Technology

Birketts’ technology lawyers advise technology businesses and organisations transforming through technology. We support start ups, scale ups and established businesses, delivering practical legal advice on day to day matters and complex technology work, including across AI, fintech, data and digital transformation.

Clients need tech lawyers who understand both innovation and risk, especially when operating in fast-moving regulatory and commercial environments. We provide pragmatic, commercially focused tech law advice that helps clients move quickly, manage risk and realise opportunities in the UK and internationally.

We advise technology businesses whose products, services or operations are driven by technology. We also support organisations in other sectors using technology to transform how they operate. Our clients include start-ups, scale-ups and established technology businesses.

Our services support the full lifecycle of technology businesses and projects. We advise on day‑to‑day legal matters and complex technology‑specific work.

Our services include commercial contracts, software development and licensing, SaaS arrangements, outsourcing, data protection and e-commerce regulation, real estate, intellectual property, disputes, corporate transactions, investment and funding, employment, tax, property and immigration.

Our lawyers work across key technology sub-sectors. These include artificial intelligence and data analytics, software and SaaS, fintech, cleantech and defence tech, telecoms, cloud infrastructure, data centres, and hardware and device manufacturing. We also support clients implementing AI‑enabled tools, automation, cloud migrations, e-commerce platforms and complex data systems.