Technology, media & telecommunications

With many Bristows lawyers having a technical background, we are uniquely equipped to advise businesses in this fast-changing sector. Our clients include some of largest companies in the technology, media and telecoms industries - they range from network operators to mobile phone retailers, newspaper groups to new media start-ups as well as leading film and television companies.

                                                           Our reputation means we have been sought out to advise on many of the headline-grabbing cases in recent years, from major outsourcing projects and brand protection to mergers & acquisitions, tax and major disputes. Over the last 3 years, we have acted on various matters for 10 out of the top 20 largest IT companies in the world.


Recently we have advised:

• A household name logistics provider in connection with several business process outsourcing transactions, including finance & accounting and payroll outsourcing
   
• Customers and IT suppliers with respect to the issues raised by "cloud computing", particularly as they relate to service level agreements and data security
   
• A well-known IT supplier on the negotiation of several systems integrations projects with public sector organisations, including healthcare, law enforcement and local government
   
• A mobile handset manufacturer in connection with its data protection compliance in multiple countries around the world - we implemented a solution to enable its international data transfer to continue unimpeded 
   
• A well-known IT services company on disputes connected to several large-scale "troubled" IT and outsourcing projects

"This firm's technology team handles an increasingly broad spread of work, from data protection to large public sector procurements. It represents clients in a variety of sectors, and has particular expertise in telecoms IT. Bristows acted for Wincanton on a ten-year back office programme involving IBM, Accenture, Oracle and specialist payroll vendors at a specially built delivery centre in India." - Chambers and Partners 2011

"Their knowledge of the industry is first-rate, especially at partner level." - Chambers and Partners 2011

Winners of TMT Team of the Year 2010 at The Lawyers Awards 2010