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About Mark Roberts
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Mark is a leading technology and web 2.0 lawyer, and qualified as a solicitor in September 1996.

He formerly practised at both Geldards and Halliwells before moving in-house to United Utilities and then as Legal Director of First Software UK Limited (the former Local Government division of Oracle Corporation).

Mark graduated with a 2.1 in law from the University of Sheffield and undertook the Legal Practice Course at Nottingham Law School where he obtained a Commendation. He also holds an LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law from the Glasgow Graduate School of Law and an MBA from Manchester Business School where he specialised in ecommerce.

Having established the UK's first virtual law practice in 2002, Mark now advises businesses on a range of technology law matters from outsourcing to software development to website compliance. Web 2.0 is an area in which he has developed a particular niche, and he has advised on IPR issues relating to Second Life and other virtual worlds, commercial involvement in MySpace and the development of blogging and wiki policies.

In his spare time, Mark is an avid supporter of Sale Sharks. He also enjoys food and wine, and recently attained the Wine and Spirit Education Trust Intermediate Certificate in Wine and Spirits. He is an ardent follower of David Allen's Getting Things Done productivity methodology, and is a member of the Institute of Directors and the Society for Computers and Law.