Give us a call
Email us

Technology lawyers

Technology is now a mainstay in our business and personal worlds, underpinning everything we do. Our multi-disciplinary team of technology lawyers are deeply rooted in the dynamic technology sector, helping you to achieve your ambitions.

Fusing technology and legal services

The technology sector is fast-moving and dynamic. It is essential for your business to work with a law firm that not only understands the law, but also your sector. The ecosystem tech businesses inhabit is baked into our DNA. We understand your world and speak your language.

Support at every stage of the business lifecycle

Our technology lawyers are as excited about tech as you are and want to support you through all stages of your business lifecycle.

From securing funding to facilitating your business’ sale, managing real estate assets to resolving disputes, and structuring contractual frameworks to leverage technology for commercial success, we have experts for every stage.

Being there for our clients and making a meaningful difference is what we love most about our job.

Legal support for tech ventures

We work with a wide range of technology businesses with a particular depth of knowledge and experience in disruptive technology, including AI, adtech, martech, fintech, insurtech, healthtech, manufacturing  and e-commerce. Whether a large multinational technology business or an innovative start-up with an ambition to be the next unicorn, we make it our business to solve your most complex problems. Our success lies in surpassing your objectives by seamlessly blending technology and legal services to address your business needs.

We also support businesses with technology procurement and the use and management of data within the business. As the reliance on technology and data continues to grow and transcend all areas of operations, our remit of support develops in scope and complexity.

Response to the ICO consultation series on generative AI and data protection: Part two

Response to the ICO consultation series on generative AI and data protection: Part two

In our second consultation response to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) consultation regarding purpose limitation in the generative AI life cycle, we have taken stock of what the purpose limitation means, why it's important and how it should work with the generative artificial intelligence ("GenAI").
Read our response

The technology sectors we work in

Disruptive technology
All new technology has the potential to become disruptive. This comes with its own legal challenges. As technology lawyers we have supported our clients through the many layers of disruption and opportunity. From the arrival of the world wide web in the 90’s, the transition to a reliance on software for business critical operations, the move to cloud computing and now the massive transformation towards the use of AI throughout our personal and business lives. It is in these transitions that we thrive. We act for many cutting edge AI providers helping to structure their relationships with customers to ensure risk is managed and exposure  limited. We also advise global users of AI, helping to develop a strategy on managing the use of AI by stakeholders. Therefore, allowing businesses to maximise the huge enterprise wide benefits it can bring, while navigating the implications of the reliance on AI and the seismic shift in our behaviours.

Adtech and martech
We have deep and long-term connections with market leading media and advertising agencies as well media owning brands. Our technology lawyers work closely with those delivering their platforms into the adtech and martech marketplaces. Our expertise in advertising technology and marketing technology means that you don’t need to teach us the industry, we’re already part of it. We cut through the noise and provide you with commercially astute and legal advice that gets the job done.

Fintech and insurtech
Our experts support many businesses in the financial and insurance sectors to develop and realise their ambitions. The services we provide to our clients include: We have a particular specialism in advising and structuring contractual relationships within the financial technology sector, protecting businesses against risk and managing any intellectual property issues as they arise.

Healthtech
We have longstanding relationships with clients developing and manufacturing healthcare technology as well as service providers who provide software products and digital assets into the healthcare system. Huge innovation continues to drive growth in the healthtech sector. Our multi-disciplinary team of healthtech lawyers take great pride in providing legal services that aid growth for healthcare technology businesses. Given the risk factors involved in the healthtech sector, a key part of our work involves ensuring that the contractual frameworks in place are structured to apportion the risks and responsibilities in a balanced way. We ensure suppliers, manufacturers, customers and distributors fully understand the risks and responsibilities and that they are manageable.

E-commerce
Our legal advice to e-commerce businesses ensures control and compliance in the dynamic online realm. Specialists from across our practice areas have been immersed in e-commerce since its origins and we are well-versed in navigating the inherent risks and opportunities within the regulatory framework. Our advice ranges from funding, commercial agreements, data protection, employment advice and to help realise a sale.

Manufacturing
We work with manufacturing businesses from multiple sectors providing a full range of legal support. We can advise on:
  • Management of research and development while maximising intellectual property
  • Procurement and management of technical and real estate facilities
  • Structuring legal relationships that underpin the distribution of products, whether to end users or through distribution channels
  • Supporting exit plan ambitions.

