Software Licensing and Distribution

Our market leading Technology and Telecoms team regularly advise businesses either supplying or procuring software and hardware through distribution networks, including on:

  • Contracts for resale and distribution
  • Software licences
  • Software-as-a-service projects
  • Software implementation projects
  • Exclusivity and market protection
  • Competition law
  • Cloud computing arrangements
  • Commercial agency laws
  • Disputes around distribution and resale contracts
  • Tax
  • Consumer law issues
  • Local law issues for international distribution structures
  • Import and export restrictions

The team regularly works with US based businesses supplying into Europe, including on the various challenges that such businesses face with doing business in Europe.