The commercial and technology team at A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP advises its diverse roster of clients on both contentious and non-contentious matters, including negotiating IT outsourcing and software agreements. Brendan Fox and Mark Thompson jointly lead the team. Fox is a seasoned litigator, while Thompson specialises in non-contentious matters, assisting on high-value IT mandates in the technology sector. Ciaran O’Shiel has extensive experience in defamation, privacy, and data protection-related litigation. The ‘clever and engaging’ Keith Dunn supports the team in advising blue-chip clients across the full spectrum of IT contracts.
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‘They are a clever and interested group of people who know when to ask the right questions of others.’
‘Anna Cartwright - a brilliant person to know. Keith Dunn - very clever and engaging.’
Key clients
- George Best Belfast City Airport
- MJM Marine Group
- Spence & Partners Ltd
- Axial Medical Printing Limited t/a Axial3D
- Neurovalens Ltd
- Component Distributors Ltd
- Energy Metrics Monitoring & Management Ltd
- Vertical Structure Ltd
- Bedford Consultancy Services Limited
- Reform Clothing Limited
- Pinnacle Computing (Support) Limited
- Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Work highlights
Advised George Best Belfast City Airport in relation to the re-negotiation of its Air Traffic Control Services agreement with NATS (Services) Limited.
Assisted MJM Marine Group in negotiating a full-service IT outsourcing agreement with Nostra Technologies Limited.
Negotiated a contract with a software vendor called Eque2 for the implementation of a new cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning IT system for our client, Cairn Homes PLC.
Lawyers
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Leading associates
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Practice head
Mark Thompson; Brendan Fox
Other key lawyers
Ciaran O'Shiel; Keith Dunn