Bevan Brittan LLP‘s IT and technology practice sets itself apart with a public sector focus, where the firm advises clients on technology procurement projects as well as disputes, though it is also active in assisting private sector companies with issues such as software licensing. Practice head Richard Lane and partner Liz Fletcher are both noted for their extensive experience in supporting local and central government authorities with complex IT projects.
Testimonials
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‘The IT and Telecoms support provided is best in class. The individuals in the team bring expertise, dedication, professionalism and commitment.'
'The team will work hard to meet client's needs and I have seen regular and repeated examples of this. The quality of the partners is genuinely impressive.’
‘This is a very high-performing team who are very attentive to client needs. They are particularly skilled in providing expert advice at the point of need and have consistently had the capacity to meet demands from our business. The formation of contractual mechanisms designed to compel collaboration between suppliers is cited as a strong example of innovation.’
‘Richard Lane has been invaluable as a commercial law partner providing legal advice and support. His combination of general commercial law knowledge and extensive expertise in the context of such processes has established him as a trusted advisor internally and provided robust, highly commercially-aware representation in the process generally.'
‘Bevan Brittan is unique as a law firm, in that its lawyers across all disciplines have an understanding of the law that applies to public sector/public bodes and can factor that into how they advise in their own specific field.'
Key clients
- National Savings and Investments
- Ministry of Justice
- NEST
- Wates Construction
- Natural England
- Financial Services Compensation Scheme Limited
- Bromcom Computers Plc
- NHSE
Work highlights
- Advised National Saving and Investments (NS&I) on a series of connected and extremely complex IT outsourcing arrangements that is effectively 5 outsourcing arrangements all being procured in parallel, with a value in excess of £900m.
- Advising the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) on a range of IT and technology agreements across their business.
- Advising the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) on their approx. £50m outsourcing arrangements.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Richard Lane