Kit Burden

Partner, DLA Piper

Kit is one of the UK and Europe's foremost IT and outsourcing lawyers. He works with both customers and suppliers, including various FTSE companies and household names. He is top ranked in both the Chambers and Legal 500 directories and has been named "UK Technology Lawyer of the Year" by Global Legal Experts, and subsequently also named by the Global Sourcing Association as both their “Legal Advisor of the Year” and “Strategic Advisor of the Year”. He is the author and editor of multiple legal publications on technology topics. Since the beginning of 2023 he has also sat on the International Board of DLA Piper

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Negotiating with hyperscalers and major cloud service providers

Practice notes

This Practice Note explores the implications of the involvement of hyperscalers and major cloud service providers in IT outsourcing and market practice in the negotiation and drafting of affected agreements from a UK buyer’s perspective.

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Multi-sourcing (towers) agreement

Precedents

This is a precedent multi-sourcing (towers) agreement under which the customer appoints a supplier to provide one or more service towers under the management of a separate service integration and management (SIAM) provider appointed separately by the customer. It is drafted in favour of the customer and includes GDPR-compliant data processing provisions.

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