Information Technology & Outsourcing
UK Guide 2025 : Scotland
Band 2
Contact number
(0131) 228 2400Chambers Review
The Scottish arm of Addleshaw Goddard advises retail banks, IT consultancies and vendors to financial service institutions on all manner of infrastructure, software and outsourcing projects. Its team also regularly handles corporate investments in the tech sector. The team is further recognised for its advice on IT and data services to the Scottish oil and gas sector.
Work Highlights
- Addleshaw Goddard supported OracleBio and Sciento in a number of master services agreements with various pharmaceutical companies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team provides good support and is able to call on others within the firm to attend specific meetings on specific points."
"The team are very experienced and provide us with sage advice."
"The team provides good support and is able to call on others within the firm to attend specific meetings on specific points."
"The team are very experienced and provide us with sage advice."
Notable Practitioners
Helena Brown leads the data protection team at Addleshaw Goddardand is recommended for IT services and systems procurement, and projects in the financial services sector with significant data protection implications.Brown also has particular expertise in advising on deals involving database assets and regulatory issues, as well as IT incident response.
"Helena is a great lawyer."
Ross Nicol regularly advises customers and suppliers on systems procurement, software development and hosted service agreements and outsourcings of all kinds.
"I appreciate Ross's ability to understand our needs as a client and find solutions to help us get there quickly."
"I would recommend Ross to anyone looking for IT legal advice."