Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Simon leads the Technology Group based in our Leeds office and specialises in the negotiation of IT and business process outsourcing contracts for both the suppliers and the users (both private and public sector) of such services alongside systems integration contracts, cloud computing, agile systems development and e-commerce matters.

Simon is also a member of Practical Law for Companies editorial board on IT matters and is responsible for a number of PLC’s guidance notes and precedents relating to outsourcing, computer system contracts and general commercial matters and is highly rated in the latest Legal 500 as “an excellent negotiator”. As such, Simon is recognised as a leading practitioner in the technology sector.

Some highlights include:

Advising on the UK’s largest ever civil government procurement of IT services  Advising a FTSE 100 supplier of IT and business process services to a wide range of customers in the private and public sectors including the provision of outsourced contact centre services to numerous clients in the retail, financial services and telecommunications services sectors  Advising a leading department store on a range of contracts relating to its “multi-channel” offering  Advising a government agency on the procurement of outsourced services for desktop and applications hosting services  Advising a high street bank on the development of a card processing payment platform

In addition to the technology sector, Simon is actively involved in both the automotive and retail sectors and has wide ranging expertise in relation to the licensing of high value brands, the negotiation of television rights to major sporting events, the establishment of new sporting events and a wide range of commercial matters relating to agency, distribution, logistics and supply matters

Brexit

The impact of Brexit will not be the same for all businesses. Our Brexit lawyers are working with a number of clients to help them with Brexit planning. We are helping them take steps to put themselves in the best possible position. For some clients, we have analysed the implications of Brexit on their business based on the different potential models of Brexit. We would be happy to discuss the potential implications of Brexit for your business too.

Contact Simon for more information on how Brexit may affect your business.

View our Brexit hub for our full range of Brexit resources.

Contractual risk analysis and Brexit proofing for your IT and Outsourcing arrangements - Guiding businesses through Brexit

Using our Brexit Risk Analysis, we can help you answer your questions, understand the potential risks to your trading arrangements arising from Brexit (whether pricing, currency, regulatory, tariff, people, data or otherwise) and put measures in place to protect against those risks.

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An agile approach – The flexible solution for outsourcing contracts

Simon has recently contributed to our new outsourcing guide. This guide will look at why traditional outsourcing projects will struggle to cope with fast moving technological change and as to why an agile approach has the potential to deliver the flexibility that will allow outsourced services to adopt new technology as rapidly and efficiently as possible.

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