Tech Transactions Group

Joel Harrison is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm’s Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation and Technology Transactions Practice Groups.

Joel advises on everything technology-related, including transactions, disputes and renegotiations, as well as regulatory issues. He also specialises in data protection and cybersecurity, advising on the full range of regulatory, transactional and contentious matters. Joel’s clients include some of the world’s leading corporations and financial institutions.

Joel advises clients on a wide range of technology projects, including outsourcing, cloud computing, software development and licensing and system integration agreements, as well as collaborations and strategic alliances in the technology sector. He has also represented clients in major disputes and renegotiations on technology projects, and regularly advises on a wide variety of issues in technology regulation and policy development.

Joel also advises clients on data protection matters, including data protection and ePrivacy issues in the development of new products and services and international data transfers, as well as data protection disputes and regulatory proceedings. He regularly advises on cybersecurity issues, and has represented clients in a wide range of sectors (including financial services, technology and pharmaceuticals) on incident preparedness and response.

He is listed as a leading individual for both Information Technology and Outsourcing in Chambers & Partners and as a leading individual for Information Technology in Legal 500.

Kit Burden has extensive experience in the areas of outsourcing and complex technology transactions, advising both users and suppliers of IT, commercial and outsourcing services and in relation to all aspects of the procurement process.

Recognised as a “rising star” (Legal 500), Howard is a technology lawyer who advises on outsourcings, fintech and technology transactions as well as data protection, privacy and cyber security. His work is often in the context of business critical projects and digital transformations. A focus of Howard’s practice is the financial services sector and his clients include major financial institutions and technology companies.

Nathan Evans is a specialist IT lawyer with expertise in complex strategic projects including systems/platform/apps builds, networking contracts, integration services, support and maintenance arrangements, agile delivery, technology consultancy, blockchain-enabled platforms and material outsourcing arrangements in financial services. Nathan has advised a broad range of businesses, from start-up disruptors to large multi-nationals, global banks and insurers and other regulated businesses. He has also worked with many central and local government authorities, assisting them with their IT projects, commercial contracts and procurement strategies.

Steve Holmes leads Baker McKenzie’s Global Information Technology & Communications practice based in London, and focuses on major technology, sourcing, communications and digital media transactions. In addition to leading the London sourcing team, Steve is co-lead of the London media team, and is on the steering committee of the European technology practice. Since 2006, he has been consistently ranked by Chambers UK and Legal 500 as a leading practitioner in the fields of technology, outsourcing, communications and digital media. Steve is one of the partners who leads the Firm’s social mobility committee, BakerOpportunity. Steve has spoken and written extensively on a wide range of topics relevant to his field, including cloud computing, risk/reward in major services agreements, content licensing for new technologies, key issues in MVNO agreements and various other technology, communications and digital media topics.

Shobana is a practicing Commercial Barrister based in London. She has a full spectrum of expertise in the commercial law: corporate, employment issues, media and advertising, insurance litigation, IP & IT and internet law.

Vik specialises in all aspects of commercial technology law, including strategic sourcing, technology-based transactions, software development & licensing, cloud computing,, digital strategy, e-commerce, IT/IP aspects of corporate transactions, and other arrangements involving the use or exploitation of IP and technology. In addition, he has a growing practice in emerging disruptive technologies such as Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence, advising both high-growth and established businesses as they develop, deploy and scale new products and services in the market.

Lally is currently a senior lawyer at Capgemini and manages the legal work across manufacturing, aerospace & defence, life sciences, TMT and professional services.

Her practice includes technology transactions across industries and technologies including tech transformations, cloud, customer experience and traditional outsourcing. She also advises on regulatory issues relating to data and cybersecurity.

Lally is passionate about promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace and runs an in-house legal work experience programme targeting students from underrepresented backgrounds.

My name is Hannah El-Gazzar and I am a trainee solicitor at Fieldfisher. I have done seats in PIMN, Tech and Data and Commercial IP. Tech and data are areas of interest to me due to thoroughly enjoying the seat and the wide variety of clients I was able to work with, as well as due to having previously been a paralegal prior to joining Fieldfisher at The Financial Times and Paragon Customer Communications, giving me exposure to a realm of tech and data issues I enjoyed solving for these businesses.