Alven is a Counsel in our IT practice group. He brings extensive experience advising global digital platforms on internet and social media law, with a particular focus on related regulatory compliance and policy issues, such as the Digital Services Act. He navigates through complex legal landscapes and delivers practical, commercially focused outcomes for his clients, including providers of very large online platforms. He also supports platform clients in relation to regulatory oversight, enforcement risk and private claims. 

Alven specialises in drafting and negotiating complex, bespoke technology agreements, with a particular emphasis on IT outsourcing and cloud services. He has negotiated numerous contracts with major technology suppliers, both as external counsel and during a secondment as in-house counsel to a major European retail platform.

Before joining Osborne Clarke, Alven worked as an IT and digital regulation lawyer at a global US law firm in Berlin.

Helping you succeed in tomorrow's world

My approach is pragmatic, responsive and focused on clients’ commercial objectives. I help clients make sense of complex and fast-moving legal issues, and provide clear, actionable advice that supports practical decision-making in the evolving regulatory and technology landscape.