England - South West • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Burges Salmon LLP‘s ’professional and accurate’ technology practice is highly regarded in the market for advising on large-scale IT projects with an emphasis on outsourcings. The latter is a particular area of expertise for Andrew Dunlop, whose clients range from financial institutions and technology vendors to international corporations. The team also includes telecoms and IT project specialist in Lucy Pegler, technology transactions expert David Varney, as well as Martin Cook, who benefits from longstanding in-house experience in the technology sector; all three were promoted to partner in May 2022. Consultant Martin Cuell joined from Foot Anstey in September of the same year and sports a vibrant practice with matters spanning transformation projects, licensing issues and emerging technologies.
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‘Professional and accurate, the team are responsive and clearly highly knowledgeable in their field.’
‘Personable and approachable.’
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Leads Burges Salmon’s Outsourcing Group and also head of the firm’s GDPR practice. Has significant experience in joint ventures, system builds and cyber security. International director of the National Outsourcing Association 1998-2012. Currently a member of the Executive Council of The Global Sourcing Association. Clients include corporates, financial institutions and larger techcos.
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Andrew Dunlop, David Varney, Lucy Pegler, Martin Cook