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Alice Simpson

Senior Associate

What can I do for you

Alice provides day-to-day commercial contracts advice, along with support on large projects and transactions, to a range of private and public sector clients.

She's been involved in advising on a variety of commercial contracts, including research collaboration agreements, master service agreements, material transfer agreements, procurement matters, subcontracting arrangements, confidentiality agreements, grant agreements, heads of terms, general terms of business, and intellectual property matters (such as licensing), to name a few.

Supporting your ambitions

Alice’s recent experience includes:

  • Regularly working closely with in-house counsel at a world-leading charitable research institute. Alice enjoys collaborating with and supporting a range of individuals and departments, including scientists, research governance, HR, IT, procurement, and research managers. This experience has been invaluable in developing Alice’s commercial appreciation of the institute’s interests and needs, both as a charity and research organisation, extending far beyond the law.
  • Advising on a large procurement project with tight deadlines, which involved identifying and analysing numerous relevant contractual documents, taking a proactive approach to resolving issues and ensuring consistency.
  • Supporting a life sciences client, as part of a wider team, on a complex licensing transaction, including collating and addressing client comments and concerns.
  • Preparing a sub-contract for a complicated and substantial head contract, which could not be attached to the sub-contract due to the commercially sensitive nature of its content. This required detailed analysis of the head contract, to ensure inclusion of appropriate obligations, while taking a risk-based approach, keeping in mind the strategic importance of the client/subcontractor relationship.
  • Working on a complex outsourcing deal, which involved keeping track of, and implementing, multiple strands of instructions.

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  • They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.
  • All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.
  • I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.

As many clients will testify, too many lawyers deliver the required legal expertise but fail to deliver an outstanding client experience. Which is why we always listen to our clients and constantly ask ourselves what we can do to deliver the results you expect.

You expect a close and attentive working relationship, with a lawyer that is responsive and available when you need them. You also want clear, pragmatic and commercial advice tailored to your needs, and transparency and certainty on costs. We completely agree. That’s why every day, through our culture and approach we are committed to delivering the exceptional results and service our clients expect of us.

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