Scott Singer
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Commercial Contracts
Band 3
About
Provided by Scott Singer
Practice Areas
Scott is the Head of Dentons' Corporate and Commercial division. He focuses on commercial contracts, IT and data privacy law and is directory-ranked in all of these areas. Scott is particularly well known for his work in the retail sector, where he advises a number of the UK's best known names on the high street.
Scott is ranked in Chambers 2017 as a leading practitioner for commercial contracts, which recognizes he "has considerable experience across a range of commercial matters. He has a reputation for handling strategically significant large-scale agreements for market-leading and brand-name clients." Scott has acted for many household names on large-scale commercial deals involving supply of goods and services, joint ventures, distribution agreements, transportation, logistics, marketing agreements, design and manufacturing agreements and consultancy agreements.
Scott is a member of Dentons' Band 1-ranked IT and Telecoms team, with an emphasis on IT, outsourcing, payments transactions, software law and the exploitation of databases. He was previously a computer programmer and draws on this background alongside 20 years' experience advising in this field to enable him to share with his clients not just technical knowledge but also insight into what is contractually achievable in the market. Scott focuses especially closely on deals involving payments, cloud services, Software as a Service (SaaS), agile development and deals with major technology vendors and has a keen understanding of current market positions. He is also very experienced in deals for major projects and IT outsourcings.
Scott has particular capabilities in data privacy law and is one of the partners in Dentons' Band 1-ranked team. He has advised numerous data controllers and data subjects on all aspects of data privacy, including GDPR compliance, data breach, cyber risk, global data transfers, customer data and consents, data sharing, sale and purchase of databases, subject access rights, employee monitoring and data protection policies.
Chambers Review
UK
Scott Singer is head of the firm's corporate and commercial division. He is adept at acting for clients in the retail and financial services sectors on commercial matters. His broad commercial contracts practice includes distribution and services agreements.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Scott is a great leader."
"Scott knows how supplier contracts are structured and how to improve them. He has quite a charming approach to negotiating with the suppliers, which cuts through the games, and is a pragmatist."
"Incredibly knowledgeable about the legal issue and the market. Really responsive and organised. Understands the business drivers and issues, and gives pragmatic and helpful advice."
"Scott is incredibly knowledgeable, a great communicator, fun to work with, and brings so much value through sharing his strategic insights and market knowledge, as well as his legal expertise."
"Scott is a great leader."
"Scott knows how supplier contracts are structured and how to improve them. He has quite a charming approach to negotiating with the suppliers, which cuts through the games, and is a pragmatist."
"Incredibly knowledgeable about the legal issue and the market. Really responsive and organised. Understands the business drivers and issues, and gives pragmatic and helpful advice."
"Scott is incredibly knowledgeable, a great communicator, fun to work with, and brings so much value through sharing his strategic insights and market knowledge, as well as his legal expertise."
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