A strong choice for FinTech, tech, telecoms, and life sciences clients, Bristows LLP often advises on telecoms regulations, alongside competition, data protection, disputes, and transformational projects. Toby Crick and Myles Jelf spearhead the practice, with Crick drawing on two and a half decades of IT and outsourcing experience, assisting clients in the energy, health, telecoms, and financial services sectors, while Jeff is reputed for major telecoms and tech disputes, acting at the forefront of litigation for multinationals. Anna Cook leverages twenty-five years of experience and is a reference in the market for complex IT litigation, as well as copyright, licensing, and outsourcing disputes. Adrian Sim is well-versed in large-scale IT and outsourcing deals, while Angela Fouracre specialises in dispute resolution, including software licensing and data leaks. Vikram Khurana frequently works on complex IT transactions and has additional specialisms in AI. Naomi Hazenberg is equipped to handle contentious intellectual property- particularly patent litigation- while Alice Esuola-Grant is active in IT e-commerce, media rights, and tech procurement deals.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Bristows are and deserve to be a good name for IT and Telecoms. Their technical, legal, and commercial knowledge is as good as it gets, and their focus on client care is unparalleled. I have worked with them on a number of high-profile, complex but quite different cases in this sector. The team is always engaged, highly skilled, and builds exceptional relationships with the client and also within the team.'
‘The Bristows team are a total delight to work with - they combine excellent IP knowledge with fantastic commercial awareness in the TMT sector on issues such as patent licensing/FRAND. They have real strength in depth in the team, from the most senior partners to the more junior associates. Richard Pinckney is a very effective litigator and extremely practical. I always enjoy working with the Bristows team.’
‘Anna Cook- head of department and the partner I know best. She embodies the firm's culture and approach, she is technically and commercially excellent, and a fine lawyer. She has many loyal clients, and it is easy to understand why.'
Key clients
- The Disclosure and Barring Service
- Aspen Insurance
- AstraZeneca
- FORTNA
- Circle Health Group
- Formula E
- OVO Energy
- Johnson & Johnson Medical
- Trafigura Pte Limited
- Google DeepMind
- Dropbox, Inc.
- Guardian News & Media
Work highlights
Advised the Disclosure and Barring Service on the largest IT dispute to come to court over the last ten years.
Advised FTSE100 pharma company AstraZeneca on its approach to procuring AI solutions by creating a generative AI contract that it would require all of its global vendors to agree to.
Advised the UK’s leading alt-net CityFibre on the regulatory investigation by Ofcom into the activities of BT OpenReach and its acquisition of Lit Fibre as the first of a series of telecoms M&A projects.
Lawyers
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Leading partners: Telecoms
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Leading partners: IT
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Next Generation Partners
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Vikram Khurana
Practice head
Toby Crick; Myles Jelf
Other key lawyers
Anna Cook; Adrian Sim; Angela Fouracre; Vikram Khurana; Naomi Hazenberg; Alice Esuola-Grant: Mark Watts; Richard Pinckney