"His ability to explain complicated areas of law in simple terms really sets him apart from others." Chambers and Partners 2025

"He brings an energy, passion and depth of knowledge that is unrivalled." Chambers and Partners 2025

"He is very commercially oriented and constantly assesses the practical implications of contractual positions." Chambers and Partners 2025

"Toby Crick is very commercial, a great negotiator and great with people." Legal 500 2025

"Toby Crick is a great negotiator and hands-on tech lawyer." Legal 500 2025

"Toby Crick stands out as the most commercially savvy lawyer I've ever collaborated with. Beyond his exceptional legal expertise, he possesses a profound understanding of our business dynamics. Consequently, he provides strategic advice, pinpointing the risks he deems acceptable rather than inundating us with every potential concern." Legal 500 2025

"He's knowledgeable, thorough, responsive and always approaches his work with great humour, even under extreme time and other pressures." Chambers and Partners 2024

"He has done some crypto work and is a sensible, pragmatic litigator." Chambers and Partners 2024

"Toby gets things done efficiently, is collaborative and understands the issues. He weighs the materiality of the various points well." Chambers and Partners 2024

"He puts the client at ease and recognises the client's individual situation. Stylistically, he is a clear communicator. He ensures a win-win situation for his client." Chambers and Partners 2024

"Toby's client service is excellent and he always responds in a very timely manner and provides regular updates. He is incredibly knowledgeable on commercial technology and telecoms matters." Chambers and Partners 2024

"He knows how to set up a good team for your case." Chambers and Partners 2024

“Toby Crick is exceptional and highly recommended. He has a vast depth of knowledge and is commercially astute, responsive, determined and always approaches our transactions with a great sense of humour.” Legal 500 2024

“Toby Crick leads a good team and is very knowledgeable. He ensures that there is a laser focus on quality and is very good with client management. He has an excellent negotiation style.” Legal 500 2024

“Toby Crick provides consistently excellent team and client-relationship management.” Legal 500 2024

“Toby Crick is a respected name in the data market and excels in the data protection aspects of digital transformation and international outsourcing.” Who's Who Legal Data 2023

“Toby Crick at Bristows is recognised for his excellent work negotiating outsourcing agreements and assisting companies on digital transformations.” Who's Who Legal Data 2023

“Toby Crick is a recognised telecoms practitioner who handles both regulatory and transactional mandates. He is especially well regarded for providing expert commercial advice to regulatory authorities.” Chambers and Partners 2023

“Toby Crick advises IT and telecommunications system providers and blue-chip corporates on all manner of technology-driven commercial and corporate transactions.” Chambers and Partners 2023

“He is an expert in the telecoms world and has been integral in assisting us with the work we are doing.” Chambers and Partners 2023

“I cannot stress enough how much of a pleasure it is to work with Toby.” Chambers and Partners 2023

“Toby Crick is always able to provide pragmatic recommendation based on business and sector knowledge.” Chambers and Partners 2023

“He is a highly capable partner leading a strong practice.” Chambers and Partners 2023

“Toby Crick is fantastic to deal with, incredibly knowledgeable, commercially adept and extremely responsive.” Chambers and Partners 2023

“Toby Crick has transactional and regulatory expertise and supports clients in the financial services, energy, and health sectors.” Legal 500 2023

“Toby Crick is extremely knowledgeable, accessible, responsive and a pleasure to work with. He is both extremely tenacious and pragmatic when the demands of the deal necessitate it and brings a very sharp intellect and great sense of humour to his work.” Legal 500 2023

“Toby Crick is the perfect blend of technology geek, legal expert, genuine understanding of commercial interest of the business, delivery of advice in a form which I need.” Legal 500 2023

Toby “is good at building relationships, has good contacts in the industry and has the right level of legal and commercial skills.” Chambers and Partners 2022

“Toby has really good commercial sense, and he's really good at scoping out and understanding the complexity of an issue, and whether or not we need to dedicate resources to it.” Chambers and Partners 2022

“Toby Crick is well known for his expertise in IT outsourcing. He acts for clients in the energy, financial services and telecommunications sectors.” Chambers and Partners 2022

Toby is “very smart and quick to process requests, he's up to date on changes in the law and he's a skilled negotiator.” Chambers and Partners 2022

“Toby Crick combines deep tech knowledge with being able to convey and distil complex issues to non-techies.” Legal 500 2022

“Toby Crick obviously has a deep understanding of software, but combines this with commerciality and pragmatism.” Legal 500 2022

“Toby Crick has led some of our cutting-edge projects and is now our go to external lawyer on all things technology sourcing (both customer and supplier side).” Legal 500 2022

“Toby Crick is a true technology specialist with a real understanding of the drivers of our business and what really matters to us.” Legal 500 2022

“Toby Crick provides great advice and support on commercial matters and likewise Anna Cook from a contentious perspective. Both are genuinely interested in our sector and what we do which makes a big difference.” Legal 500 2022