Led by Tom Bridgford, the IT team at Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP has expertise in technology outsourcing, cloud solutions, procurement issues, software contracts, and dispute resolution. Richard Hill focuses on cloud deals, data centre arrangements, and data security work. Matthew Taylor handles IT disputes, often using ADR, and Misha Sealy advises on commercial technology contracts. Shehan Kamal and Richard Jones are also key figures within the team.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Responsiveness, availability, pragmatic advice - easy to work with.’
- ‘The quality of the advice, and the speed with which it delivers service excellence sets Eversheds apart.'
- ‘Richard Hill is a technically-gifted lawyer and expert in difficult negotiations.'
‘Shehan Kamal is a very strong Associate. He has a very good understanding of our business and the legal concerns of tech businesses more generally.’
‘Richard Hill and Shehan Kamal are great to work with - diligent, into the detail and commercial.’
- 'Joanna Hooper is a technically-gifted lawyer and operates at a machine-like level in producing high quality contract drafting.'
- 'Richard is very knowledgeable and easy to speak to. Excellent listening to and understanding the business matter and the purpose of it.'
- 'We found the team understand technology and are able to enhance the discussions and the direction of the work prior to instruction. In addition, they are able to anticipate other potential areas of expertise needed or collaborations in connection with a particular matter.'
- 'They understand issues quickly, are extremely client friendly and have been able to integrate themselves rapidly in to our team in order to understand the organisation, the legal issues we face and find ways to be helpful very quickly. This is testament to the strong team and practice that they emanate from and very encouraging as a client.'
- 'Eversheds was appointed based on its technical expertise balanced with a middle-high range transparent estimate.'
Key clients
- AstraZeneca
- Hargreaves Lansdown
- Legal & General
- Unity Trust Bank
- MAN FS UK Limited (part of Scania Group)
- Kubrick Group Limited
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Limited
- DXC
Work highlights
Advised AstraZeneca on an SAP global integration project, a part of its Axial growth innovation initiative.
Advised Hargreaves Lansdown on delivering a suite of scalable Business Terms to support its Technology Transformation, including creating templates for various service lines to streamline and expedite its contracting process.
Advised Legal & General on a precedent for providing insurance data products via subscription or “pay as you go” through its software company, IDOL, working to finalise the precedent for potential users.
Practice head
Tom Bridgford
Other key lawyers
Richard Hill; Matthew Taylor; Phil Duignan; Misha Sealy; Joanna Hooper; Shehan Kamal; Richard Jones