Peter Wienand

Peter has over 20 years of experience of advising on publishing matters, information law and brand licensing. Among his clients are leading national cultural institutions, media corporations, and art publishers. He is Deputy Chair of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (APPSI), which advises Ministers on opening up opportunities for greater re-use of Government information. This reflects a particular interest in data publishing and the growing regulation of data. He represents the firm in its membership of the Professional Publishers’ Association (PPA).

Recent experience includes advising:

• the British Library on its Newspaper Digitisation Project a partnership with brightsolid online technology, owned by DC Thomson, for the digitisation of up to 40m pages of the Library's newspaper archive (see the British Library announcement here);
• a publisher on data governance of NHS patient data and the effect of the Patient Information Regulations;
• a database publisher on copyright and database rights in numerical codes used by pharmacies in ordering products.

Peter has over 20 years of experience of advising on commercial matters usually involving IP, including technology transfer arrangements, collaborations between universities and between academic and non-academic partners, joint degree development and use of technology to support HEI activity, including distance learning. Among his clients are leading universities, business schools and research institutes.

Recent experience includes advising:

• Imperial College London on its collaboration with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to launch a joint undergraduate medical degree programme at a new medical school in Singapore;
• the Climate KIC Foundation on the re-structuring of this Knowledge and Innovation Community (‘KIC’), an EU-wide collaboration established under Regulation 294/2008 comprising 20 ‘Core’ Partners and 52 ‘Affiliate’ Partners, of whom 25 are leading European universities or research institutes;
• London Business School on its IT procurement requirements. He is Deputy Chair of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (APPSI), which advises Ministers on opening up opportunities for greater re-use of Government information.

Peter has over 20 years of experience of advising on publishing matters, IT and brand licensing. Among his clients are leading national museums and galleries.

Recent experience includes advising:

• the British Library on its Newspaper Digitisation Project a partnership with brightsolid online technology, owned by DC Thomson, for the digitisation of up to 40m pages of the Library's newspaper archive (see the British Library announcement here);
• the National Maritime Museum on its sponsorship arrangements;
• the Natural History Museum, V&A and Science Museum on their joint procurement of security services.

He was a co-founder is a and former chair of the Museums Copyright Group (MCG), and is Deputy Chair of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (APPSI), which advises Ministers on opening up opportunities for greater re-use of Government information. He also represents the firm in its membership of the Professional Publishers’ Association (PPA).