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Pinsent Masons

Information Technology & Outsourcing

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Pinsent Masons

Rankings

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Information Technology & Outsourcing - London (Firms)

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Pinsent Masons advises multinational companies from a wide range of sectors on commercial and contentious technology matters. The department's areas of expertise include cloud, big data, fintech and telecoms matters. The team is also noted for major public sector IT contracts as well as for expertise in the insurance and banking sectors.

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Work Highlights

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  • Pinsent Masons successfully defended DeepMind and Google in the Court of Appeal in a representative action brought by Andrew Prismall on behalf of a purported class of around 1.6 million patients at the Royal Free Trust hospitals in London.

Strengths

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  • Pinsent Masons provide good advice. The lawyers are good at being pragmatic and practical.

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  • Pinsent Masons has a strong team.

    Information Technology & Outsourcing respondentUK

  • The lawyers are very pragmatic, extremely commercial and approachable.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Angus McFadyen
    Angus McFadyen

    Angus McFadyen

    Angus McFadyen is a leading technology transactions specialist, working for a range of clients from start-ups and growth-stage businesses to major corporates. This range cuts across diverse sectors including the financial services, healthcare and insurance sectors.

    • Angus is very good. He is quick, responsive and pragmatic.

      Information Technology & Outsourcing respondentUK

    • Angus is extremely capable and easily pivots to meet our requirements. His market knowledge is second to none and as a result it is much easier having him on board with negotiations.

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  • David Barker
    David Barker

    David Barker

    David Barker leads Pinsent Masons' TMT disputes team and is one of the leading technology and internet law litigators in the UK. He is relied upon by giants of the tech sector to represent them in closely watched cases that go to the heart of how the digital economy functions.

    • David is impressive.

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  • David McIlwaine
    David McIlwaine

    David McIlwaine

    David McIlwaine frequently represents financial services providers and professional services companies in litigation arising from IT procurements and outsourcings. Recent instructions include him leading on technology arbitration proceedings and disputes concerning data centre migration.

    • He is amazing.

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  • Paul Hinton
    Paul Hinton

    Paul Hinton

    Paul Hinton is recommended for software and data licensing and the implementation of trading platforms.
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