Technology & Innovation
The Technology & Innovation team at Michelmores consists of highly regarded specialist lawyers dedicated to advising clients on all aspects of non-contentious and contentious technology, digital media and communications issues.
Michelmores acts for both suppliers in the Technology & Innovation sector and end user organisations, nationally and internationally across the private, public and voluntary sectors, including IT, telecommunications, media, clean technology, aero/aviation, food & drink, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, retail, health, education, central government, local authority and the emergency services.
The overall service is superb, and they are very good at meeting tight deadlines.
Chambers and Partners 2020
The firm is able to combine a local presence and an approachable culture with the genuine experience of working with early-stage businesses across their national and international growth ambitions. They have repeatedly backed activities which grow the regional business community.
Chambers and Partners 2020
The team has a good understanding of the commercial value, not just the legal aspects of the matter involved, and is prepared to be flexible in order to get the deal agreed.
Legal 500 2020
Good quality, responsive and pragmatic advice.
Legal 500 2020
Michelmores' technology team delivers silver circle quality work for regional prices.
Legal 500 2020
Excellent, efficient, flexible.
Legal 500 2017
They are very commercially aware and take time to get to know your business.
Chambers 2016
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- The implications of a "no-deal" Brexit on the cross-border transfer of personal data
- The legacy of Schrems II
- Handling EU data subjects' personal data post-Brexit
- Michelmores sponsors Tech South West award
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- Michelmores recognised for its TMT expertise in the 2020 Legal 500 Awards
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- Michelmores advises the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund
- ICO to fine Marriott International £99,200,396 for Cyberattack
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- EU Commission urged to suspend the EU-US Privacy Shield
- Michelmores advises on sale of TESM to DXC Technology
- Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018: What you need to know
- Heathrow Airport and Bupa fines re-iterate need for basic data protection measures
- AR and VR – how are they impacting the retail sector?
- Employers can be held vicariously liable for data breaches of their employees
- Artificial intelligence - how is this impacting the retail sector?
- Michelmores advises M-BIRR on investment by DEG and European Investment Bank
- Michelmores supports tech start-ups in the South through SETsquared event
- The new Electronic Communications Code – what landowners need to know
- UK solicitors ordered to disclose details of confidential decision making
- ICO issues second £400,000 fine in less than a year
- Ten steps to prepare your business for GDPR changes
- Michelmores advise Partner Retail Services (PRS) on Experience Store partnership
- The European Commission's proposed e-Privacy Regulation
- South West Centre of Excellence legal partner
- ICO issues record £400,000 fine for TalkTalk data breach
- Augmented reality: re-imagining how we interact with the world
- Impact of Brexit on Data Protection Law
- Agricultural drone use
- ICO changes to its direct marketing guidance
- Let's Teach Intellectual Property!
- Aspirations Academies Trust
- EU-U.S. "Privacy Shield" announced
- Following Nestlé's Kit Kat battle, London Taxi 3D shape is also declared invalid
- Upcoming changes to Data Protection Law
- Encryption: who should hold the keys?
- Meeting the 7th Data Protection Principle
- fine for direct marketing campaign
- The United States as a "Safe Harbor"? That ship has sailed
- Drones: realising the potential, reducing the risks
- A Guide to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 – The Changes You Need To Know
- Guide to the Consumer Rights Act 2015, Part 4 - Supplying Digital Content
- IP clinches deals in the Den
- Guide to the Consumer Rights Act 2015, Part 3 – Selling Services
- Guide to the Consumer Rights Act 2015, Part 2 – Selling Goods
- Guide to the Consumer Rights Act 2015, Part 1 - Unfair Terms
- Don't cheat on Data Protection
- Second success for Sky as the Supreme Court rules Sky's use of "NOW TV" is not 'passing off'
- 'Battle of the skys' - Sky prevents Skype trade mark registration in long-running dispute
- Wearable Technology - Bringing Data to Life
- Social media defamation - Tom Stenner-Evans is featured by HR Zone
- Michelmores shortlisted in The Lawyer Awards for 'IP Team of the Year' 2015
- ECJ rules that EU copyright infringement claims can be brought in any member state where the infringing website is accessible
- Enforced subject access requests
- Malicious or fictitious: hope for victims of false online reviews?
