What clients say

“In the legal profession there are few people who can say they have worked on and led negotiations for exceedingly complex IT transactions that are able to work across the whole of the deal and understand it technically, financially and from a business perspective and have the title of lawyer. Gerard is one of those rare individuals from my experience at EDS who would be a valuable resource to any negotiation or sourcing team as a leader. I would not hesitate to engage him and he is a “must have” resource in the IT&T world.”

Chris Monsour – Vice President and General Counsel Asia-Pacific, Diebold Nixdorf (formerly Deputy Counsel for EDS Australia)

“Gerard is an indispensable part of Shapeable’s operations and contracting, navigating the complexity of our legal requirements, fielding new issues as they arise, and enabling us to be in a sound and compliant business position in the context of a global platform, configured per client. Shapeable is also a consultancy for social and environmental change, which involves combining the IP of multiple organisations. We also use Generative AI that remixes on-platform content with global insight so we need a clear delineation of what the customer owns and what we own. We often have to address regional data privacy locational compliance matters. There are no off-the-shelf legal services or templates to shape and deal with all those inter-connected issues. It requires the kind of deep experience that Gerard brings to Shapeable’s global engagement.”

Scott David – Founder and CEO Shapeable.ai

Gerard’s support, for an emerging company with a new service offering,has been invaluable as we developed our IP assets, implemented our cloud platform software services and developed a client services framework agreement. With his extensive experience and the ability to adapt to our needs, he provided considered and curated support appropriate to the stage of our company and the cultural sector we operate in. We now have a contracting and risk management approach that gives us confidence and the basis for effective business relationships.

Sabine Doolin – Founder QWB Lab