The Birmingham practice at DLA Piper advises major retailers, universities, appliance companies and consultancies on all aspects of IT and telecoms. The team is experienced in handling international projects including those relating to AI. The firm also regularly assists clients in master service agreement negotiations and digital platform operations. Gareth Stokes spearheads the practice, with an expertise in AI advice; he attracts many household tech brand owners. Michael Stead is a key team member, bolstering the firm’s AI offering. Phillip Kelly leads the technology disputes practice.
Testimonials
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‘The Commercial Contracts Team is market leading in terms of their experience and technical knowledge. The team is highly attentive and collaborates effectively with our internal legal teams to identify pragmatic solutions.’
‘Gareth Stokes leads experienced teams that are highly responsive, strong in their negotiation skills and with a keen ability to understand and advise on technical issues.’
Key clients
- AIB
- Cydea
Work highlights
- Advising Dyson on a connected series of large scale technology transactions/sourcing projects to secure best-of-breed application development processes.
- Advising Abu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute (and its commercial arms Venture One and AI71) on the development, licensing and commercialisation of the market-leading ‘Falcon’ family of AI models.