Alistair Cooper

Alistair is a commercial lawyer specialising in technology, digital media and data matters and transactions.

He has over five years’ experience working with a variety of businesses, from high-growth scale-ups to global organisations, and advises on a wide range of commercial matters with a particular focus on IT projects and outsourcing, complex technology contracts, intellectual property and data protection advice.

Relevant experience includes:

• Advising a leading accountancy and professional services firm on a transformation project involving the multi-million pound purchase of a new cloud-based banking platform and related services.
• Advising a major facilities management business on a substantial system development and implementation deal.
• Supporting a leading UK house builder on a variety of contractual issues relating to crucial technology systems and services.
• Advising a household-name international media group on various projects, involving high-value commercial contract negotiations and business-critical data protection advice.
• Working with the firm's Healthcare team on a number of HealthTech projects including a multi-million pound NHS procurement of critical IT systems and associated services.
• Advising a prominent digital content and marketing agency on its key client contracts.

Alistair regularly publishes articles and speaks to industry participants on a variety of digital media and technology-related issues.

Alistair joined DAC Beachcroft in April 2018.