Carson McDowell‘s cross-disciplinary team acts for prominent clients in a range of contentious and non-contentious matters. The department has particular strength in the area of cybersecurity, and provides thought leadership in this area. Litigator Declan Magee co-leads alongside Dawn McKnight, who is a cybersecurity expert with experience in the negotiation of ICT contracts and software development agreements. Peter Guzhar is a key contact for contentious commercial, corporate, and IT matters. Senior associate Helen Cosgrove specialises in contractual telecommunications disputes.
Testimonials
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‘The Carson McDowell team bring solutions to problems and have a range of resources that they can call on to cover all potential eventualities. The team work with us collaboratively to ensure we deliver the best outcomes in a legally compliant way.’
‘Each of the individuals in the Carson McDowell team have their own particular strengths and capabilities which we as a client require.’
Key clients
- Education Authority
- Fibrus Networks Limited
- Belfast Harbour Commissioners
- Translink
- Ubloquity Limited
- Ulster University and Innovation Ulster Limited
- Queens University Belfast
- AquaQ Analytics Limited
- STATSports Group Limited
- Veriteer Ltd
Work highlights
- Advising the Education Authority on its procurement of strategic partner services and school management system solution for the Education Information Solutions Programme (to replace C2K).
- Advising Firmus Energy on its contract with a new cloud-hosting provider and associated SaaS arrangements.
- Advising Ubloquity on its global customer contracts which are drafted to reflect the blockchain technology which sits behind Ubloquity’s services.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Dawn McKnight, Declan Magee