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Addleshaw Goddard LLP

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Information Technology - Yorkshire

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Addleshaw Goddard is known for its market-leading practice, which stands out for its work on technology and outsourcing deals in the private sector. It acts for an enviable range of high-profile clients, with particular expertise in the financial services, gaming, health and retail sectors. The firm also advises on IT and telecommunications services for major public infrastructure organisations. Addleshaw Goddard boasts a formidable litigation arm alongside its non-contentious offering.

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Work Highlights

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  • Addleshaw Goddard advised Mansfield and Chorley on the overhaul of their core banking tech platforms, including negotiating the arrangements for the migration from current on-premise arrangements to TCS' cloud-based core banking system.

Strengths

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  • The team at Addleshaw Goddard combines excellent sector specific knowledge, together with a strong understanding of the wider commercial and legal issues.

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  • Responsiveness is one of Addleshaw's strongest qualities. You never have to wait.

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  • The advice offered by Addleshaw is always balanced, commercial and helps break down problems into manageable pieces and develop a strategy accordingly.

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  • The firm has leading industry knowledge and the response times are exceptional.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • James Hyde
    James Hyde

    James Hyde

    James Hyde is a contentious IT expert. His expertise spans a range of types of disputes, such as ICT outsourcing, systems procurement, software licensing, system outages, and claims arising from security breaches, as well as network infrastructure, service provision and telecoms regulatory investigations.

    • James is user-friendly, very responsive and understands the technical issues. He is also very flexible.

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  • Michael Lowry
    Michael Lowry

    Michael Lowry

    Michael Lowry has extensive expertise of a range of complex IT projects, such as systems procurement, outsourcings and software development agreements. He acts on large-scale buyer-side IT projects within the private sector, with particular emphasis on business-critical transformations.

    • He knows everything about technology.

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    • Michael is reassuring presence and has the ability to build rapport with clients.

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    • Michael is extremely approachable and his knowledge of legal and commercial issues is second to none.

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  • Michael Peeters
    Michael Peeters

    Michael Peeters

    Michael Peeters has a broad range of expertise, notably in IT and telecoms deals, outsourcing projects and computer and internet law. He acts for both private and public sector clients.

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  • James Mort
    James Mort

    James Mort

    James Mort boasts a strong practice advising on IT and outsourcing projects. He maintains notable sector-specific capabilities in retail, transport and financial services.

    • He is an excellent partner with deep technical expertise and a focus on commercial solutions.

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    • James provides great, commercially overlaid legal advice. He is also very responsive.

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    • James provides excellent advice.

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  • Richard Watkinson
    Richard Watkinson

    Richard Watkinson

    Richard Watkinson has a wealth of experience in the sector. He advises large corporate clients, public sector organisations and specialist vendors on procurement and transformational outsourcing projects.

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  • Simon Lofthouse
    Simon Lofthouse

    Simon Lofthouse

    Simon Lofthouse is a partner in the firm's technology and outsourcing team. He has a particular focus on project outsourcing, IT procurement and software licensing.

    • Simon has exceptional knowledge.

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    • Simon provides clear and pragmatic advice, which is tailored to our business and risk appetite. He is very experienced and is a safe pair of hands.

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    • He is a superstar.

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  • Charlotte Marshall
    Charlotte Marshall

    Charlotte Marshall

    Charlotte Marshall regularly advises clients on major IT projects, including outsourcing matters.

    • Charlotte has great energy and is great with stakeholders. She is very organised, which really helps given the complexity of documents.

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