In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, it’s essential to get commercially focussed and practical advice on your commercial contracts from lawyers who understand technology and are experienced at preparing and negotiating contracts which will protect your interests.
We offer comprehensive services tailored to the unique needs of technology contracts and procurement, working with you to understand the commercial drivers behind the contract and your priorities to ensure that the contractual documentation meets your specific requirements. Our significant experience in this area allows us to take a holistic view of the deal, helping you to structure it in a way that gives it the maximum prospect of success.
Our expertise spans all types of technology deliverables, including hardware, software, professional services and software as a service (SaaS). We act for both technology companies and companies seeking to procure technology deliverables, giving us the opportunity to see contracts from both sides and understand the needs of both suppliers and customers.
Our expertise
- Strategic planning and procurement: We understand that successful technology projects begin with structuring a deal to manage risk. Our team provides advice to identify risk and then manage that with a strategy for your contracts and their procurement. We leverage our extensive industry knowledge to navigate the complexities of technology procurement, ensuring that every purchase aligns with your business objectives.
- Tech contract drafting and negotiation: Our legal experts specialise in drafting, negotiating, and managing contracts that protect your interests and ensure compliance with industry standards. We advise on all types of agreements, including bespoke contracts for particular projects and standard terms and conditions. We focus on creating clear, concise agreements that outline responsibilities, deliverables, and timelines, reducing the risk of disputes and ensuring smooth project execution.
- Contract management: Effective contract management is crucial for the success of any technology project or programme. We can provide advice in managing changes to contracts, following their process requirements and managing issues or disputes at an early stage and that may arise during their performance, in each case to protect your interests.
Examples of our experience
- Advising a client in the energy sector on the procurement of D365 for Field Operations from Microsoft. This was an innovative deal worth £15m undertaken on very short timelines. It involved the introduction of new technologies to allow a very large team of engineers to be better rostered and to ensure that they had the right skill and parts for the jobs allocated to them.
- Principal external IS advisor to a FTSE 100 utility, advising on many projects including international data centres, privacy compliance systems procurement, security and penetration testing, application development.
- Advising a fast-growing cloud-based delivery management platform on its customer contracts, including preparing its standard terms and negotiating agreements with major brands.
- Advising a FTSE 100 organisation on a £200m+ cloud computing project.
- Advising a leading global provider of financial trading technology on multi-million dollar agreements with major financial institutions.
Also in this section
- Technology contracts
- Data protection for technology businesses
- Protecting and commercialising IP assets for technology businesses
- eGaming
- Dispute resolution and international arbitration for technology businesses
- Artificial intelligence
- Tax and employee ownership for technology businesses
- Employment law and service contracts for technology businesses
- Acquiring, investing in and selling technology businesses
- Equity capital markets and public company advice for technology businesses
- FinTech
- Telecoms