Fergal Dowling
Managing Partner - Business Services Group
Technology & Communications
Whether you're scaling your SaaS platform, managing data risk, or preparing for investment, you need legal advice that understands your technology, your business model, and your market.
Our services
We support startups, scale-ups, and global tech providers with expert insight across expansion, IP, raising capital, and compliance, delivered by lawyers who’ve worked in-house, held technical roles, or operated in high-growth environments. That means guidance moulded by real-world insight, not just black letter law.
From early-stage launches to international expansion, we help you move fast, stay protected, and remain focused on innovation.
We can support with:
- Data protection, cyber security, and GDPR compliance
- Software licensing, commercial contracts, and T&Cs
- IP strategy, protection, and enforcement
- Investment rounds, funding structures, and M&A
- Employment, hybrid models, and incentive planning
- Disputes, litigation, and risk mitigation.
You’ll also benefit from input built by real industry experience, keeping your business agile, secure, and investment-ready.
Speak to a Legal Partner
Our team support you to navigate complexity, seize opportunity and move forward with legal clarity.
Contact our Specialists
Get strategic advice from a team that knows how to protect and grow your business. Please complete our enquiry form and one of our experts will contact you by the next working day.
Alternatively, you can call us now.
Our opening hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm (Excluding Public Holidays).
0370 1500 100
Why choose our experts?
Expert legal support is crucial to make sure your business has the potential to be what you want it to be. Our technology lawyers work with innovative technology-led businesses nationally to give management teams peace of mind and strategic guidance, helping them save money and focus on growth.
Our team have spent many years working with companies across this diverse sector, including members who have worked in-house for IT firms or in technology roles themselves before making the move into law. We have the technical expertise to understand the needs of your business and the ability to translate this into practical, commercially-focused advice.
Whether you are an entrepreneur with a new business or a board member of a long-established enterprise business, we have the expertise to help you. We work nationally with a diverse range of clients.
Making an enquiry
We have several ways you can contact us, either by completing our online contact form, by phone, or using our live chat. If you start your journey online, here are the first steps to working together.
Complete our online formWe need a few details to understand your situation and the kind of support you need.
We’ll contact you by phoneOn the call our experts will ask you a few more questions to make sure we connect you with the right legal advice from our team.
We arrange a full appointmentYour next step is an in-depth appointment with a specialist solicitor to discuss how we could advise you.
Our commitment to you
Our experts always start by listening, so we understand what matters most from day one.- 01Clear legal guidance
You will always get straightforward, honest advice, with regular updates to keep you clear on the way forward.
- 02Specialist knowledge
A wide-ranging team of trusted specialists who understand what it takes to protect your future, your family or your business.
- 03Your needs first
Whether you’re navigating complex personal situations or business decisions, we take the time to understand your world and what’s at stake.
Recent work
- Engage ESM
Advised the IT consultancy on its sale to Atos SE, a leader in digital transformation with 100,000 employees in 72 countries.
- FMP Global
Advised the management team on the buyout of this payroll & HR services company from Bond International Plc backed by Tenzing Private Equity.
- Open Objects
Advised the UK public sector software specialist on its multi-million pound sale to the AIM-listed IDOX plc.
- TribePad Ltd
Advised the management of this recruitment software developer on acquiring the entire issued share capital of Talent on View Limited, a talent acquisition software specialist.
- InventCommerce
Acting for the shareholders this eCommerce consultancy on its sale to French-headquartered SQLI.
- Borrow A Boat
Advised 'the Airbnb for boats' on fundraising £1.5m through crowdfunding, venture capital, and a number of angel investors.
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