Adam Pickavant

He works with clients in the public, financial and retail sectors, acting as delivery lead in large-scale technology transformation projects.

In the public sector Adam acts for major police forces, central Government departments, non-departmental public bodies and local authorities in major IT procurements. In the financial sector he supports large banks, building societies, challenger banks and Fintechs in European Banking Authority remediation projects, as well as structuring and negotiating agreements for emerging technologies in the Open Banking space. In the retail sector he supports leading providers in large IT transformation projects, and is a regular contributor in TLT’s high profile corporate deals for retail clients.

His technical expertise, client management and negotiation skills means that Adam is a strong team player who consistently delivers: leading on complex, multi-party, and time-sensitive procurements to glowing feedback from some of TLT’s largest public sector clients. 

Jurisdiction: England & Wales 

• Delivery lead for a major public body on the procurement of a replacement solution for its core database, supporting a critical element in the operation of the client’s function as information repository.
• Senior lawyer for a regulated international transport provider on the framework for the procurement of hardware and software relating to its future security requirements at all of their major UK locations.
• Secondee as in-house counsel to a financial services plc, acting as delivery lead for its business-as-usual technology and commercial procurements.
• Secondee as lead counsel to an international travel experience company, acting as delivery lead and supervisor to the client’s in-house legal teams for its business-as-usual technology and commercial procurements.
• Senior lawyer and escalation point for European Banking Authority remediation projects for multiple financial service providers.
• Due diligence team lead for multiple corporate acquisitions, including acting for boohoo on two high value, time critical transactions to acquire a number of the Arcadia brands (Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Wallis) and the Debenhams brands from administrators, providing extensive input on the transferring technology licenses and infrastructure relating to customer management, logistics and e-commerce.