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Eversheds Sutherland

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What the team is known for

Eversheds Sutherland is a wide-ranging IT practice handling all manner of contractual mandates, including the negotiation of software development and data licence agreements. The law firm advises major clients on the outsourcing of their key IT functions. The practice acts for data centre providers on corporate acquisitions. The legal team assists with data protection compliance mandates and handles individual investigations or data requests.

Strengths

Sources praise the law firm for being "in tune to the client's mindset."

Work highlights

Advised Eaton Corporation on the Irish law matters that arise in respect of its development of firmware, software and cloud services.

Notable practitioners

Marie McGinley advises on data protection concerns, IT outsourcing and software development matters. "Marie McGinley adds a lot of value to our work because of her high level of expertise and experience, her availability at short notice and excellent customer service, and her strong commercial and common-sense approach," remarks one impressed client.

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Overview

Our Technology and Telecoms group incorporates both contentious and non-contentious expertise and is experienced in advising on all aspects of our clients' IT and telecommunications regulatory requirements.

We have extensive transactional and regulatory telecommunications experience and are the preferred adviser to several of the leading Irish and international businesses operating in the sector.

We have a strong and growing roster of clients (both service providers and procurers of services) for whom we act in relation to large-scale IT procurement and outsourcing matters. When such projects do not go as planned, we have been called on to advise on contentious aspects also.