Our Knowledge, Your Business
If you are responsible for IT contracts for your business, Irwin Mitchell can provide the advice and information you need to secure robust, workable and practical contracts.
Experts In IT Contract Law
The procurement of systems and use of data often involves complex contract, intellectual property and data protection issues. Large-scale IT projects can also involve suppliers in different jurisdictions being contracted to deliver different aspects of the full system.
Irwin Mitchell’s IT team provide includes the requisite experience and skills (and overseas connections) to give effective advice. We provide such services thanks to an extensive knowledge of IT contract law and the commercial drivers for both users and suppliers.
Documentation provided by a supplier to the purchaser of an IT system can often be one-sided or inadequate. It may be that the contract does not reflect the needs of the purchaser, has no commitment as to service levels, and places excessive liability on the purchaser.
This is unacceptable, particularly where a system is business-critical. Irwin Mitchell can help you negotiate a contract appropriate to what you are trying to achieve, for example redressing the balance on service levels and liability.
The Irwin Mitchell IT team provides advice on all aspects of IT law to commercial and public sector clients. Dealing with contract work and litigation, we have the professional skills and experience to co-ordinate all aspects of your IT requirements.
Irwin Mitchell’s IT team drafts, negotiates and advises upon a full range of standard and bespoke IT agreements, from simple shrink-wrap agreements through to multi-million pound software procurement projects. We can advise on:
- Complex hardware and software procurement projects
- Software licence agreements
- Development agreements
- Hardware and software maintenance
- Installation and implementation service arrangements
- Application service provider ("ASP") arrangements and other online software access arrangements
- Escrow agreements
- IT services and consultancy arrangements
Like our area of law, our team is constantly innovating. Our services are often called upon by clients to develop new and practical approaches to drafting and implementation.
The IT team acts for both software suppliers and users and is therefore well placed to understand the concerns of both parties.
We can negotiate in a constructive manner and propose commercially workable solutions, so costs are not wasted on proposals unlikely to be acceptable to either party. We work with project managers, IT teams, directors and in-house counsel.
We also have a wide network of overseas associates to manage the international aspects of projects. We deliver a seamless and integrated service to our clients, drawing on the skills of both contract and dispute resolution specialists as required
Working With Irwin Mitchell
Irwin Mitchell is one of the UK’s leading providers of legal services to businesses. Our clients range in size from small enterprises to large corporations.
We offer commercially-focused expertise in complex, high-value work, and an exceptional portfolio of commoditised legal processes. Our legal guidance is designed to be assimilated by your business seamlessly and transparently.
Our clients value the proactive, straightforward approach, creativity and close partner involvement that make Irwin Mitchell one of the country’s most successful and respected law firms.
Further Information About Our IT Law Services
To arrange a discussion with no obligations, call 0870 1500 100 or send us an online enquiry.