Craig Rogers > Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
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Brexit and the legal implications for businesses

Craig Rogers advises on complex, cross-border IT and outsourcing arrangements. He has led significant transactions across all sectors but has a particular focus on regulated utilities and financial services.

Craig joined Eversheds in 2015 after 12 years in-house at IT giants IBM & Oracle and Indian Outsourcing outfit, TCS.

In his last role, Craig was the lead lawyer for IBM’s financial services business in Europe.

Craig has managed large teams on complex, global transactions with retail and investment banks, insurance companies, central government departments, regulated utilities, large retailers, multi-national oil companies and major consumer goods brands.

His practice covers:

• IT and Business Process Outsourcing

• the design/build/operation of IT platforms (particularly in the banking and insurance sector)

• complex systems implementations (including Oracle and SAP)

• Strategic Alliances

• Cloud / SaaS / PaaS agreements

• IT Security & PCI/DSS

• SYSC/Solvency II compliance in outsourcing

His clients comment that he is “commercial and pragmatic”, “a problem-solver”, “has an excellent understanding of both technology and business issues” and is “easy to work with”.

Craig is a regular speaker on IT & Outsourcing and is a member of The Society for Computers and Law.

Brexit

The impact of Brexit will not be the same for all businesses. Our Brexit lawyers are working with a number of clients to help them with Brexit planning. We are helping them take steps to put themselves in the best possible position. For some clients, we have analysed the implications of Brexit on their business based on the different potential models of Brexit. We would be happy to discuss the potential implications of Brexit for your business too.

Contact Craig for more information on how Brexit may affect your business.

View our Brexit hub for our full range of Brexit resources.

Contractual risk analysis and Brexit proofing for your IT and Outsourcing arrangements - Guiding businesses through Brexit

Using our Brexit Risk Analysis, we can help you answer your questions, understand the potential risks to your trading arrangements arising from Brexit (whether pricing, currency, regulatory, tariff, people, data or otherwise) and put measures in place to protect against those risks.

Upcoming events

Event date Event information Location
7 September 2016

Business council for Africa - Disruptive Technology in Africa
With a growing number of Africans coming online, the continent’s digital economy is on the rise, with new innovative disruptive technologies being offered, altering the way people live and work and leading to entirely new products and services.

For more information and to register for this event, hosted by the BCA Technology working group, please click here

Eversheds London office
5 October 2016

Digital Financial Services seminar series - Cybercrime & Data Security
Eversheds is delighted to invite you to attend a breakfast seminar focusing on data protection and cyber-crime. This session will be of interest to in-house legal and compliance professionals and data privacy officers involved in digital financial services.

For more information and to register for this event please click here

Eversheds London office

Podcasts

 

The importance of websites and digital content for Asset Managers - Legal & Compliance Considerations

The Digital World is an every-changing beast and many companies – the asset management industry included – are under scrutiny to develop their websites and digital content for their audiences. However, this is not typically an area where asset managers are considered as world leaders. Some might say that the industry’s foray into the digital world has been hindered by regulation, others might say that issues around transparency, general unwillingness to engage and a lack of foresight are bigger issues.

Click here to listen to Craig Rogers discuss asset management in the digital world

Visit our Brexit Legal Advice Hub for in-house lawyers

Position

Partner

Languages

French, Italian, Swahili

Lawyer Rankings

London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms

Counting banks, IT providers and reinsurers among its key roster of clients, Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP advises on matters concerning outsourcing, procurement, licensing and regulatory issues. Simon Gamlin covers a range of technology transactions, including system development deals, ERP projects, system integrator matters, complex software licensing arrangements and e-commerce projects, while Craig Rogers focuses on IT and outsourcing arrangements. Simon Lightman acts for customers and suppliers across the IT arena and James Hyde is well-versed in communications-related disputes. All named partners collectively lead the team.

London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech

The ‘practical, commercial and effective’  digital financial services and fintech team at Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP are active across collaborations and joint-development agreements between our large institutional clients and early-stage fintechs, IPOs and work involving crypto-assets. Governance and transparency issues connected to the use of business data and M&A due diligence are additional areas of expertise. Cardiff-based practice head Matthew Gough is equipped to advise clients on a broad array of commercial agreements. Advising financial institutions on technology arrangements is a fulcrum of Craig Rogers‘ practice. Simon Lightman is described as ‘excellent technically and very easy to work with’. Clients include fintechs, challenger banks and investors.