Sean McElligott

Sean is a partner with Philip Lee and head of the Technology Group, advising on complex and large scale technology and outsourcing transactions, intellectual property, ICT procurement, data protection and privacy law. On the technology side, he advises clients in relation to IT outsourcing, systems implementations and cloud computing. His practice involves advising on the supply and implementation of new IT systems (including large scale ERP systems), the licensing of software and the ownership and licensing of intellectual property rights. In addition, Sean regularly acts for companies in disputes relating to screen-scraping, misuse of Google search rankings and of Google AdWords, trade mark infringement and passing-off. Sean also has significant experience of public procurement specialising in ICT projects and acts for both public sector contracting authorities and private sector bidders. Sean’s unique background gives him an edge as an advisor in ICT procurements as he is not only an expert in the applicable law, but he also fully understands the technical requirements of his clients. Sean’s practice also includes advising on privacy, data protection and cyber-security law. · Philip Lee LLP