England - London • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Gowling WLG
The IT practice at Gowling WLG is adept at handling a range of projects, from cloud computing, e-commerce and data protection to privacy, freedom of information and outsourcing matters. The team is also experienced in dispute resolution, acting for start-ups, public sector organisations, blue chip and FTSE 100 clients. Practice head Jocelyn Paulley assists customers and suppliers, while Patrick Arben handles commercial litigation cases. David Brennan, who acts for tech start-ups through to established quoted companies, is another key contact in the group.
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‘Strong telecoms and IT knowledge, allowing the legal and commercial support of technical and operational considerations.’
Key clients
- Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Limited
- Virtus Data Centres
- Smartest Energy
- Keyloop (UK) Limited
- LCH (London Clearing House) Limited
- Mazda Motors UK Limited
- National Farmers Union Mutual Society Limited
- The Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Mixmove Limited
- Lloyd's Register Group Services Limited
- Dudley Building Society
- The Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office
- Statkraft GmbH
- The Shrewsbury and Nottingham Maternity Services Inquiries
Work highlights
- Advising Freeman Grattan Holdings on its first generation outsourcing onto a cloud platform of its IT function to support its e-commerce business.
- Advising National Famers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited on a 'material outsourcing' (as classified by the PRA) of its communication system and channels into its customer-facing contact centre.
- Assisting the FCDO with its ECHO 2 Programme, which involved three procurement related workstreams/projects (i) advised on its options in extending the current ECHO 1 contract; (ii) the procurement of a Framework Agreement for Network Integration Services (NSI) following a competitive procedure with negotiation and; (iii) the procurement and establishment of a Dynamic Purchasing System for global internet connectivity services
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jocelyn Paulley