IT and Tech Contracts & regulations

At Berngaard, our lawyers have experience across the entire life cycle of technology projects. We assist clients in planning and carrying out IT procurements, developing and tailoring IT contracts to their specific needs, and ensuring that solutions are legally sound and regulatory compliant.

Our experience spans classic ICT agreements and complex cooperation projects, including extensive experience with the Norwegian State's Standard Agreements for IT Procurement (SSA agreements). We also have specialist expertise where IT contracts intersect with public procurement rules – an area that raises distinct legal challenges for both public and private sector clients.

Several of our lawyers have backgrounds as contract advisors in major IT companies and as procurement managers of IT solutions in the public sector – giving us a practical understanding of how technology projects are structured, negotiated and delivered from both sides of the table.

We combine this industry insight with solid experience in contract drafting, negotiations, regulatory processes and dispute resolution. We have followed the development from traditional operations agreements to today's complex ecosystems of cloud services, agile development processes, data-driven business models and artificial intelligence.

We assist with:

• Drafting and quality assurance of IT contracts, templates and contract documentation

• SSA agreements and public procurement processes

• Ongoing advice and follow-up in complex development projects

• Negotiations and contract conclusion

• Cloud service agreements and data processing arrangements

• Guidelines and frameworks for the use of artificial intelligence

• Handling of changes, delays and conflicts during project implementation

• IT contracts at the intersection of data protection, information security and cyber security

• Copyright and intellectual property rights in technology contexts