UK Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Alison Beal, Joel Harrison and Michelle Kirschner Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is an international law firm with over 2,000 lawyers, spanning 22 offices worldwide, providing a full range of legal services to the world’s leading technology, financial, industrial and commercial enterprises, as well as governments, institutions and individuals. Its technology transac - tions and strategic sourcing practices are among the world’s premier destination practices for com - plex and strategic technology, IP and data-driven transactions. It has represented clients in over 750 transactions across 100 countries with a combined
deal value in excess of USD500 billion. The team pro - vides full-service support in structuring, negotiating, documenting and implementing such transactions as well as advice on discrete technology, data usage and IP issues. It combines the talent of partner-level practitioners who each have more than 25 years of industry-leading experience. Additionally, it provides support to complementary practices, including data protection, privacy, cybersecurity, employment, real estate, M&A, regulatory compliance and tax.
Authors
Alison Beal is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s technology transactions and strategic sourcing practices. Admitted to practice in multiple jurisdictions,
Joel Harrison is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s technology transactions and strategic sourcing practices. Joel advises clients on everything technology-related, including complex commercial transactions,
she has extensive international experience for clients based in Europe, the USA and APAC, focusing on new technologies, R&D collaborations and externalisations, ITO, BPO, telecommunications, strategic alliances and the renegotiation and exit of those transactions. Alison focuses mainly on structuring, negotiating and documenting large- scale and global information technology and business process outsourcing transactions and other commercial and technology-related transactions. She has also advised clients on disputes, intellectual property and information technology issues in connection with corporate transactions.
outsourcing projects, cloud computing, software development and licensing, system integration agreements and strategic alliances in the technology sector. He also specialises in data protection and cybersecurity, advising on the full range of regulatory, transactional and contentious matters, focusing on data privacy, information security and a wide variety of other IT policies and regulations. Joel’s clients include some of the world’s leading corporations from a wide range of sectors, including financial services, technology and pharmaceuticals.
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