Susan McKiernan

Susan is an experienced IT contracts lawyer with a particular knowledge of how technology is applied in the financial services sector. Her main focus is advising financial institutions on the contracts for their strategic IT projects and she supports her clients in implementing innovative digital and technology solutions whilst managing legal and regulatory risk. Susan has been actively involved in developing industry-wide solutions to electronic data exchange issues. She worked on both the Origo Legal Framework and the TISA Exchange contract club, which was established to facilitate the electronic re-registration of assets and portfolios between platforms. Susan has considerable wealth platforms experience, having advised several UK life companies on the procurement of their wrap and corporate platforms and outsourcing of related services. In addition, Susan has extensive experience of drafting and negotiating both customer and supplier IT services contracts, including for development