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

Chambers Review

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Information Technology - The South

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Stevens & Bolton offers an experienced team routinely sought after by large corporations and technology startups for its expertise. Noted for procurement arrangements and cloud sourcing, it has particular expertise in the pharmaceutical and insurance sectors. The team is also expert in technology services for the fast-moving consumer goods market.

Work Highlights

  • Stevens & Bolton advised SecurMed, the not-for-profit company set up to establish the UK and Northern Ireland Medicines Verification System, on the decommissioning of its IT system.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Beverley Flynn
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Beverley Flynn
2
Band 2

Beverley Flynn advises customer and vendor companies on all manner of technology procurements and sourcing arrangements, as well as on accompanying data privacy issues.

Beverley is a trusted adviser who truly understandings the needs of the business and balances legal precision with commercial outcomes.

Beverley has a good rapport with us and is very commercial in her advice.

Charles Maurice
3
Charles Maurice
Head of Information Technology
3
Band 3

Charles Maurice advises businesses of varying sizes on commercial agreements related to IT and online services.

Charlie is great to work with. He is very reactive, pragmatic and understands clients' needs very well.

3
Gary Parnell
3
Band 3

Gary Parnell has extensive expertise in the IT sector and often acts in data privacy and contractual matters for a variety of domestic and international clients.

Ranked Lawyers at
Stevens & Bolton LLP

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The South

Information Technology

Beverley Flynn
2
Beverley Flynn
2
Band 2
Charles Maurice
3
Charles Maurice
Head of Information Technology
3
Band 3
3
Gary Parnell
3
Band 3

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