The Arthur Cox Belfast technology and life sciences team is a market leader in providing corporate advice to technology companies. The team is led by William Curry, who is well trusted by a number of high-profile clients in the public and private sectors, notably including the Department of Finance Land and Property Services. Curry is supported by Lynsey Mallon, a specialist in commercial and corporate matters who is well-versed in counselling clients concerning commercial contracts and transactions. Richard Armstrong also lends strength to the practice on procurement and acquisitions.

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Key clients

  • Department of Finance – Land and Property Services
  • Musgrave Retail Partners NI Limited
  • Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Authority
  • Sonrai Analytics Limited
  • SONI Ltd
  • Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
  • Mutual Energy Limited
  • Accenture UK Limited
  • Align Capital Partners
  • Teamworks Innovations, Inc.

Work highlights

  • Advised Department of Finance – Land and Property Services on all stages of the competitive dialogue procedure for the Landweb procurement competition.
  • Advise Musgrave Group on an ongoing basis in respect of all its IT commercial contracts with retailers in Northern Ireland for the provision of till equipment and accompanying software.
  • Advised Teamworks Innovations, Inc., a key global player in the provision of operating systems for high performance sports and tactical organisations, in its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Kairos Sports Tech Ltd.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

William Curry

Other key lawyers

Lynsey Mallon, Richard Armstrong