AI-savvy lawyers
With Generative AI (GenAI) creating many opportunities to enhance and streamline company working practices, there is pressure on many business and function leaders to integrate GenAI into their business. While the possibilities seem vast across all sectors, our clients want to know how to both practically deploy new technologies and use them safely in a business environment.
Over the past year, major companies covering various industries, including energy and utilities as well as financial services, have actively sought guidance from Addleshaw Goddard on key questions such as:
- What are the intellectual property challenges?
- What liabilities does GenAI open up?
- What are the data privacy implications?
We field a combined team of Technology, IP, Data Privacy, Commercial, Reputation Management and Dispute Resolution lawyers, plus a specialist team of technology innovation experts, that together help organisations harness GenAI in two fundamental ways:
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your AI needs and questions with one of our experienced lawyers. You can rely on our team for practical advice on how to harness the power of GenAI, including keeping you up to date on changing regulations in order to help you safely deploy new products and practices to serve your business. More immediately, you can download two free legal guides at the bottom of this page that shine a light on some myths, risks and mitigation when it comes to using GenAI within in-house legal functions and business.
Recent activity and examples of work
National Utility Client
We supported our client on it's adoption of Microsoft's Copilot GenAI product. The support involved reviewing the new Copilot supplemental terms against the client's existing Microsoft terms and creating a risk report setting out issues and mitigations for using the product.
Professional Service Firm
We drafted a new AI development agreement for our client to engage an AI developer to generate a bespoke AI tool for intellectual property governance.
German Advertising Agency
Advising a leading advertising agency on issues arising from the use of GenAI in producing customer materials.
Elevate Programme
This year we supported 15 high-growth tech businesses selected for the 2023 AG Elevate mentoring scheme, with over a quarter of this year's participants focusing on AI, along with a strong presence of Health tech, comprising the largest AG Elevate cohort to date, featuring a mix of companies from Europe, all participating in the 10-month program aimed at guiding tech businesses across various sectors.
Find out moreLarge Insurance Provider
We supported on analysis to achieve regulatory compliance with privacy laws, provided privacy notice and negotiated contractual arrangements.
Financial Services Business
We advised in relation to privacy impact assessment for use of AI tools.
Global Technology Business
We supported on establishing lawful basis for use of AI in the context of monitoring.
AGPT
Built and launch an AG hosted AI Tool (AGPT) to enable our lawyers to access large language models within our firm environment.
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GenAI legal guides
If you're interested in harnessing GenAI in your business, we have two guides for you: a legal guide on some of the risks of using GenAI and steps to mitigate these and a handy myths and definitions guide for legal counsel.
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