# Osborne Clarke LLP - **Type:** Advisory firm - **Website:** https://www.osborneclarke.com - **Assessed by:** The Assurance Desk (Add-Venture Advisory Ltd) A law firm in England and Wales, regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Chambers UK and Legal 500 rank its data protection practice, which advises on AI governance. ## Osborne Clarke scores Scored 1 to 5 on six criteria. There is no overall score. ### Help when things go wrong: 4/5 Chambers and Legal 500 both cite strengths in ICO crisis management and contentious subject access request litigation. ### Qualifications of the people who do the work: 4/5 SRA-recognised body 619990, 649 regulated staff, 11-year Chambers ranking; a ranked DP partner's 2024 SDT finding was fully overturned by the High Court in 2026. ### What it publishes about fees: 2/5 Own transparency page gives no rates or price ranges; estimates are provided only once a client instruction has begun. ### Knowledge of your sector: 5/5 Named practice head, decade-plus Chambers/Legal 500 rankings, and named AI matters such as the OncoDNA cancer-AI rollout. ### Independence from what it sells: 2/5 Firm holds a majority stake, as strategic investor, in Justima, an AI-compliance software company it spun out in 2026. ### Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong: 3/5 Own terms state it maintains SRA-minimum professional indemnity cover, but names no insurer or sum insured. ## Sources for Osborne Clarke Every line carries the page it was read on and the date it was checked. - Osborne Clarke LLP is a registered limited liability partnership in England and Wales. - Source: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/OC397443 - Checked: 2026-09-19 - Osborne Clarke LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. - Source: https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/register/organisation/?sraNumber=619990 - Checked: 2026-09-19 - Osborne Clarke's Data Protection & Information Law practice is ranked by Chambers UK. - Source: https://chambers.com/department/osborne-clarke-llp-data-protection-information-law-uk-1:2666:11805:1:9463 - Checked: 2026-09-19 - Osborne Clarke's data protection, privacy and cybersecurity practice is ranked by Legal 500 London. - Source: https://www.legal500.com/rankings/ranking/c-london/risk-advisory/data-protection-privacy-and-cybersecurity/2534-osborne-clarke-llp - Checked: 2026-09-19 - Osborne Clarke LLP was named a partner law firm of Europrivacy, the EDPB-endorsed GDPR certification scheme. - Source: https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-named-partner-firm-europes-first-data-protection-seal-europrivacy - Checked: 2026-09-19 - In May 2026 Osborne Clarke spun out an AI-driven regulatory-monitoring company, Justima, retaining a majority ownership stake. - Source: https://www.artificiallawyer.com/2026/05/21/justima-spins-out-of-osborne-clarke/ - Checked: 2026-09-19 - A ranked Osborne Clarke data-protection partner was found guilty of professional misconduct by the SDT in 2024; the High Court fully overturned that finding in 2026. - Source: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/mr-ashley-hurst-v-solicitors-regulation-authority/ - Checked: 2026-09-19 - Osborne Clarke discloses using AI tools to process business-contact personal data for marketing purposes. - Source: https://www.osborneclarke.com/website-privacy - Checked: 2026-09-19 - The High Court quashed the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal's 2023 misconduct finding and £50,000 fine against Osborne Clarke partner Ashley Hurst, ruling there was no misconduct and no SLAPP, and ordered the SRA to pay him an interim £400,000 costs payment. - Source: https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/mr-ashley-hurst-v-solicitors-regulation-authority/ - Checked: 2026-09-20 ## What this provider publishes Not published means we did not find it on the firm's own pages. - Price: Not published - Indemnity cover: Published - Credentials: Published - Independent accreditation: Published - Client results: Not published - How it uses AI: Published ## Strengths - Ranked Band 3 in Chambers UK Data Protection & Information Law for 11 consecutive years, and Tier 3 in Legal 500 London for data protection, privacy and cybersecurity. - Named, credentialed practice head (Mark Taylor, Partner, Head of Digitalisation; Fellow of the Society for Computers and Law) with a dedicated data-protection and AI practice page. - One of only three international law firms named a Europrivacy (EDPB-endorsed GDPR certification scheme) partner firm. - Real, findable AI-governance work: advised OncoDNA on an AI cancer-treatment tool rollout; chairs ITechLaw's Responsible AI Committee. - SRA-recognised body since 2015 with 649 regulated staff and no disciplinary decisions currently published on its SRA register. ## Things to check Each one carries the factual basis it rests on. - Publishes no price ranges or hourly rates for data-protection or AI-governance advisory work. - Basis: Firm's own transparency page states it is 'not practicable to provide a total cost for each individual service' and gives only an individual estimate once a client is instructed. - Holds a majority ownership stake in an AI regulatory-compliance software company it spun out of its own practice. - Basis: "Osborne Clarke holds a shareholding in Justima as a strategic investor and holds the majority" (Justima, spun out May 2026, delivers AI-driven regulatory monitoring). ## Where this firm appears - [Can the firm that prepares you also certify you?](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/certification-seeking) - [After a data breach: what UK law asks of you](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/post-breach) - [Does the EU AI Act apply to a UK firm?](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/eu-ai-act-exposed) - [Compare providers](https://theassurancedesk.com/compare) --- **Scope.** The Assurance Desk covers data protection, AI governance and cyber security in the United Kingdom and the United States. It scores providers in both: UK-facing firms, and firms based in the United States. Every provider scored so far was selected for data-protection, AI-governance or security-assurance work. Where a page describes law, it names the country that law applies in. **Who publishes this.** The Assurance Desk is published by Add-Venture Advisory Ltd, company number 11854524, registered in England and Wales. The same owner runs Avouch, a marketing agency that sells AI visibility services to firms of the kind this site covers. That is a conflict of interest, and it is disclosed here. **Corrections.** If you represent this firm and something here is wrong or out of date, email hello@theassurancedesk.com with the evidence.