Information and communications technology

Our ICT clients, from start-ups to industry giants, rely on us for guidance and support on a wide range of commercial issues, from procurement bidding and service contracts to e-commerce, EU and competition law and enforcement of intellectual property

We understand how competitive the sector is, with continuing market consolidation pressure, rising component costs and a shift in the balance of power from suppliers to buyers. So we make sure we add value to our service, always working to give our clients a significant return on investment.

We've saved major clients significant amounts of money including:

• Clarifying misunderstandings in an ICT contract for a public sector client. The advice cost £30,000.
  They saved £750,000.
  
• Resolving an outsourcing dispute in favour of an ICT client, with their central government customer. Our advice cost £50,000.
  They saved £200,000.
  
• Transforming a confusing 20-page contract for an international software company into an attractive, 4-page offering.
  They achieved return on investment on their very next contract.

We are highly respected by the IT industry too. We're a member of intellect, the trade association for UK IT and electronics businesses. We wrote their contract and commercial guidelines and helped to develop their successful escrow service, enabling funds for business transactions to be held independently by a third party until each transaction is complete.

IT Legal Helpdesk – our investment in your business.

We're also keen to invest in our business relationship with you. So for a subsidised monthly fee, we provide a dedicated IT legal helpdesk for small, ad hoc queries such as asking us to look over a contract or provide a second opinion. We genuinely share the cost of this with our clients, because we hope it will strengthen our working relationships even further.

What our clients say

The firm prides itself on focusing upon, and catering to, the factors which are important to client's business.
Chambers UK 2012

"Valuable international experience."
The Legal 500 UK 2011

"[Their] highly productive team has a "good grasp of business requirements" .
The Legal 500 UK 2010