Technology · Artificial intelligence
Technology Law
Software and cloud service agreements, digital services, and compliance with Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on artificial intelligence.
Overview
Legal support at every step, from technological innovation to its commercial exploitation.
Artificial intelligence is already transforming the way businesses develop products, provide services and organize their day-to-day operations. With Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on artificial intelligence (AI Act) shaping a new framework of liability and compliance, the need for specialist legal support no longer concerns only the companies that develop technology, but every business that procures, integrates or uses it.
Our Technology Law practice covers the whole life cycle of technology — from its development and procurement to software and the cloud, licensing, the protection and exploitation of intellectual property, strategic partnerships and its commercial exploitation. Within the same framework, we support the development, procurement and use of AI solutions, combining regulatory compliance requirements with the contractual and commercial dimension of technology.
We support both technology companies and businesses for which technology is a critical part of their operations and growth. We understand the technology, the product and the business model behind them, so that our legal advice responds not only to regulatory requirements, but also to the real commercial and operational needs of our clients.
Our expertise
- Artificial intelligence and emerging technologies: governance and compliance with the AI Act for the development, procurement and use of artificial intelligence systems and tools across the whole range of business activities, AI governance and management of the liability and regulatory risk that arises.
- Technology and commercial agreements: drafting and negotiating agreements for the development, procurement and licensing of software, for the provision of software and infrastructure through the cloud, for outsourcing activities to external partners and for the integration of technology systems.
- Digital products, platforms and regulation: legal design of digital products and services, terms of use for applications and online platforms, contractual organization of their placement on the market and assessment of the regulatory requirements that apply to them, in cooperation with the Advertising Law and Data Protection teams where the platform involves advertising or personal data.
- Procurement of technology solutions: legal assessment of the tools and technologies the business uses and of the terms on which they are provided, with an emphasis on risk allocation, service levels and business continuity, as well as a proposal for a new internal structure for managing them.
- Intellectual property and technology assets: ownership, protection, licensing and commercial exploitation of software and technology, and review of third-party licence terms (e.g. open source) that may put ownership at risk, in cooperation with the Intellectual Property team.
- Agreements with customers, suppliers and strategic partners: standard-form agreements with customers and negotiation of agreements with partners and strategic partners, aligned with the client's business model.