IT, Multimedia and Communications

In today's business environment organisations are increasingly reliant on the use of technology to underpin operations.

Lawyers in our Commercial & Technology group support both end users and suppliers by providing specialist legal advice on the full range of IT, e-commerce, multimedia and regulatory issues  including:

• Bespoke software development agreements and implementation projects
• Facilities management and outsourcing agreements
• Web design, hosting and development contracts
• Software licensing
• Support and maintenance agreements
• Systems integration issues, and IT consultancy agreements
• Software escrow agreements
• E-commerce agreements, including business-to-business and business-to-consumer trading terms and strategies (including advising on e-commerce and distance selling regulations)
• Data protection and privacy
• Commercial contracts for high-tech businesses
• Sponsorship agreements.

Clients range from web design, e-commerce solutions providers, leading software houses and systems integrators and ISPs and ASPs to media agencies and music television companies.

Recent work includes

• Advising one of the largest residential search information and Home Information Pack (“HIP”) providers on all aspects of data procurement, delivery and integration in advance of HIPs being launched
• Advising pan-European dealerships of three top motor manufacturers on new media solutions
• Helping a high-growth start-up company providing e-commerce enabling software with software patentability issues, encryption technology restrictions and licensing terms
• Warranty outsourcing projects and strategic service partner arrangements with leading computer supply companies in Europe and the UK for a leading Japanese laser printer manufacturer
• A mission-critical computer implementation project for a leading stockbroking company
• Negotiating sponsorship agreements for new music TV channels on behalf of a leading software manufacturer
• The infrastructure support roll out for 3G telephone functionality
• Pan European contracts with public sector clients and banks for a leading Canadian financials and ERP software supplier
• Negotiating a roll-out agreement for our client’s back office system for a government department