EXPERTISE 

Craig is a Legal Director in the corporate and commercial division of Addleshaw Goddard. 

Craig advises extensively on all areas of fintech (including digitisation, AI, blockchain, crypto assets, open banking and other new technologies), material outsourcings relating to major technology infrastructure and services, enterprise-wide transformation projects, intellectual property, entrepreneurship and restructuring/regulatory projects.

Prior to joining AG, Craig was a senior legal counsel in the NatWest Group’s Outsourcing, Technology and IP Legal Team, specialising in large-scale innovation and technology contracts, providing strategic support across the group’s full suite of technology, innovation, services and other commercial agreements.

Craig was also previously corporate counsel at Cognizant, a worldwide provider of information technology services, where he provided legal and commercial advice on all aspects of IT infrastructure and business process outsourcing activities specifically in relation to the financial services sector. 

Craig is a regular speaker at industry events and has spoken at events hosted by the Law Society of Scotland, the Licensing and Executives Society and other professional bodies.

Education
  • Glasgow Graduate School of Law – Diploma in Legal Practice (2010)
  • University of Strathclyde – LLB (First Class Honours) (2009)