Originally from an IT background, Simon Smith has advised for many years on the legal aspects of IT development, procurement and support, fixed line and mobile telecommunications and related issues such as data protection.

Our experience covers:

• Agency agreements
• Application service provider agreements
• Business process outsourcing agreements
• Call centre agreements
• Co-marketing
• Competition law
• Confidentiality agreements
• Consultancy agreements
• Copyright
• Data protection
• Design rights
• Domain name transfers
• Equipment leasing
• Facilities management agreements
• Hardware and telecoms equipment acquisitions
• IT implementation and support agreements
• IT infrastructure outsourcing agreements
• Joint ventures

• Maintenance agreements
• Mobile platforms
• Online platforms
• Outsourced services
• Patents
• Referral agreements
• Research and development agreements
• Software as a service
• Technology and intellectual property legal due diligence
• Technology co-development
• Technology evaluation agreements
• Telecommunications resellers
• Terms and conditions for online businesses
• Terms for online marketplaces
• Trademark applications
• Trademark licensing
• Trademarks
• Website development agreements
• Website hosting