Corporate and commercial
Highlighted for its capabilities in the finance, tech, telecoms, climate tech, and health tech space, Slaughter and May is geared to handle IT service agreements, licensing strategies, cyber, transformational, and infrastructure matters. Rob Sumroy spearheads the practice advising on a whole spectrum of tech commercial licensing, sourcing transactions, and tech disputes. David Ives supports both public and private sector clients on strategic digital transformations, software developments, and IT service agreements. Duncan Blaikie offers a wealth of experience in the life sciences, telecoms, and insurance sectors, covering a wide array of emerging disruptive tech, cyber, and telecoms procurement matters. Laura Houston is particularly impressive in strategic tech transactions, sourcing arrangements and emerging tech. Richard McDonnell is noted for the creation and negotiations of tech and sourcing arrangements, while Ian Ranson assists leading tech and telecoms companies on highly technical transactions and disputes.
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Intellectual Property
Strategic Sourcing
Sport
Information Technology
Commercial Contracts
Cyber
Position
Partner; David’s practice covers Intellectual Property, Technology, Outsourcing, and Sport. He is the firm’s Head of Intellectual Property and advises on IP protection, exploitation and enforcement, including a particular focus on franchising and sponsorship agreements. He also advises on strategic technology, telecoms and business process sourcing and on software licensing and development agreements, and is an active member of the firm’s Commercial Contracts advisory team.
Career
Joined firm 1999. Partner since 2009.
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‘The team always provides excellent and timely advice. They understand our business and will always provide just what we need, not what they think we need.’
‘Depth and quality of the talent within the team. There is always someone who can step in to help meet a deadline, and the handovers are seamless.’
Key clients
- Arm
Work highlights
Advised Vodafone Group Plc in connection with on all aspects of the proposed merger of Vodafone Limited and Hutchison 3G UK Limited including the drafting and negotiation of multiple long-term strategic IT and outsourced services arrangements that will provide business critical, and business generating, services to the merged business.