Paul Allen, a top-ranked TMT lawyer with 20 years of international experience, is making waves as a Partner and Global Co-Chair of DLA Piper's Technology & Sourcing Practice. He specializes in non-contentious IT & Telecoms and digital transformation projects, overseeing large-scale outsourcings, managed services, and network-related transactions in the TMT, financial services, aviation, healthcare, and government sectors. Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 have both ranked him in the top band of TMT lawyers consecutively, with Legal 500 calling him "responsive, commercial, and client-facing."

Paul has also developed an award-winning team in the Middle East that has been exclusively recognized as a Band 1 / Tier 1 legal provider of TMT services. He advises clients on general IT, intellectual property, data protection, cybersecurity, ecommerce, and corporate matters and coordinates the provision of a broad range of corporate, commercial, and dispute resolution support for his international clients. He has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) / Bachelor of Arts degree in Law from Queensland University of Technology and a Global Executive MBA, Dean's List Distinction from INSEAD.