Information technology

For many years we have had a significant information technology practice. Our technology team advises on all aspects of technology development, procurement and licensing arrangements as well as on disputes arising from such arrangements. The team has particular expertise in "big ticket" business process outsourcing and business process re-engineering deals. In the last year we have advised on over £2 billion worth of deals in this growing market sector acting for some of the market leaders (including Capita, Siemens, Xchanging and TXU) in some of the highest profile projects. We also recently advised on a number of new and convergent technology matters advising clients such as Crown Castle, BMW and EasyJet in relation to e-Commerce, m-Commerce and other IT and communications related matters.

Nevertheless, clients are not only from the information technology sector, they span a broad spectrum of other industry sectors. Consequently, our technology team has experience advising on technology and e-commerce matters in respect of traditional "old economy" clients. For example, in areas such as the consumer and financial services