IT & Technology Lawyers
Trusted advisers to a wide range of clients within the technology sector
Technology law experts
Technology law is central to any large-scale business transaction or dispute. Whether you are a technology organisation, or an organisation reliant on technology, as your organisation expands, the need to protect your technologies, your brand, your products and your data services grows.
We are trusted advisors to a wide range of clients within the technology sector. On a wider scale, even more of our clients are heavily reliant on technology - and trends dictate that this is increasing.
Our Tech sector team can meet the full scope of your requirements - be it a complex corporate transaction, a data protection or reputation issue, outsourcing requirements, a regulatory issue, or a contracting query.
How we can advise you
We provide a full legal service offering to our clients, acting as a long-term partner to support the development and commercialisation of technology and innovations, while also offering strategic guidance on compliance, finance and legal issues experienced by the sector.
We can help with:
- IT Disputes
- Pre-action correspondence in compliance with relevant protocols
- Tiered escalation and dispute resolution provisions
- Mediation or other alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
- Independent expert determination
- Arbitration; and/or court proceedings including injunctions, search orders and other emergency relief
- Cyber response
- Dealing with the consequences of a cyber-attack and data breaches, including an integrated service for technical support, forensic investigation, liaising with regulators and law enforcement
- Communications strategy and reputation management
- Claims and prosecutions
- Cyber resilience
- Advice on compliance with regulatory requirements including the UK’s Network & Information Systems Regulations for the provision of essential services, the EU’s Digital Operation Resilience Act and the evolving requirements of regulators across the world as appropriate
- Advice on putting in place risk management processes, including drafting policies and procedures, board and staff training, and reviewing insurance policies
- Compliance with FDA and MHRA cyber security requirements for medical devices
- Compliance with NHS cyber security requirements including the specific data security standards which suppliers of public healthcare services must comply with
- AI
- Classification and CE marking of AI-driven software as medical devices
- Contracting for AI solutions
- Liability in claims arising from the use of AI, including medical negligence claims
- Data governance and compliance solutions
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How our team will work with you
We provide fully comprehensive support to our clients on technology law. Whatever the scenario, our support is sensitive, pragmatic and timely.
The services we provide include:
- Ad hoc advice on specific queries, including distilling complex and technical regulatory issues into clear, pragmatic and applied advice
- Developing risk management compliance strategies, solutions and action plans
- Acting in all types and at every stage of investigations, enforcement action, and prosecution, including regulatory, disciplinary, criminal proceedings, including representation in interviews/investigations and at courts and in tribunals
- Providing advice and representation in relation to group litigation and class action compensation claims, claims by or against service providers and urgent court remedies against the wrongdoer
- Undertaking specialist due diligence in corporate transactions, for investors, buyers and sellers
- Providing training and sharing knowledge
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Our experience
- Advising a number of medical businesses on the consequences of a cyber-attack on the supplier of their practice management system
- Providing urgent advice to a large plc client following a phishing attack on one of its divisions, including breach notification to the ICO and data subjects
- Advising and acting in claims for compensation under the Data Protection Act, UK GDPR and Human Rights Act arising from a data breach
- Advising digital health company Rinicare on a collaboration and data-sharing agreement with Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust to clinically evaluate Rinicare’s clinical risk predication platform, STABILITY
- Advising The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust on a five-year collaboration agreement to introduce and integrated and accessible digital-first healthcare experience for Wovlerhampton residents with digital health provider Babylon Health
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Our clients
Our clients include all types of private and public sector businesses, from start-ups to SMEs to global companies.
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