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Ian Stevens
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Ian Stevens

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  • English

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.

Awards & Recognitions
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  • Quote
    "The 'very impressive' is lauded for his work in financial services, although he also offers considerable expertise in the energy and TMC sectors."
    Chambers
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    "It was a difficult deal and Ian and his team managed it exceptionally well”.
    Chambers
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    "exceptionally good" and "easy to work with".
    Legal 500

Relevant experience

  • A global technology company on the compliance (including local regulatory, cyber security and data protection) and international launch of new cloud-based products and services and its participation in G-Cloud and the UK Government’s Digital Marketplace.
  • A global cloud services provider on its regulation pursuant to, and pan-European operationalisation of compliance requirements for the EU AI Act, Cyber Resilience Act, NIS 2, Critical Entities Resilience Directive, Data Act, Data Governance Act and other EU and UK digital regulation.
  • A global technology company on the establishment and launch of its multi-jurisdictional low Earth orbit satellite constellation based broadband solution.
  • A technology scale-up on its enterprise agreement to supply its custody and digital asset management platform and services to a major custodian bank.
  • An international payments solution provider on the launch of an app based multi-modal transport booking and payments solution.
  • A leading global insurer on its multi-center, business critical, regulated EMEA life and pensions administration outsourcing arrangements.
  • A leading clearing bank on the white labelling of a FinTech platform to create a stand-alone digital SME lending platform.
  • An InsurTech firm on the supply of a cloud-based machine learning platform to the Lloyd’s Market.
  • A scale-up FinTech on its target operating model, customer terms, data protection compliance and open banking solution.

Memberships & Roles

  • TechUK – Cloud Leadership Committee; Financial Services Council
  • Financial Markets Law Committee – Finance and Technology Scoping Forum
  • iTechLaw - Outsourcing Committee
  • The Society for Computers and Law
  • International Association of Privacy Professionals