Department profile
Burness Paull

Information Technology & Outsourcing

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Burness Paull

Rankings

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Information Technology & Outsourcing - Scotland

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For
Burness Paull has a flourishing team of IT specialists with strength in areas such as procurement, cybersecurity and telecommunications. Its lawyers frequently work with leading clients across a range of sectors, including financial institutions, energy suppliers and international technology companies. It is recommended for innovative application of new technologies in novel areas, such as the use of blockchain software with regard to oil and gas decommissioning. The firm is also noted for its expertise in financial services regulation with respect to technology.

Work Highlights

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  • Burness Paull acted for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in connection with a series of agreements relating to the material outsourcing of development and integration IT software services.

Strengths

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  • Burness Paull has supportive, highly qualified and well-practiced professionals with the upmost domain expertise.

    Information Technology & Outsourcing respondentUK
  • Burness Paull has a depth of expertise, willingness to understand our business, as well as a willingness to give the 'hard' advice.

    Information Technology & Outsourcing respondentUK
  • Burness Paull are a really nice firm to work with. They work at pace, are excellent and are very strategic.

    Information Technology & Outsourcing respondentUK
  • They are collaborative and put in a lot of preparatory work to ensure projects achieve the best results. Great on correspondence and expectation management. They're like an extension of our own team.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Callum Sinclair
    Band 1Callum Sinclair

    Callum Sinclair

    Callum Sinclair leads Burness Paull's technology and commercial group and regularly advises on a wide range of IT matters including master services agreements, fintech development projects and data protection.
  • Band 2David Goodbrand
    Band 2David Goodbrand

    David Goodbrand

    David Goodbrand leads Burness Paull's data privacy team and has experience advising on digital transformation projects, data and cloud migrations and outsourcings. He also advises leading consumer platforms on their IT infrastructure.

  • Up and ComingMurray Cree
    Up and ComingMurray Cree

    Murray Cree

    Murray Cree is well regarded for his experience in technology contracts matters. He has noteworthy expertise in SaaS, digital transformations and licensing agreements.

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