England - London • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
RPC
RPC advises on technology contracts, outsourcing matters, regulatory issues, fund raising mandates and M&A transactions, in addition to technology-related disputes. The practice is also able to assist clients on innovative projects, with industry knowledge in emerging technologies, such as NFTs, AI and InsurTech. Jeremy Drew, who advises on contentious and non-contentious technology matters, jointly leads the team alongside Mark Crichard, who focuses on mandates concerning procurement and outsourcing. Tom Purton is well-versed in commercial contracts, while Charles Buckworth is handles fintech matters. The team was bolstered in 2022 by the arrival of specialist tech litigator Helen Armstrong from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.
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Key clients
- Meta
- Google and YouTube
- WaveOptics
- LINK Scheme
- eClerx
- Zensar Technologies UK Ltd
- Travel Ledger
- RSA
- Gist
- Ebury
- Travel Ledger
- [King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust]
- Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- McArthur Glen
Work highlights
- Advising Google in respect of its defence of a claim brought by Epic Games, concerning the Google Play Store and Epic’s battle royale game ‘Fortnite’.
- Advising WaveOptics on a number of contracts relating to the development and licence for nano-technology, including the "growing" of organic nano electronic circuit boards for its augmented reality technology.
- Advising the LINK Scheme, the UK payment system and cash machine network, on the management and resolution of issues under its outsourcing agreement with its key suppliers and negotiating LINK's internal IT and security contracts.
Lawyers
Leading individuals: IT
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jeremy Drew, Mark Crichard