Tech, Media & Telecoms

Clients and work in this area include:

• Advised Accenture on a variety of technology outsourcing, software development and IT consultancy deals, including provision of call centre services to Virgin Telecoms and supply of a core banking system to the Alliance & Leicester.
• Advised AMEC on the technology aspects of the disposal of several divisions of its business.
• Blackbay is a leading provider of solutions for mobile workers. Advised Blackbay on the supply of a real time mobile data capture solution for Royal Mail Group's postal workers.
• Advised Canonical the commercial sponsor of market-leading Linux distribution Ubuntu, on open source issues, software licensing and technology agreements.
• Advising COLT telecommunications on commercial telecoms and employment matters.
• A leading internet software and e-cash service provider, on its flotation on the London Stock Exchange.
• Advised Dell on numerous IT outsourcing agreements, including a global outsourcing deal with UBS.
• Advised Dell Inc. on their acquisition of ASAP (software and computer resale business).
• Advised the Endemol Group in relation to a number of investments and UK corporate matters as well as on dispute resolution and new media issues.
• Advised Fanshake.com (a music social networking site founded by an ex-Yahoo! executive) on its technology infrastructure, content licensing deals and customer terms.
• Acted for Financial Times on a wide variety of technology matters including its global content management systems and complex web development matters.
• Advised FIS on the implementation of policy management systems for a number of insurance companies, including one in Russia.
• Advised Greater London Authority on the electronic voting system for the 2008 elections.
• Acted for Guardian News & Media on matters to support its online business including on creation of its web archive, data centre arrangements, its own content reseller agreements and numerous development projects for new channels. 
• Advised Guardian News & Media  on matters to support both GNM’s online businesses and newspaper business including on printing, subscription, advertising, web development and content licensing arrangements.
• Advised Guardian News & Media  in connection with supplier, user and marketing contracts in relation to its websites and on public sector relationships.
• ITIS is the UK’s leading road traffic telematics company. Advice has included negotiating contracts for the collection of mobile positioning data, the aggregation and distribution of mobile telephony data and the licensing of IT systems to enable the broadcasting of road traffic data generated from mobile data. We have also advised on joint ventures and other commercial arrangements with vehicle manufacturers and navigation device manufacturers.
• Advised Kingfisher (formerly Air Deccan one of India’s leading budget airlines) on the negotiation of an agreement for the supply and hosting of a new customer reservations system.  The system is critical to Air Deccan’s day-to-day operations and allows for the projected growth of the business.
• Advising Lonely Planet one of the world’s largest travel content providers on online liability issues and content licensing across multiple platforms.
• Advising Macmillan a major international publisher Macmillan on distribution, agency and web development issues and on licensing for ebooks.
• Advising Newspaper Licensing Agency  the joint venture of UK national newspapers on new online services including licensing, contract and copyright issues.
• Advised Orange on licensing of mobile handset applications, content licensing, customer contracts and IPTV matters.
• Advised Panavision Inc on its agreement to acquire the AFM Group, including its lighting, camera and studio rental operations.
• Advised Penguin Group the publishers of Penguin books, Dorling Kindersley and Rough Guides on digital warehousing arrangements to distribute and supply ebooks and audio books globally, including in relation to online fulfilment.
• Advised Playtech on its technology licence to William Hill Online (as part of the Playtech/William Hill joint venture).
• Advising PRS for Music the UK’s major music royalty collecting society on various technology and licensing projects including on its long-term licence with BBC.
• Advised RTL Group on the sale of the broadcast facilities services company, the London Playout Centre, to Ascent Media Group Inc.
• Advised Stagecoach on two technology projects helping bring 21^st century technology to rail and bus travel.
• Advised Tata on large applications development and maintenance framework agreements with the UK Financial Services Authority and Corus.
• Advised Technicolor Network Services on its supply of technology-driven broadcast services to its clients including long-term contracts with ITV, BBC Worldwide and NBC Universal and associated technology procurement and build projects. 
• Advised Tesco on hundreds of technology deals, including enterprise-wide software licensing arrangements, the development of software to operate Tesco’s automated distribution centres, and support agreement for Tesco’s datacentres.
• Advised Tesco.com on the redevelopment of its software infrastructure.
• Advising Tesco on all aspects of its Tesco Digital service, a telecoms/media convergence project.  Our role spanned advising on the web platform, the carriage across telecoms networks of entertainment content to customer’s PCs and negotiating digital licenses with major record companies and studios for their digital entertainment content.
• Tesco Mobile is a fast growing joint venture between Tesco and O2.  Advising Tesco on joint venture arrangements and Tesco Mobile on its day to day commercial matters.
• Advising Tesco on commercial matters relating to its home phone, broadband and internet phone product portfolio.
• Advising Thomson on its relationship with BBC Worldwide for the transmission of IPTV channels in Asia and the associated development of a Singapore broadcast facility.
• Managing a group of international lawyers from our preferred firms network advising Vodafone on its multi-jurisdictional review of roaming services and associated contractual and regulatory issues.
• VT Communications designs, builds and operates specialist communication networks and systems in the broadcast, defence and national security markets. We advised on the acquisition of radio broadcast network facilities and services.
• Advised West Ham United FC on the  purchase of a smart card based ticketing system.