Innovative technologies offer unparalleled opportunities but also bring complex and rapidly evolving legal risks.
Our award-winning Emerging Technology Group deploys experts spanning the key digital fields to help organisations navigate the laws and regulations governing the most progressive technologies.
Evolving from our Digital Law Group, our network brings together over 400 tech-savvy advisers worldwide to deliver the commercially-focused legal guidance you need to grasp the opportunities of advanced digital platforms.
We blend deep technological knowledge with market-leading legal insight to support every aspect of starting, growing and evolving your business, including:
- Developing, procuring and operating products and applications
- Partnerships, collaborations and international expansion
- Compliance, investigations and enforcement
- Investments, M&A and public listings
- Capital raising, fund formation and financing structures
- Disputes, arbitrations and class actions
We also engage with industry groups and policymakers on key issues and maintain strong relationships with regulators and governments globally, helping businesses anticipate and influence evolving public policy and navigate the demanding issues where law and politics meet.
Grounded in the sector's entrepreneurial culture, the Emerging Technology Group's range of legal disciplines means we provide a total-service solution to the risks facing your business, whether you are a high-growth start-up or bluechip company buying, creating or deploying the latest digital tools.
With lawyers leading their fields across every major region, we are trusted advisers to many of the world's leading organisations, funds and investors across all sectors, including dedicated teams for Technology, Media & Telecommunications; Financial Services & Fintech; Consumer; Life Sciences; and Energy.
And, as part of Herbert Smith Freehills' pioneering Digital Legal Delivery group – which brings cutting-edge support backed by the latest in analytics, digital tools and technologists – clients can have confidence that our team is as committed to using next-generation solutions to enhance our services as the industries we serve.
