Kelly Burke

Senior Associate

Kelly advises on commercial technology matters, with particular experience advising large and small customers and suppliers on a wide range of commercial technology transactions.

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Career

Since 2019	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2017 - 2019	Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 - 2017	Solicitor, DAC Beachcroft

Education

2011	Admitted as a lawyer, New South Wales, Australia
2006	LLB, University of Western Sydney, Australia
2003	Masters, Media Practice, Sydney University

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Sectors Technology, media & communications Fintech Software eCommerce & marketplaces Fashion & luxury Cryptoassets, blockchain and distributed ledger technology

Experience

Farfetch on a ground-breaking white label contract for fashion retailer Harrods	Farfetch on their contract to develop and operate Harrods' global e-commerce operations. This is a white label service provided through Farfetch's proprietary 'Black and White' platform and logistics and e-retail management resources. This deal may pave the way for further white label arrangements for Farfetch.
Continuing to advise long-standing client, Farfetch	Farfetch, the online community of the world’s best fashion boutiques and global brands, on a range of matters. These include on their commercial partnership agreements with retailers such as Harrods, on all of its corporate financing rounds ahead of its USD8bn IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, including it's USD397 million Series G fundraising by new investor, and ecommerce giant, JD.com.
Multimillion pound outsourcing contract	A large insurance company on a major outsourcing project, involving a full digital transformation of their processes and systems to a major technology supplier. We advised, negotiated and drafted the various agreements, including coordinating multi-disciplinary support from across the firm.

A challenger bank	A challenger bank on outsourcing of its IT platform and the procurement of a supplier
A major telecoms operator	A major telecoms operator on procurement of new infrastructure and services relating to the rollout of 4G services across its network
A major utility	A major utility on migration of IT estate from a single-supplier to a multi-supplier model

Latest news & insights

Cryptoassets, blockchain and distributed ledger technology

Crypto wallet provider Argent raises $40m Series B to build Web3 and DeFi 'super app'

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Technology, media & communications

Digital Identity Framework – framing who we are

23 March 2021

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Interface - Fintech 2020

Why digital identity verification is big business in the financial services sector

A look at the growth of identity-as-a-service fintechs.

2 October 2020

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Employment, pensions & mobility

Download - Future mobility

2 August 2019

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