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Bristows LLP Offices

100 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT
LONDON
EC4Y 0DH
England
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Adrian Sim

Work Department
Technology transactions, Outsourcing, Digital and e-Commerce
Position
Adrian is an information technology specialist who has market-leading experience advising clients on technology, e-commerce and digital transformation transactions.
Adrian’s practice spans a range of sectors including technology, financial services, life sciences and government. He regularly leads and negotiates high profile IT procurement, outsourcing, cloud and complex systems development and integration projects on both the customer and supplier side, and also advises emerging companies on the contracting arrangements and protecting and exploiting IP.
Having spent considerable time seconded to various clients such as a global IT services provider, a telecommunications company and an international digital services organisation, Adrian always delivers practical and business-focussed solutions to deliver technology projects in the most effective and efficient way.
Recent projects Adrian has led include:
- A digital transformation project in the financial services sector including the complex multi-vendor integration and implementation of a new customer system and PSD 2 platform.
- Advising a public sector, genomic medicine body on its commercialising strategy and implementation of world-leading sequencing, data and technology arrangements.
- The transformation of a global life sciences company’s IT, network and online systems, including a multi-million pound IT outsourcing transaction.
- A multi-jurisdictional business process outsourcing for a leading technology company delivering a business separation and F&A outsourcing in the FMCG sector.
- Advising a IT, outsourcing and consultancy multinational on structuring and launching new software and IT-solutions.
- Preparing an e-vehicle charging station supplier on its launch of its products and SaaS technology solutions in the UK.
- Advising a Premier League football club on its technology arrangements across its business operations from content and digital media management platforms to payment processing systems.
Career
Qualified 2002 (Victoria, Australia)
Qualified 2014 (England and Wales)
Partner 2014
Memberships
Society for Computers and the Law
Tech UK
ITechLaw
Education
LLB (Hons), University of Melbourne, and Bachelor of Arts, University of Melbourne.
Leisure
Skiing, tennis and cooking.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
(Leading partners: IT)The ’always available, knowledgeable, and skilled’, practice at Bristows LLP is particularly experienced in technology disputes. On the non-contentious side, the practice is well-versed in data privacy, regulatory telecommunication, as well as technology and outsourcing matters. With over two decades of experience, Toby Crick is a key contact for energy, financial services, and health clients, while Myles Jelf is often engaged in telecommunications disputes. Anna Cook is informed in outsourcing and software copyright disputes and Chris Holder is particularly active in the healthcare sector. Adrian Sim is knowledgeable of IT transactions, Angela Fouracre is lauded as ‘a strong lawyer with a keen understanding of commercial concerns’, and Charlie Hawes is skilled in privacy law.
Lawyer Rankings
- IT and telecoms London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Leading partners: IT London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Industry focus > TMT
Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Employment > Employers