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Ian is a partner in our Technology & Sourcing team, leads our Fintech group and is a leader of our global AI focus group. He has deep expertise in the regulation, procurement and supply of cloud services, artificial intelligence and other disruptive and enabling information and communication technologies, services and infrastructure.
Ian advises extensively on the regulation, procurement, exploitation and supply of technology, networks and data, including digital transformation, new operating models and platforms; data centre and communications infrastructure (including satellite broadband); the deployment of open banking, payments, machine learning, robotics, automation and blockchain solutions; data governance and commercialisation, cyber security, operational resilience and data protection. He also specialises in outsourcing, offshoring and shared services (both ITO and BPO), procurement, logistics and other strategic or complex commercial contracts, ventures and arrangements.
Ian is independently recognised by Legal 500 and Chambers as a leading IT and Outsourcing expert and is ranked as a “Star Lawyer” in Information Technology by Acritas. He has extensive experience advising customers and suppliers across a wide range of sectors, with a focus on those operating in regulated sectors including Technology, Media and Communications, Financial Services and Energy and Utilities. His clients include some of the largest global suppliers of technology and services and major financial services, energy and utilities firms and a wide range of scale-up and start-up businesses, including members of the firm’s equIP incubator programme.