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Alex Kirkhope

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Work Department

Commercial

Position

Alex is a Partner in the Commercial team with a particular focus on Technology and outsourcing, advising clients on all aspects of their business-critical IT systems and related business functions, as well as wider technology-based commercial contracts, software licensing and information law.

Alex works closely with client commercial and legal teams in delivering transactions and has a detailed understanding of the key commercial drivers behind technology deployments.  Over his career, Alex has advised on numerous major public sector IT contracts and procurements for UK Government, in particular in relation to the development, implementation and delivery of nationally significant benefits systems, a £1bn BPO of administrative and payment systems underpinning the NHS in England, and the largest UK police force on its outsourcing of Application Maintenance and Support Services.

Recent examples of transactions Alex has advised on include:

  • advising Moorfield Group in relation to its £600m PropTech-based JV with Bricklane;
  • advising a luxury high street retailer on its £multi-million O365 Transition Framework negotiations with IBM;
  • advising a global automotive manufacturer on multiple contracts related to their IT environment and supply contracts, including in relation to their international enterprise-wide licensing arrangements with Microsoft;
  • acting for a high-growth financial services technology provider on the contract terms underpinning the rollout of its mortgage aggregation software platform to corporates, brokers and intermediaries;
  • advising a leading Smart Cities technology provider in relation to a number of significant smart city technology deployment projects;
  • leading a team advising a major UK Building Society in relation to the second generation outsourcing of its savings and mortgage account software platform;
  • advising another leading UK Building Society in relation to contracts covering multiple aspects of its IT systems and infrastructure including the negotiation of terms relating to a high-value cloud service deployment, as well as a range of other business-critical IT agreements;
  • acting for a major UK construction company in relation to its procurement of WAN services to support its UK and international operations; and
  • acting for a global airline group in relation to the negotiation of enterprise-wide software licensing arrangements with Oracle.

Career

 

Alex joined Shoosmiths as a Partner in May 2017.

Memberships

Law Society of England & Wales

Lawyer Rankings

Yorkshire and the Humber > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms

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Alex Kirkhope – Shoosmiths LLP

Shoosmiths LLP‘s IT and telecoms practice excels at assisting clients with the rollout of transformational digitisation initiatives, in the context of which the team frequently advises on outsourcing and procurement matters. The team maintains close relationships with clients in the fintech and automotive sectors and is capable of advising on contracts for both IT providers and customers. Practice head Alex Kirkhope is a key contact for IT operations in the automotive sector and is uniquely qualified to advise on matters in the emerging AI space as head of the firm’s national AI working group. Bolstered by the expertise of Lauren Midgley, the firm also advises on the data privacy aspects of major IT transactions.

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