Andrew Dunlop > Burges Salmon LLP > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile

Burges Salmon LLP‘s ‘professional and accurate’ technology practice is highly regarded in the market for advising on large-scale IT projects with an emphasis on outsourcings. The latter is a particular area of expertise for Andrew Dunlop, whose clients range from financial institutions and technology vendors to international corporations. The team also includes telecoms and IT project specialist in Lucy Pegler, technology transactions expert David Varney, as well as Martin Cook, who benefits from longstanding in-house experience in the technology sector; all three were promoted to partner in May 2022. Consultant Martin Cuell joined from Foot Anstey in September of the same year and sports a vibrant practice with matters spanning transformation projects, licensing issues and emerging technologies.

Burges Salmon LLP is well-versed in the IT and telecoms arena, with an extensive client base consisting of digital businesses, technology vendors and FTSE companies. The practice is developing its service offering to areas such as fintech, digital healthcare, agritech, energy-tech and cybersecurity. Andrew Dunlop, who has experience in IT outsourcing, jointly leads the team alongside David Varney and Lucy Pegler, who has expertise in the transport-tech and public sectors.