Technology

Bevan Brittan has a breadth of experience in working with technology companies, providing legal advice in all areas of technology law and IP law.

We understand the need to work to the highest standards and are able to provide a one-stop, integrated advice service drawing upon expertise across the firm’s Corporate, Commercial, Finance and Regulatory teams.

Regardless of the size of your business, whether you are seeking to expand your business and markets, or an independent provider developing or purchasing digital solutions, Bevan Brittan's technology team can advise you and help you to thrive.
Our in-depth knowledge means that our advice is delivered quickly, cost effectively and with a commercial focus, truly adding value to management teams and enabling technology companies to exploit strategic opportunities and overcome operational challenges.

Helping our clients

Grow their business
- Corporate transactions
- Commercial contracting
- Funding for scale-up
- Bidding for public sector tenders
Deliver high quality products/services
- Intellectual property
- Supply chain management
- Managing your workforce
Respond to organisational challenges
- Workforce issues
- Regulatory inspection and enforcements
- Commercial disputes
- Data protection issues
- Damage to reputation
Commercial/Corporate
- Advised an international software development company on its acquisition of a number of other software companies including advising on the corporate transaction, full due diligence of IP and ICT assets, employment and pensions issues arising from the acquisition.
Contracts
- Advised an international mobile telecommunications handset manufacturer on a European risk management strategy concerning trade mark and branding issues arising out of the £multimillion global launch of its new range of smart phones. We also drafted and negotiated a global trade mark coexistence agreement between the client and a major international corporation in order to avoid the risk of future conflict and to allow the product launch to proceed.
- Options and strategy to bring to an end early a Development Commercial Exploitation and Services Agreement relating to an innovative adult social care personal budget management solution.
IP/ICT
- Advised on the joint exploitation of IP created through a software development contract. Arrangement was to share the future exploitation of the created software between the client and the developer.
- Advised a manufacturing company on the protection of and exploitation of intellectual property worldwide. This includes the creation and negotiation of a variety of commercial and corporate arrangements allowing the company to partner with corporates within other jurisdictions.
Procurement
- Advised an international hardware and product supplier on its strategy for engaging with and supplying to the public sector market, including strategies for optimising its bid process whilst enabling it to negotiate appropriate contract terms.
- Advised on the procurement of a multi-million pound, complex ICT service which included hosting, application management, applications development and a SIAM from multiple suppliers whilst ensuring an end to end solution was delivered.
- Advised on the procurement and installation of new screens through a national rugby stadium from small HD flatscreens in its corporate hospitality boxes through to the giant screens over hanging the pitch.
We are experienced in providing strategic commercial advice to the Financial Services sector on technology and outsourcing projects. Some of our recent experience includes:

National Savings & Investments (NS&I)

We advised, and are continuing to advise, NS&I on the c£900m outsourcing of IT services, one of the biggest government IT outsourcing projects of its kind and representing a mission critical project for NS&I to ensure that the government savings bank has up to date IT equipment and services for the future. This has involved advising on the splitting up of, and exit from, the existing IT contract with Atos and we are drafting and negotiating complex ICT contracts with 5 new suppliers (essentially 5 full scale IT outsourcing projects). We have provided full support for the client, including IT expertise, contract drafting and negotiation, procurement advice, TUPE and pensions, data protection and regulatory advice.

This project is of truly national visibility, importance and significance, also dealing with the provision of services to other government departments including HMRC, HM Treasury and the Ministry of Justice and includes well known schemes such as “Premium Bonds” “Help to Buy”, “Help to Save” and “Childcare Vouchers”.

We are continuing to advise NS&I in respect of the contract and change management aspects of this project as it continues to progress, and as the services are transformed.

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Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS)

We advised FSCS on its major outsourcing procurement project encompassing all of its claims handling services, as a member of its legal panel. This included the procurement of deposit and advice claims processing, overflow customer contact, support services and contingency for surge events (such as a major financial services failure), and a framework agreement for specialist services. FSCS is an independent body established by the Government to compensate and protect those who lose money when a financial firm fails. Its services are therefore critical to millions of people across the UK, including the most vulnerable.

We are assisting with the contractual drafting, negotiating and strategic aspects of the procurement, including providing specialist data protection and procurement advice.

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National Employment Savings Trust (Nest)

We have advised Nest on a range of technology and IT contracts, including:
- a software as a service (SaaS) contract with a UK supplier for an investment risk management IT platform;
- an IT consultancy agreement with a UK supplier to provide software development services and associated software support services; and
- a SaaS contract with a US supplier for software and data analytics services.
We have also recently redrafted Nest’s full suite of technology contract templates.

Our team provides a full service to Nest from an IT/technology perspective, including advising on IT law, contract drafting, negotiation with suppliers and agreement/execution. These are all critical and time sensitive contracts for the client and must be carefully drafted and agreed to ensure the client meets its legal obligations as a pensions provider managing c£33bn of assets.