Mills & Reeve LLP

Lawyers

Kevin Calder

Kevin Calder

Mills & Reeve LLP, East Anglia

Work Department

Technology.

Position

IT outsourcing and intellectual property lawyer, working on a number of large scale ICT projects for the public sector, for central government, local government, universities and the NHS, including a number of major outsourcing contracts. Clients include the Department of Health and Social Care. Kevin advises on various private sector IT projects, including installation of data centres in the financial services sector and international hardware framework agreements. He advises technology companies on protecting and exploiting their intellectual property, software licensing and international reseller arrangements, and advises public sector clients on compliance with public procurement rules.

Career

Trainee solicitor Mills & Reeve 1997-99; solicitor 1999-2004; associate 2004-06; partner 2006. Launched www.procurementportal.com.

Memberships

Member of Society for Computers and Law and TechUK.

Education

St Aidan’s, Harrogate; University of Warwick (1996 LLB); Leeds Metropolitan University (1997 Diploma in Legal Practice).

Leisure

Pub quizzes and gadgets.

Mentions

TMT (technology, media and telecoms) • East Anglia

IT and telecoms

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