- All publicity is not good publicity: how to handle negative online reviews
- Moving with the times
- The Alcatel standstill period: a silver bullet for contracting authorities?
- Fines more likely regarding nuisance callers and spam texters
- 3D Printing is still 'pumping'
- Michelmores wins the Legal 500's UK Regional Technology, Media and Telecoms Team of the Year 2014
- Data Protection Developments at EU level in 2014 and looking forward to 2015
- Cloud services in education and the Data Protection Act
- Retailers: fighting back against the online counterfeiters
- Counterfeit products: When imitation is not the best form of flattery
- Roundup of the ICO Enforcement Action in Q2 2014
- Google - Right to be Forgotten
- Seminar to Tackle Cyber Crime
- Roundup of the ICO Enforcement Action in Q1 2014
- Landmark Internet Privacy Case: Google is Responsible to English Internet Users Under English Privacy and Data Protection Laws
- The 8th Data Protection Principle - Recent Developments. What Does This Mean for Cloud Users and ICT Suppliers?
- Cloud Computing, SMEs and the Public Sector
- Employee's Use of Personal Data
- Lookalikes
- To read or not to read
- Perfect harmony? The new Consumer Rights Directive
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Meet the team
David Thompson
Partner
Richard Cobb
Senior Partner
Charles Courtenay
Partner
Sara Chisholm-Batten
Partner
Jayne Clemens
Partner
Charlotte Bolton
Senior Associate
Chloe Vernon-Shore
Senior Associate
Nathaniel Lane
Associate
Philippa Collison
Associate
Abbey Smith
Solicitor
Gemma Simpson
Business Development Manager
Recent experience
- Advising 7 local authorities in relation to the selection of a superfast broadband supplier that has both the resources and technical ability to transform the telecoms infrastructure to achieve the Broadband Strategy as bid into Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) and contract management post-award. This project is the largest investment and biggest project (in terms of value, geographic foot print and number of homes/businesses to be serviced) in the UK and under the BDUK's framework.
- Supporting and advising numerous clients on a day-to-day basis in relation to their general commercial contracts, terms and conditions and specialist intellectual property and ICT contracts. We advise both public and private sector clients on this basis including the Met Police (Mayor's Office of Policing and Crime), Thomson Reuters, TOMY, Haynes Publishing, Landmark Information Group (part of Daily Mail and General Trust plc), the Gro Group and the University of Plymouth.
- Successfully guiding a £multi-billion international food and drink supplier through a business change programme in relation to its IT and outsourcing platforms. We advised on manufacturing, development and supply agreements critical to the new business.
- Advising leading wireless networking equipment manufacturer Cambium Networks in relation to its establishment following Motorola Solutions’ sale of its wireless broadband division to Vector Capital.
- Advising Agilisys, a major UK-based ICT and business process services provider, in relation to its strategic partnership with the City of London Corporation to deliver a managed cloud-based IT service.
- Advising on a business-critical procurement of a replacement Command and Control System and in relation to the 2012 Procurement Programme (under Competitive Dialogue) which involved a complex transformation involving business change, business process re-engineering and the complex £multimillion procurement for a fully integrated end-to-end ICT system.
- Advising on the procurement of the Met Office’s replacement of its supercomputer under Competitive Dialogue; the procurement of its replacement Mass Data Archive and Storage /Data Warehouse facility (MASS); and in relation to a business critical ICT based national meteorological monitoring services project.
- Advising Surrey County Council on its £120m+ UNICORN project for WAN, LAN/or Voice Communications services and support arrangements for the public and voluntary sector in Surrey, Berkshire and the immediate proximity.
- Advising a public body on a BT Call Routing System Contract, to ascertain whether a proposal by BT to charge for upgrade work was already included in the contract price, thus advising on ways to save the client money.
- Advising a government client in respect of the procurement of the secure national security network.
- Advising a public body in respect of the arrangements for the commercialisation of its language skills solution including ICT support.
- Advising a national police force in relation to non performance by Northgate Information Solutions in respect of case and custody software solutions.
- Advising and negotiating on the terms and conditions of supply and support and maintenance arrangements on behalf of a Police body.
- Advising a university on issues arising from the terms and conditions of supply governing procurement for a Wide Area Communications Network/WiFi and support services across all its campus sites.