Information Technology

About

Provided by Stevens & Bolton LLP

We advise on all aspects of major IT and outsourcing projects.

Acting on both “buy” and “sell” sides of the market, we advise on contract drafting and negotiation work as well as associated regulatory issues and legal strategy. 

Our expertise includes:

• Cloud services solutions, including deployment and transition arrangements
• Partner and reseller arrangements, including with AWS, Google and Azure
• The delivery or acquisition of a range of XaaS product offerings
• Managed services and agile arrangements
• Fintech, insurtech, adtech and healthtech matters, including sector-specific interaction with data
• Software development and licensing, R&D agreements, hardware and systems supplies, consultancy arrangements and other IT procurement and collaborative contracts
• Blockchain and digital assets, including advising on DeFi platforms and other arrangements based on distributed ledger technologies, minting and trading NFTs and smart contract development
• Network and connectivity issues
• Pure contract advice, including advice on interpretation, limits on liability and termination
• Preparation and negotiation of all types of contracts more generally, including contracts with customers, suppliers and subcontractors
• Competition law, including M&A, pricing practices and market behaviour
• Compliance issues such as National Security and Investment Act issues, anti-corruption and modern slavery, including preparing and helping develop policies