Mr Damon Rosamond-Lanzetta > Addleshaw Goddard > London, England > Lawyer Profile

A key port of call for FTSE100 and Fortune 500 clients procuring IT services, Addleshaw Goddard is particularly active across the energy, financial services, and health sectors. Damon Rosamond-Lanzetta leads the practice and is well-equipped to handle IT and outsourcing transactions. David Berry is commended as ‘immensely knowledgeable, accessible, and approachable’, while Natalie Trainor is proficient in outsourcing and procurement. Iain Mackenzie is skilled at cloud services contracts, IT outsourcings, as well as software license and development contracts.

Addleshaw Goddard‘s diverse commercial contracts work, much of which is cross-border, regularly includes drafting complex commercial contracts for joint ventures in a range of areas, including the public sector and the automotive sector. In particular, the work for major clients, including a leading automobile manufacturer, is illustrative of the team’s ability to advise on supply, purchase and other agreements relating to large-scale projects and corporate transactions. The firm fields a large group of dedicated commercial contract lawyers, including practice head Michael Lowry, who stands out for his work in the IT sector; Damon Rosamond-Lanzetta, who is a key adviser on commercial contracts relating to outsourcing matters; and Jonathan Davey, who brings clients commercial nous in the retail sector. Oliver Millerchip provides support in commercial matters, notably recently advising on goods and service contracts.

The team at Addleshaw Goddard regularly advises key players operating in the financial services, retail and consumer, energy, health, pharmaceutical and public sectors on a range of matters, including transformational IT projects, disputes, ESG issues, and contractual matters. The team is chaired by Damon Rosamond-Lanzetta who advises on IT and outsourcing transactions in the financial services, transport and retail and consumer sectors. David Berry is also a key name to note, particularly for telecoms work.

While demonstrating considerable expertise on the transactional side, the ‘well-resourced’ and ‘pragmatic’ group at Addleshaw Goddard is especially noted for its strengths in managing disputes, notably for clients active within the retail and consumer sector, as well as the financial services sector. Their multi-office network enables them to operate effectively on a national and multinational basis for a variety of blue-chip clients. Emma Armitage and Georgina Powling jointly helm the practice, with the former demonstrating particular capabilities in the area of brand and design disputes and the latter enjoying a wide-ranging practice that spans trade mark licensing, confidentiality agreements, and the IP aspects of various transactions. Damon Rosamond-Lanzetta possesses strengths on the commercialisation and data side, while David Berry is accomplished in the technology space.