Technology and data disputes
Global IT vendor
Advising an IT supplier in respect of a distressed IT implementation for a large government organisation, through to protected negotiations and project reset.
Global IT vendor
Advising in complex and lengthy IT disputes and contract reset negotiations in respect of a c.£100s of millions IT project between an IT supplier and a global corporate customer; advising on various connected disputes and providing "on-premises" active contract and disputes support to the supplier client including in protracted face-to-face negotiations with the customer's legal team.
Global customer
Advising a global customer in respect of a high-value software audit / licensing dispute with a vendor impacting a business-critical system.
Global corporate
Advising the customer in respect of a failed IT implementation, engaging in pre-action settlement discussions leading to a managed exit; advising on the IP issues relating to the exit and ensuring that the customer had the necessary rights to use software delivered to date and complete the system with a new contractor; negotiating settlement and exit terms.
Financial services technology provider
Representing a financial services technology platform company in respect of High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings, and in a separate action against a software developer in respect of contracts for the supply of financial trading platforms in SE Asia.
Global IT vendor
Advising a global IT services provider acting as systems integrator in respect of a distressed project involving difficult technical issues and complicated termination and IP ownership disputes between the customer and client; assisting in the negotiation of a managed exit and settlement.
Software supplier
Advising a software supplier in respect of a dispute with a customer relating to a code defect in supplied software which caused consequential losses to the customer and its own customers, including on liability and settlement negotiations.
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Intellectual property
Leading national broadcaster and media company
Advising a leading broadcaster to defend patent infringement proceedings issued in the Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court (IPEC) relating to broadcast monitoring technology.
Technology company
Representing the claimant in registered and unregistered design infringement claim relating to heart rate monitor technology sports watches, heard in a 5-day trial in the Patents Court and acting in the subsequent appeal to the Court of Appeal.
Maritime technology company
Advising in the defence of proceedings issued in the Patents Court involving patent infringement, source code copying and design infringement claims in respect of tracking technology, through to settlement just before trial.
Air Travel IT Services provider
Acting for a global air travel IT services provider in respect of proceedings issued in the IPEC seeking a declaration of non-infringement in respect of a software patent asserted by a corporate and subsequent settlement discussions.
Financial services / banks
Providing freedom to operate opinions to financial institution clients around complex trading technologies, including product development and litigation strategies.
Technology company and lead employees
Advising a technology company and its employees in defending allegations of source code copying made by a former employer and competitor.
Global accountancy and professional services firm
Advising on complex intragroup IP licensing agreements.
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Cybercrime
International corporate
Acting as breach counsel for an international corporate in respect of a ransomware attack and data breach. Including immediate strategy advice and risk assessment, regulatory notifications and regulator engagement (UK and international), legal advice on public communications, press releases, customer and employee notifications and responses to DSARs, integration and direction of forensic investigations, strategy for staged remediation and relaunch.
Global corporate
Advising a global corporate in respect of a cyber breach conducted by a nation-state sponsored threat actor. Advising on interactions with customers, litigation risk and negotiations, law enforcement engagement.
Large corporates
Advising on and preparing pre-incident policy documents for legal teams, including ransomware response specific polices. Advising on and drafting specific ransom response policies specific to client’s regulatory position; integration with client’s existing policies.
Global financial services corporate
Advising a global financial services corporate in respect of a business-critical ransomware attack and data breach. Immediate crisis response, regulatory notifications and engagement, appointing and instructing forensic specialists, advising on limiting financial obligations to third parties.
Global corporate
Assisting a global corporate client to identify and restrain the misuse of confidential information to publish harmful and defamatory reports and statements online and coordinating with forensic investigators to identify the likely source of the attack.
M&A client
Advising a buyer on potential losses to the target in the context of an M&A transaction during which the target suffered a ransomware attack and data breach impacting data subjects across over 100 jurisdictions.
Global financial services corporate
Advising a financial services corporate in respect of a ransomware attack and data breach, including working with forensic advisors, deep dive analysis of impacted data, advising on data privacy notification requirements and strategy, coordinating and preparing data subject notifications and multiple regulator notifications. Advising on follow up pre-action litigation threats.
Ransomware victim
Acting for an impacted ransomware corporate in respect of data privacy / GDPR claims raised by groups of allegedly impacted data subjects.
Financial services corporate
Advising a financial services corporate in respect of a BEC fraud / man in the middle attack including analysis to identify fraud tactics and advise on the risk of internal compromise, advising on the chances of recovery and engagement with the relevant counterparty, data privacy notification requirements and communications with insurers.
IT customer
Advising a customer in respect of a claim against its IT supplier due to a breach of the customer’s managed IT service and ransom attack. Advising on pre-action correspondence and settlement negotiations with the supplier.
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