Saskia Smellie Associate

Saskia Smellie

Saskia is a commercial lawyer in Gowling WLG's Commercial, IT and Outsourcing team in London.

She advises and helps clients with drafting and negotiating a broad range of commercial contracts across a variety of sectors including international trade, technology (specifically non-contentious data protection and IT matters), food and retail, automotive, and real estate.

Saskia has a diverse client base including food, product and car manufacturers, data centre operators, energy providers, property funds, pub chains and non-profit organisations.

Saskia also regularly supports pro bono clients, having recently worked with the Ethical Tea Partnership and the Royal National Institute for Blind People. A secondment to Oxfam has provided Saskia with first-hand experience of the charity sector and the roles and responsibilities of in-house legal teams.

Experience

• Advising a global engine supplier on an international precious metal storage agreement
• Supporting an automotive client on their data mapping and records of processing activity
• Advising a rail freight client on their conditions of carriage update
• Advising a mining company on an international offtake agreement
• Creating commercial letting and lease advisory terms and conditions for a property fund
• Advising a housing association on an AI software as a service (SaaS) agreement
• Advising a global engine supplier on a life coach agreement
• Advising a pub chain on the steps required to comply with the UK data protection and e-privacy regime for direct marketing
• Drafting template conditions of purchase for goods and services for a food manufacturing client