that scale-ups depend on. Her fluency in data privacy, IP, and regulatory matters means she can drive the full range of workstreams that tech deals demand, keeping transactions moving and valuations protected.
Qualifications
LLB (Hons); LPC MSc in Law, Business and Management
Patricia Tinn
Legal Service Director
INDUSTRY INSIGHT
London is one of the world's major tech hubs — home to thousands of early-stage startups and scale-ups that need sector-focused legal support able to keep pace with their innovation.
But traditional legal services don't always fit the way these businesses work. Hourly billing can make founders think twice before asking a question, and slow turnarounds leave the legal work trailing behind the commercial decisions it's meant to support.
We built Lawyerly around what tech businesses need instead: sector-focused legal solutions, direct access to a commercial technology lawyer in London who knows the business, and a fixed cost that makes it easier to bring us in early. That's what keeps costs predictable, decisions moving, and legal support close to the business as it grows.
