Information Technology
Overview
In Information Technology the firm advises on the impact of the procurement directives, the purchase and sale of hardware and licensing of software, on the structuring of system integration, hardware and software maintenance services and professional services offerings, partnering in public sector agreements and on IT Outsourcing and Managed Services agreements, including on, technology obsolescence, warranties and conditions, service level agreements, pricing and benchmarking, step in rights, health and safety compliance, exit provisions TUPE regulatory issues etc.
- Computer misuse, legal issues
- Data protection and privacy compliance, including on international data transfer
- Development agreements, securing ownership of intellectual property rights
- Distribution agreements with resellers and distributors for technology
- EMU compliance provisions, regulatory advice and their drafting
- Escrow agreements for source code
- Facilities Management and Disaster Recovery agreements
- Licence agreements for software, including enterprise licences, shrink wrap licences, click wrap licence terms and conditions, licence agreements for software embedded in hardware
- Maintenance agreements for hardware and software, how to structure them from the buyer and sellers perspectives
- Outsourcing and managed services agreements, their structuring, drafting and negotiation, including, technology obsolescence, SLA structuring and regulatory requirements in the financial services sector which impact
- Partnering agreements in the context of procurement contracts, advising on
- Protection and exploitation of database contents
- Procurement including advice on classification of the proposed procurement from the perspective of the procurement directives and legal issues associated with Framework agreements
- integration agreements including drafting warranties, indemnities, assistance on structuring implementation plans and acceptance tests plans, termination and consequences of termination and limitation of liability provisions etc.
- Advice in relation to the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations 2003, and proposals and case law which impact services and outsourcing agreements
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Copyright © McKeever Rowan Solicitors 2003-2006. All rights reserved.