Vastly experienced in contentious IT matters, Gowling WLG is geared to handle cloud computing, data protection and privacy, as well as software development. Jocelyn Paulley oversees the practice and is adept at IT services agreements and Saas, while Patrick Arben is often engaged in outsourcing and software engineering matters. Another key member of the team is Matt Harris, who specialises in IT contracts.

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  • ‘Amber Strickland is a strong communicator and able to get her head around complex energy contracts. She also provides pragmatic commercial advice.’
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Key clients

  • Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Limited
  • Virtus Data Centres
  • Wates Limited
  • Keyloop (UK) Limited
  • Sitehop Limited
  • Energy Systems Catapult Limited
  • National Farmers Union Mutual Society Limited
  • Transport for London
  • Mixmove Limited
  • Lloyd's Register Group Services Limited
  • Dudley Building Society
  • Halfords UK Limited
  • Statkraft GmbH
  • The Shrewsbury and Nottingham Maternity Services Inquiries
  • ST Telemedia Global Data Centres
  • Connected Places Catapult

Work highlights

  • Advised National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited ("NFUM") on material outsourcing for a mainframe-as-a-service contract.
  • Advised Transport for London on its £500m re-procurement through Competitive Dialogue.
  • Representing Statkraft in the defence of proceedings brought by Calder Water Community Wind Farm Limited.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jocelyn Paulley

Other key lawyers

Patrick Arben, Matt Harris, Helen Davenport, Matt Hervey, Amber Strickland