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David Berry Senior associate

Contact details

David Berry

David Berry
Senior associate

T: +44 20 7809 2269 Email David | vCard Office: London

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David is a senior associate in the commercial, outsourcing and technology team with a specific focus on large technology and outsourcing projects having led on a number of deals acting against SAP, Microsoft, HP and Oracle. David is very active in this field and, as well as having a Masters degree specialising in IT/IP related issues, he is on the London committee for the Society for Computers and Law. David is known for his pragmatic advice having been on a number of secondments.
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David has significant experience acting for both purchasers and suppliers of IT products and services, in particular those operating in the heavily regulated financial services sector.

As well as advising on a number of on-premise software deployments, David has advised clients as they migrate many of their IT solutions to the cloud and contractual nuances that this entails.

David has been on secondment to a range of companies including retailers and financial service providers.

  • Commercial, outsourcing and technology

David has great experience advising companies on their technology projects which include being the lead lawyer and advising on:

Various roll-outs

Advised on various roll-outs of different SAP cloud based products for a number of companies, such as e-invoicing and their HR SuccessFactors products.

Pharmaceutical company

Advised on the company's global engagement with Oracle on its use of Oracle's cloud services.

Implementation of an ERP system

Advised on the implementation of an ERP system for a professional services firm involving a solution from NetSuite that would be implemented by Deloitte.

Global email system migration

Advised a bank migrating its entire global email system from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Outlook through its migration partner HP.

Implementation of a new EDI system

Advised on the implementation of a new EDI system and managed service between a FTSE100 company and GXS to manage transactions and information exchanges with its trading partners.

Large outsourcing project

Advised on a large outsourcing project for a financial services provider’s entire HR payroll services with NorthgateArinso.

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  • Funds and financial services
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Bank

Advising a bank in migrating its entire global email system from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Outlook through its migration partner HP.

Financial services company

Leading on a large outsourcing project for a financial services company’s entire HR payroll services with NorthgateArinso.

Insurance company

Advising an insurance company on an in-sourcing arrangement of IT support facilities.

More: Funds and financial services

SAP

Advising various international organisations' implementation of different SAP cloud based products, such as e-invoicing and SAP's HR SuccessFactors product.

IT supplier

Advising our client who supplies core banking software and IT services to the financial services sector.

Professional services firm

Advising on the implementation of an ERP system for a professional services firm.

FTSE 100

Leading on the negotiations regarding the implementation of a new EDI system and managed service between a FTSE100 company and GXS to manage transactions and information exchanges between the company and its trading partners.

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