Ronald Hendrikx

Ronald Hendrikx is a Partner in Bird & Bird's Commercial Department in London, specialising in IT and communications projects and supporting clients in the public and private sector with their innovation projects. His primary practice area is Technology Law.

He is co-head of Bird & Bird's global Tech & Comms group and a board member of Oxygy, the management consulting firm offering a multi-disciplinary offering with Bird & Bird.

He is particularly interested in the adoption of connectivity to invent, improve and transform products, businesses and cities. He previously worked on national programmes for the implementation of IT in the NHS and the adoption of smart metering in Britain, and currently supports a number of clients with their procurement and development of connected technology solutions.

Examples include the procurement of 5G networks and supporting clients with the investment in or operation of fibre networks and data centres. In addition, he works with clients on the development of products and (IoT) solutions for the energy, manufacturing and aviation industries, looking at the connectivity components as well as the data and artificial intelligence issues that arise when they develop new business opportunities around newly connected devices and services.

Before joining Bird & Bird in London, he qualified as a lawyer in the Netherlands. Whilst he no longer practises Dutch law, he continues to regularly work in the firm's Dutch offices and spends a lot of time working with colleagues internationally to help clients with their cross-border technology projects.