Harry Small

Practice Areas

Harry Small is a Senior Consultant in the IT/Commercial Department of Baker McKenzie’s London office and handles all aspects of information technology and communications law. He acts for a broad base of information technology and communications products and service providers — assisting them in their contract negotiations and managing their disputes. He also practises in contentious intellectual property law. Harry is a fellow of the Society for Computers and Law, an honour awarded to a small group of leading IT lawyers who have made notable contributions to the field. He is the author of the standard outsourcing contract precedent in the Sweet and Maxwell Outsourcing Manual, and regularly writes and lectures on topics related to the Internet and computer networking law.

Harry practises extensively in high technology disputes, both as to intellectual property — software copyright and electronic patents — and in major disputes over IT systems, breach of warranty claims and the effect of exclusion and limitation clauses in computer contracts. His most recent case was in the English Technology Court where he acted for ICL (now Fujitsu Services Ltd) in its multi-million pound system dispute with the Co-Operative Society. Harry has practised extensively in non-contentious IT law, having drafted or negotiated most types of hardware, software, telecommunications and services contracts in the course of his professional life. He has a special interest in outsourcing for major customers and suppliers both in the UK and overseas and has led major projects for both suppliers and customers. Harry has also been closely involved in the negotiation of major outsourcing and offshoring deals.