Get help with IT law or intellectual property

Our specialist IT and intellectual property solicitors’ extensive technical expertise and experience covers every aspect of software, e-commerce and intellectual property, including drafting bespoke contracts, acting on corporate transactions in the sector, and pursuing and defending claims. .

Our cross-sector expert team has a deservedly solid reputation for providing high value, solution-focussed and commercial advice on complex IT and IP matters to high profile clients within the public and private sectors.

We make it our job to understand IT and IP, so we can work with you to enable your business to access IT resources and use and commercialise intellectual property. We are always clear about our role and deliver your needs in a pragmatic and efficient way.

IT

We are well known for advising fast-growing and established tech companies upon commercialisation of technology and funding, working on high value and important technology projects, and advising large private sector entities and public bodies upon transformational IT projects and disputes.

Some recent examples of work:

Advising a University upon a transformational core systems project
Advising upon the best routes to procure IT
Drafting a software development agreement with a major online retailer
Advising an NHS Trust upon a software backed multi-Trust bank system for junior doctors
Advising a global real estate tech company upon a dispute with a software development company
Advising a tech company on funding for an electronic COVID test and a number of cross border licencing agreements
The sale of a cloud-based video collaboration software business
Advising an aviation tech company upon a multi-million pound investment
Successfully negotiating and terminating a high value IT agreement for a local authority due to a number of material defaults

Intellectual property

Intellectual property (IP) is often a valuable asset and its unique need for legal protection requires expertise.

Our IP expertise covers both non-contentious (such as assignments and licences) and contentious (IP disputes). We regularly advise clients upon IP matters whether as part of a larger project or transaction or as a stand-alone arrangement. We provide expert IP advice both in the private sector and the public sector. Our IP work is often high profile and recent examples include:

Licence of music and image rights from Robbie Williams to the LMA
Licence of rights of a well-known TV presenter to a home furnishings company
International IP dispute between two retailers of fried chicken
Licence of rights of sports celebrities to a pharmaceutical company to raise awareness of a disease
Licence of genomics software from one NHS trust to another
Collaboration and development agreement between a University and a police force
Licence and assignment of various IP rights for a University in relation to theatre production.