Talk to us about

Related services

Commercial contracts Data protection Dispute resolution Employment law Mergers and acquisitions Technology procurement

Meet the team

 Joanna Ford

Partner and Head of Commercial Dispute Resolution
Commercial disputes

Salim Somjee

Partner
Corporate

Irfan Baluch

Partner
Commercial

Ed Fowler

Partner
Commercial real estate

Sarah Glockler

Partner
Employment

Matthew Holman

Partner
Commercial

Pete Kenyon

Partner
Commercial

John Kirkwood

Partner
Corporate

Meet more of our team

Our technology experience

A software business

Acting for a software developer in a claim arising from the sale of its business. The purchaser of the business failed to comply with its obligation to maximise the net profits of the business in the years following the sale, denying our client significant deferred payments owed.

Advised the majority shareholder of a valuable technology company on estate and tax planning following a diagnosis of a terminal illness.

Advised a world leading provider of live sports and entertainment technology on its contracts with sports federations and broadcasters.

Advised a leading online travel agent and technology provider on its long-term exclusive distribution agreement with a key strategic partner.

Advising grocery delivery technology businesses on its rapid expansion into the UK market from the first store acquisition to being acquired for $100m.

Advised AIM quoted AdEPT Technology Group Plc on its £4.25 million placing and subscription for shares.

Our client successes

  • Case study

    • Recommended offer for AIM-listed technology company

    Discover how we assisted our client, AdEPT Technology Group plc, in navigating its sale as a publicly listed company

    Read the case study
  • Case study

    • Reinventing the construction industry

    4 min

    Discover how Cripps worked with Modulous to achieve its aim of producing the first globally scalable model for the design and delivery of homes.

    Read the case study
  • Case study

    • Supercharging international growth

    4 min

    Supporting global engagement tech company Uniguest with strategic UK acquisitions to drive growth.

    Read the case study
    See all our client successes

    How we made a difference

    "The Cripps team's ability to handle any matter sent their way is remarkable, and they are always incredibly fast in responding to urgent queries."

    Chambers UK Guide 2024

    Over the last decade and more, the Cripps team have been on call to give us the support we need, when we needed it and to help us realise our vision. Because of their in-depth understanding of our business and technology and like minded approach to delivering innovative solutions and managing risk, we regard them as a key strategic partner who continue to make a very valuable contribution to our business.

    RDT

    Their grasp of the card payment environment and their detailed understanding of our technology means that they have been able to provide invaluable insight into helping us structure and agree contracts underpinning our most important strategic relationships. Their commitment to the deal is commendable as is their ability to deliver creative solutions to get the deal done - as a result, our relationship with them has become an incredibly valued one.

    Optomany

    Pete Kenyon is very skilled and knowledgeable and transfers this knowledge to you with confidence and reassurance.

    Legal 500 2020

    Practice head Pete Kenyon is a software commercialisation expert.

    Legal 500 2021

    The team have been very responsive in our dealings. They have first-hand experience and knowledge of the software market and their guidance and support had been extremely useful over the last year or so as we have brought new products to market.

    Legal 500 2022

    Irfan Baluch - trusted advisor to RDT. Cares about the work he does for us as much as we do.

    Legal 500 2022

    Pete provides consistent and concise advice.

    A business client

    Vastly experienced in IT.

    A business client

    Related thinking

    18 Apr 2024

    Response to the ICO consultation series on generative AI and data protection: Part two
    8 Apr 2024

    AI and data for lunch: April 2024
    18 Mar 2024

    Response to the ICO consultation series on generative AI and data protection
    11 Mar 2024

    AI and data for lunch: March 2024
    22 Feb 2024

    Judge robot? Technology’s role in dispute resolution
    6 Feb 2024

    Cripps advise TransGlobal Freight Management on its acquisition of Crocodile Stores
    26 Jan 2024

    Kick-start publishing passes ownership to an employee ownership trust with help from Cripps
    3 Jan 2024

    Cripps bolsters technology team with lateral hire
    11 Dec 2023

    Cripps advise Holiday Extras on strategic investment in Dutch tech start up Transferz
    29 Nov 2023

    Cripps advises on the cross-border sale of Maytech Communications to Kiteworks
    See all of our thinking

    Contact us

    If you have a question or need advice, please let us know how we can help.

    Name(Required)
    Share