Bill Thatcher
UK Guide 2025
Senior Statespeople : Intellectual Property
Senior Statespeople
About
Provided by Bill Thatcher
Practice Areas
Bill is a commercial lawyer. His practice covers intellectual property, information technology and data protection, in addition to other commercial work.
He has particular expertise in:
• research and development contracts, including EU funded framework programme contracts
• R&D contracts involving both industry and not-for-profit research organisations such as universities
• licensing of patents and other intellectual property rights
His work covers many fields, for example:
• medical devices
• laboratory equipment
• automotive
• interior design
• environmental
• programmatic advertising
• cryptography
Career
Bill has practised as a commercial lawyer since qualifying in 1990. He has been a partner in Harrison Clark Rickerbys and, before that, Hewitsons LLP and its predecessor firms, since 1996.
Chambers Review
UK
Bill Thatcher of HCR Hewitsons advises on design, copyright and patent licensing in the technology and life sciences sectors.