Bristows | Changing using technology

Businesses are changing, embracing technology in new ways. Global businesses, some over a hundred years old, are using technology to change how they do business and what they offer clients.

Many are responding, having spotted new opportunities, while others have no choice but to change if they are to survive. Whatever the reason, we are as excited as they are to support their digital transformation.

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Experience

Our client, a leading healthcare provider, wanted to offer its patients a seamless digital service to access their medical information, book appointments and manage their payments. We supported our client’s initial investment into the Silicon Valley start-up it was partnering with, advised on the IP licensing and IT hosting arrangements, as well as data protection and healthcare regulatory compliance.

Our client, one of the largest Nordic banks, was keen to invest in start-up and scale-up technologies businesses, particularly those involved in digital transformation. We negotiated both the investment agreement and the terms for a new ‘digital first’ banking platform as part of our client’s own transformation, as well as being sold to third parties, including ‘challenger banks’.

We advised a global IT, consulting and outsourcing company in structuring and developing its go-to-market strategy for its proprietary platform-as-a-service product which accelerates software development projects. Working with the development team to understand the mix of proprietary, third party, public cloud and open source components, we advised on the key IT, IP and data protection risks and market positions and produced a suite of standard terms for their new platform offering.

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What others say

“Excellent legal skills, combined with a good sector knowledge and a hands-on approach, make Bristows a very useful resource.”
Chambers and Partners 2023

“Commercial awareness is definitely one of Bristows’ strong points. Team members’ prior in-house experience shows. It is great to receive advice that is commercially balanced and easily understood by all functions of our business.”
Chambers and Partners 2023

“Even in the event the requests were a bit outside of telecom regulations, the firm were able to assist with providing an exhaustive response to all enquiries. They always responded within the quoted review time and usually exceeded expectations.”
Chambers and Partners 2023

“All team members have very deep experience in different fields of expertise. They understand what kind of level of response a client needs before wasting money on long reports, which is very much appreciated. On top of this, they provide updates on UK case law that are very helpful.”
Chambers and Partners 2023

“They’re very commercial and good at dealing with clients.”
Chambers and Partners 2023

Recent rankings and awards

Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity - Tier 1
Legal 500 2023

IT and Telecoms - Tier 1
Legal 500 2023

Data Protection - Band 1
Chambers and Partners UK 2023

Information Technology and Outsourcing - Band 1
Chambers and Partners UK 2023

Outsourcing - Band 1
Chambers and Partners UK 2022

Data Protection - Band 3
Chambers and Partners Europe 2022

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Mark Watts