DLA Piper‘s TMT team focuses on advising international clients on multi-jurisdictional transactional and regulatory TMT matters. The firm stands out for its work in the telecoms sector, where it assists with telecoms licensing, compliance, and operational efficiency for telecom technology such as satellites. In addition to telecoms companies, the practice also acts for tech, fintech, life sciences and e-commerce clients.  Telecoms specialist Lauren Hurcombe leads the practice and advises tech and telecoms clients on TMT and outsourcing transactions, and regulatory and commercial issues. Venus Cheung works closely alongside Hurcombe and concentrates on technology transactions and designing IT infrastructure and data compliance programmes.

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Key clients

  • Bytedance
  • HSBC
  • Ping An Technology / OneConnect
  • Lego
  • China Telecom
  • Olympus
  • The Hut Group
  • Hilton
  • Telus
  • Samsung
  • Lightricks
  • NBA
  • Oracle
  • Symbio
  • Adobe
  • Jellycat
  • MoonActive
  • Science 37
  • CurrencyFair
  • Dyson
  • Pfizer

Work highlights

  • Advised Olympus on the outsourcing of their Global Complaints Handling processes.
  • Advised The Hut Group on the cross-border e-commerce, manufacturing and distribution networks in Greater China.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Lauren Hurcombe
DLA Piper

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Lauren Hurcombe

Other key lawyers

Venus Cheung