Shepherd and Wedderburn provides commercial and pragmatic legal advice to clients on all
aspects of technology law, including:

• IT Outsourcing: The legal aspects of technology procurement and outsourcing 
• Corporate Finance: Issues arising during IPOs, mergers, joint ventures, acquisitions and investment 
• Technology, Media and Telecoms: National and International commercial transactions involving technology 
• Competition and Regulation: Competition law issues in the technology sector 
• Regulatory compliance
• IP Litigation 
• The impact of law reform and technological advancements upon the existing legal framework 
• Data Security and Information Management issues 
• Intellectual Property

Our track record includes acting for purchasers and suppliers of technology in both public and private sector transactions, including:

• Advising Fidelity Investment Management in relation to technology acquisition and software procurement across various parts of its business. 
• Acting for Wolfson Microelectronics in a variety of intellectual property, corporate finance and employment issues. 
• Acting for Datasys in connection with the licence of software and provision of related support services to GNER. 
• Advising THUS plc on their arrangements with Computacenter for the outsourcing of desktop computing, management and operational services. 
• Advising Nobel Enterprises in connection with a number of commercial transactions including providing competition law and data protection advice.