We focus on technology and the Internet. We are known to be at the forefront of market developments and opportunities in the world of disruptive technology. Our team of experienced lawyers has extensive expertise advising clients involved in a wide range of domestic and cross-border technology related transactions and representing clients in disputes at all levels of courts. 

The global market is increasingly complex and competitive, with constant innovation defining and redefining the landscape. Market players are continuously adapting strategies, capabilities, and operating models to deliver innovation, improve efficiency, and implement new approaches to technology, data, processing, distribution, and monetization. We understand that you require practical, cost-effective legal advice that supports your business and guides you through challenging strategic, operational, and regulatory issues. 

We have extensive experience advising on the development and implementation of legal solutions to support innovative product, service, and monetization strategies to best serve evolving technologies and industries. We have expertise negotiating and drafting a full spectrum of complex technology related agreements, including software and application development, licensing, hosting, and maintenance agreements, master services agreements (MSAs), statements of work (SOWs), service level agreements (SLAs), cloud computing agreements (including Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and application services provider (ASP) agreements), outsourcing agreements, e-commerce agreements, artificial intelligence (AI) agreements, and all types of Internet agreements (including terms of use, click-through agreements, acceptable use policies (AUPs), and privacy policies). We work with clients involved in social media, digital media, digital marketing and advertising, data centres, and cyber security. 

We have extensive experience representing clients at all levels of courts and tribunals in technology-related litigation, including e-commerce disputes, domain name disputes, intellectual property and trade secret disputes, privacy and cybersecurity issues, Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), and online defamation and cyberbullying.

We provide regulatory compliance advice, including with respect to the impact of applicable laws and regulations on Internet agreements and the deployment of new technologies and delivery models, and digital and database marketing and advertising.

OUR SERVICES

• Domestic and international technology transactions, deal structuring and analysis

• Litigation and dispute resolution

• Technology contract drafting and negotiation

• Cloud-based technology

• Licensing, hosting, and maintenance arrangements, including SaaS and ASP

• Web and application development and hosting

• Devleopment, procurement, outsourcing, and RFPs

• Internet agreements, including terms of use, click-through agreements, acceptable use policies (AUPs), and privacy policies

• Internet law and cyber law

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning

• Crypto and blockchain

• E-commerce and digitial marketing

• Distribution, retail, and consumer markets

• Service and supply arrangements

• Strategic partnerships and joint ventures

• Technology projects

• Technology ownership, acquisitions, and transfers

• Intellectual property, brand protection, and digital rights management 

• Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements

• Fintech and Insurtech

• Regulatory compliance advice and representation