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Operating across highly regulated finance, healthcare, pharma, tech and telecoms sectors, Simmons & Simmons is geared to support on a variety of matters relating to regulation, large-scale IT outsourcings and procurement of cloud services. Alexander Brown spearheads the team and is reputed for his depth of expertise in tech contracts, including data protection, procurement and outsourcing. Lawrence Brown advises on large-scale cloud services and tech transactions- acting for both the customer and suppliers. Haley Davis is well-versed in digital health and MedTech transactions, while George Morris specialises in disruptive tech, including crypto assets and blockchain. Sophie Sheldon is equipped to handle complex commercial and regulatory matters in the tech, financial services and FinTech industries. Neil Westwood is adept in supporting on regulatory issues and commercial matters, as well as data protection and cybersecurity compliance.
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Position
Alex is the head of the firm's Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector and a specialist in technology transactions as well as data compliance and commercialisation.
He is a partner in our Digital Business Group in London. He’s an expert in advising users and suppliers of technology products and services. He is also a leading expert on data protection and privacy and he guided a large number of clients through their GDPR implementation projects.
His experience on technology and outsourcing transactions includes handling large scale, complex outsourcings, software development, licensing and maintenance, telecoms equipment and services contracts and contracts for cloud services.
Alexander is adept at making the complex simple and finding practical solutions to legal rules and problems.
Since joining Simmons & Simmons in 1997, Alexander has been on secondments to clients such as Virgin Media and O2. He became a partner in 2007 and was appointed as TMT Sector Head in 2015.
Alexander is a member of the firm's Accelerate Digital group, focused on guiding clients through digital transformation.
Alex Brown’s legal expertise and guidance has been invaluable to the creation and design of the product CtrlTransfer.
Career
Trained Simmons & Simmons; qualified 1999; partner 2007.
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Key clients
- Google Alipay Barclays Booking.com BT DXC Technology Honeywell Stripe Temu Virgin Media O2 VIRTUS Data Centre