About Penningtons Manches LLP
Penningtons Manches LLP is a leading UK law firm which provides high quality legal advice tailored to both businesses and individuals. We address the specific objectives of each client through our flair and technical expertise and offer a personal service founded on a strong team ethic.
Today, we’re based in the City of London, Basingstoke, Cambridge, Godalming, Guildford, Oxford and Reading, with 115 partners and over 600 people in total. Our main areas of practice are dispute resolution, corporate and commercial, real estate, private client and family.
We also have several multi-disciplinary teams concentrating on a variety of industry sectors, including technology, life sciences, education, social housing, retail and international wealth. In these areas, we’re acknowledged for our unparalleled market insight.
In 2013, we added significant depth to all our core practice areas when we joined forces with the partners and staff of Manches. Our expertise was also enhanced when Dawsons Solicitors and Wedlake Saint became part of Penningtons in 2011.
Our commitment to excellence is backed by a track record which dates back 300 years. We pay great attention to matching your requirements with the right skills, delivered cost effectively and within the appropriate timescale.
We have a broad international focus supported by well-established links with law firms throughout the world.
Our clients range from private individuals, owner managed businesses and start-ups to multi-national corporations, public companies, professional partnerships, banks and financial institutions. We are conscious that our culture and close relationships with our clients are vital assets and we are determined to maintain these as we expand.
9400 Garsington Road
Oxford Business Park
Oxford OX4 2HN
UK
About the Lead Contribution – Dr. Sam De Silva
Dr. Sam De Silva is a partner and heads up the IT and outsourcing group. He specialises in major IT and telecommunication projects including outsourcing (IT, BPO and off-shoring), system development and supply, system integration, software licensing, support and service agreements. He also has extensive experience in public sector transformation projects, strategic commercial contracts, e-commerce, data protection and PCI DSS issues.
He has been appointed to the EU Commission’s Expert Group on Cloud Computing and is the UK solicitor representative on the IT Committee of the Bars and Law Societies of Europe. At a national level he is chair of the Law Society’s Technology and Law Reference Group. He is on the global board of trustees for the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and one of very few solicitors who is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Chartered IT Professional and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
Sam has in-house industry legal experience having been seconded to Accenture UK as a senior legal counsel. He is qualified in England, New Zealand and Australia. Both Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession and The Legal 500 rank him in their top tiers. Recent quotes in these directories include ‘demonstrates very impressive speed, efficiency and knowledge, and is technically brilliant’; ‘very pragmatic’; ‘is an expert on non-contentious IT matters and is particularly noted for his expert knowledge in IT procurement’; and ‘pays attention to the detail and is robust in his advice’. He is also praised for ‘his understanding of the industry and its players’.
Sam can be contacted on sam.desilva@penningtons.co.uk