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Cybersecurity | Digital Services | AI

The rapid propagation of technologies governed by artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrating into social, personal and professional life through multiple facets – increasing the need for compliance with constantly evolving regulations.

Our team of lawyers has the adequate experience and continues to update their knowledge in the field of new technologies’ law. We acquired the necessary skills for providing the legal assistance and representation in operations regarding:
  • Initial and continuous compliance with applicable law;
  • Contracts and transactions concerning AI technologies and associated assets;
  • Consultancy on policies for the use of AI;
  • Data management, privacy and cybersecurity;
  • Litigation regarding intellectual property rights, collective actions and commercial aspects regarding the exploitation of new technologies;
  • Financing, establishment, M&A, joint ventures and other commercial transactions targeting or incorporating new technologies;
  • Intellectual property strategies, including patenting or licensing of AI technologies, as well as copyright and trade secret issues;
  • Legal advice on ethical and transparency issues of products, services or systems with an integrated AI component;
  • Advising on applicable regulations related to the implementation of AI tools, including labor relations, consumer relations and other automated services.
Our clients, who use or invest in AI across multiple technology industries include, but are not limited to, technologies such as:
  • Chatbot;
  • Autonomous vehicles
  • Large-scale data analytics platforms
  • Cloud storage
  • Electronics (hardware / software)
  • Digitized services (EdTech, MedTech, FinTech, GreenTech, LegalTech)
  • Drones
  • Ecommerce
  • Information technology
  • Virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR)
  • Social media
  • Telecommunications.

Cybersecurity is gaining increasing importance as more and more activities of the economy are digitised. Cyber vulnerabilities expose businesses to significant administrative and financial threats.

We assist clients for both, preventing such incidents and managing them when materialize. Our legal advice includes assistance for incident reporting, external communication and internal investigation, including in the context of employment relations.

Our legal assistance may consist of:
  • Structuring cybersecurity projects to ensure compliance with national and European rules (including legal, operational design and coordination with technical experts);
  • Documentation and reporting of penetration tests;
  • Negotiating contracts with cyber security component (audit, risk assessment and prevention etc.) concluded with IT, network providers or hardware and software components;
  • Pre-litigation consultancy and representation in disputes resulting from security incidents (including internal threats and employee errors);
  • Cybersecurity due diligence in the context of M&A;
  • Drafting and / or reviewing personal data management policies.

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