Technology

The technology team delivers a comprehensive and integrated international service to technology businesses and technology-enabled businesses.

Emerging technologies and digital communications have created new ways to configure business models, drive product and service innovations and manage assets for a multitude of industries.

Converging Internet technologies, increased computing power, digital communications and the globalisation of the telecommunications networks offer great opportunity, but providers and users are also faced with increased competition, regulation and consolidation in the market place.

The converging world requires converged legal thinking to enable your business. Our technology team brings together UK and dual-qualified lawyers and offers a wealth and depth of experience in all legal aspects relating to technology and telecommunications including:

• infrastructure (telecommunications networks, data centres)
• delivery models (outsourcing, cloud computing, managed services)
• hardware and software acquisition
• professional services agreements
• advice on content and services which are delivered using technology
• managing crises and resolving disputes through alternative dispute resolution or litigation.

Our objective is to protect the corporate reputation of our clients by building effective commercial contracts which are robust, fit for purpose and with a strong emphasis on effective contract governance.  We have a market leading disputes practice which specialises in acting on high value insured technology and IP disputes. We use litigation and dispute resolution skills to resolve disputes at the earliest opportunity. We also assist insurers to develop innovative new insurance policies which include specialist IP insurance and reputation management policies.

Examples of recent projects include, advising:

• a global networking and technology provider with strategic advice in relation to the negotiation of a multi-billion dollar new infrastructure project in an emerging market
• a leading global communications solutions provider on outsourcing transactions and cross-border contract disputes in EMEA
• a global financial services company on a range of technology and sourcing contracts, including hosting agreements, communications agreements, licence and market data agreements and cross border data flow issues in respect of the global outsourcing of telecommunications
• a UK financial institution on several major data centre projects as part of a key infrastructure renewal project in relation to business resilience, disaster recovery and data centre capacity.