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Sector · AI Regulation

AI Regulation & Emerging Technology.

Practical legal support for businesses navigating the evolving regulation of artificial intelligence, automated decision-making and emerging technology compliance.

How we help

Commercial legal support for ai regulation businesses.

The regulatory landscape around AI and automated systems is shifting rapidly — from the EU AI Act to UK guidance on automated decision-making and emerging sector-specific obligations. We help businesses understand what applies to them, build compliance into their products and processes, and negotiate the contractual positions that customers, investors and regulators expect.

Start with the system and its actual use

AI risk cannot be assessed from a product label alone. The relevant questions include what the system does, whose data it uses, who relies on the output and what human review surrounds it. We help businesses document that operating context before deciding which contractual and governance measures are proportionate. This avoids treating every use of generative or automated technology as identical and gives leadership teams a clearer basis for approvals, customer explanations and supplier review.

Allocating AI risk in customer and supplier contracts

AI clauses increasingly address input rights, output use, model training, confidentiality, accuracy and responsibility for decisions. A supplier's commitment should match the product and the level of control it actually has. Equally, a customer needs enough information and contractual protection to use the service responsibly. We review these positions in the wider agreement, including data terms, intellectual property, warranties, liability and termination, rather than isolating them in an AI schedule that conflicts with the main contract.

Governance that can adapt as rules develop

A workable governance framework assigns ownership, records approved uses and creates a route for escalating higher-risk deployments. It should also accommodate changes in guidance, technology and the territories in which a business operates. We help prepare proportionate policies and review processes, while identifying when data protection, employment, sector regulation or specialist overseas advice is required. The objective is a system people can follow, not a policy that becomes obsolete as soon as it is signed.

Typical legal needs

What ai regulation businesses typically need from us.

  • Risk classification and compliance mapping for AI systems
  • Customer and supplier contracts with AI-specific terms
  • Transparency, explainability and human-in-the-loop provisions
  • Data governance and training data rights
  • Regulatory correspondence and investigation response
  • Internal AI governance policies and use frameworks
Relevant guidance

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