Andrew is a partner in the dispute resolution team with a focus on commercial disputes in the technology sector.

Areas of expertise include:

• IT and software.  Distressed IT projects, contested software licences, website development and hosting issues, support and maintenance agreements, and performance problems with outsourced IT and cloud services
• Information rights and privacy.  All aspects of contentious Data Protection and privacy issues including privacy governance and compliance, data protection audits, data export, transfer and processing arrangements, claims by data subjects and the recovery of confidential and personal information
• Cyber security.  Managing information security breaches, responding to hacking or cyber-extortion, defending enforcement action by the ICO and other regulators, cyber risk insurance and cyber-crime
• Digital media. Online defamation, website misuse, blogging and user generated content, cookies and digital footprints, and access to information held by social media companies.

He has expertise in managing issues through a variety of forums including litigation, arbitration, expert determination and mediation.

Andrew is a member of the Society for Computers and the Law.