Commercial Contracts

Contract Advice for Users of IT

If you are purchasing IT products and/or services for your business, we can provide the advice you need to secure robust, workable and practical contracts.

IT Contract Law

IT system procurement and data processing can involve complex contract, intellectual property and data protection issues.

When purchasing IT services the documentation you may be presented with by a supplier can often be one-sided or in some cases inadequate.  The contract may not reflect your needs, it may have no commitment as to service levels and it may place excessive liability on you as the purchaser.

Where an IT system is business-critical, this is impractical and unacceptable for you.  We can assist you in the negotiation of a contract to help you to achieve your objectives and requirements.We can also draft, negotiate and advise upon a full range of standard and bespoke IT agreements. The agreements we can advise upon include the following:

• Hardware and software procurement project
   
• Software licence agreements
   
• Software development agreements
   
• Maintenance and support agreements
   
• Application service provider (ASP) arrangements
   
• Escrow agreements
   
• IT services and consultancy arrangements

Because we advise both suppliers and end-user businesses we have a sound understanding of the needs and concerns from both perspectives, enabling us to alleviate concerns of customers and suppliers alike.

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