Services

Sián offers commercial legal advice to companies on a wide range of commercial issues from the drafting of contracts to the operational review and impact of large business transactions from internal re-organisation to the acquisition of target companies in the merger and acquisition process. Her extensive knowledge of drafting and negotiating contracts and ability to manage legal and operational risk assists businesses in reaching their operational targets whilst ensuring that the nature of the operating environment, a good understanding of the regulatory environment and the interplay between regulation, contract and business strategy are always all properly considered.

Information and Communication Technology:

  • Application outsourcing
  • Regulatory issues relating to all aspects of online business and e-commerce
  • Service level agreements
  • Consumer protection and ICT
  • Software licensing
  • Software development, maintenance and support
  • Software as a service
  • Escrow
  • Communications policies
  • Website terms and conditions.

Internet Service Provider and Wireless Application Service Providers:

  • Regulatory compliance,
  • Subscriber terms and conditions, Acceptable Use Policies and other specialist agreements, and
  • General legal advice.

Intellectual Property:

  • Technology licences (including the license and use of SDKs and APIs in aggregated solutions)
  • Franchising agreements
  • Domain name disputes
  • Trademark registration and enforcement
  • Copyright enforcement
  • Copyright-based agreements with a particular focus on information technology
  • Risk assessment of and due diligence related to IP in any merger or corporate acquisition
  • Domain name, trademark and branding interplay
  • Patents and registered designs
  • Maximization and commercialization of IP assets

Data Privacy and Security
(including POPI and GDPR):

  • Drafting required internal and external policies
  • Cross border data flow advice and data processing agreements in line with the GDPR
  • Regulatory advice on POPIA and GDPR
  • Assistance with ISO 27000 security standard data security policy compliance
  • Amending existing agreements to align with POPI and if required GDPR