We have been committed to intelligence technology and application services, amassing considerable industry expertise under our belt. Drawing on top-notch legal service capabilities and keen business acumen, we have managed and taken part in a multitude of game-changing mandates. Our all-around, one-stop legal services cater to numerous domestic and foreign intelligence technology and application innovators, with a focus on combating complex and emerging challenges for our clients. Through our stellar work in this field, we maintain an industry-leading position.
Our services have been for many consecutive years highly regarded by the worldwide-known legal rating agency Chambers and constantly featured on its Band 1 rankings. We have also garnered strong recommendations and awards from Legal 500, China Business Law Journal, asialaw, and other acclaimed industry watchers for many a time, and the mandates that we have led or handled have been frequently recognized as the bests of the year.
Our practice in this sector covers, among others, big data, large models and artificial intelligence generated content ("AIGC"), artificial intelligence ("AI"), computing chips, cloud computing, semi-conductor, personal information and data protection, cross-border data transfer, smart IoT, industry SaaS, autonomous driving, humanoid robots, and space technology.
Scope of Services
Providing one-stop comprehensive services to intelligence technology and application clients for their investment, financing, restructuring, M&A, foreign direct investment, and domestic and overseas listings, among other issues pertaining to capital operation, services including due diligence (covering due diligence investigation and assessment relating specifically to data, algorithm, and AI business), compliance counseling, plan development, commercial negotiation, document drafting, and transaction closing, particularly catering to crucial matters such as valuation of investment and financing for AI companies, ownership determination of AI project assets, and compliance of capital operations in integration of AI across sectors under China’s “AI+” initiative
Delivering to intelligence technology and application businesses end-to-end services covering overseas listing and post-listing capital operation, notably key aspects of AI companies’ listing process, including compliance with core algorithm disclosure requirements, confirmation of rights to training data assets, compliance verification of AI business profit models, as well as compliance review and rectification of data, algorithms and AI-related businesses, in a bid to help AI companies meet the regulatory requirements of capital markets
Advising intelligence technology and application businesses on merger filings, especially formulating filing strategies for intelligent computing, large model training, and data corpus aggregation, market definition for AI products, and AI algorithm coordination, among others, assisting companies in filing for merger review, formulating antitrust compliance plans, assisting with response to antitrust investigations, and representing clients in antitrust cases, with a view to effectively fending off varied legal risks in the AI space arising from data, algorithm, and algorithmic monopoly
Providing compliance assessment, cross-border data security evaluation, algorithm filing, privacy computing architecture design, and related dispute resolution legal services for the acquisition, labeling, training, tweaking, inference, and entire lifecycle deployment of public data, training data, model parameters and embedded personal information, covering mainly key scenarios including compliance of the sources for AI big model training data, outputs of gen AI, and data and algorithm of cross-border deployment of AI modals, as well as compliance review of AI algorithm discrimination
Full-chain legal services for intellectual property protection as well as anti-unfair competition compliance and risk prevention related to open source license management, patents, trademarks, copyright (algorithm copyright registration, data property registration), and trade secrets, among others, of intelligence technology and application clients, in particular concerning crucial matters in AI+ intellectual property rights, such as patent portfolio and right protection for AI algorithms, ownership of AIGC, compliant use of AI opensource framework licenses, protection of trade secrets relating to AI modaels
Dispute resolution services for litigation, arbitration, and administrative enforcement cases involving financing, intellectual property, core algorithm personnel incentives, data competition, trade secret infringement, and model output liability for intelligence technology and application clients, with specialized expertise in handling complex disputes involving AI+, including disputes over infringement of large models and AI algorithms, AIGC content infringement, AI product liability, and non-compete involving key AI R&D personnel
Assisting Chinese startups in building business models, data compliance systems, algorithm governance frameworks, among others, that meet regulatory requirements for financing and domestic and overseas listing , most notably, offering bespoke legal solutions for AI startups in respect of business model design, compliance framework development for the implementation of AI in vertical sectors, and design of equity and other incentives for AI startups
Providing legal services covering the entire lifecycles of AI products, from R&D, testing, and launch to operation, including compliance and filing for gen AI, intelligent robots, AI computing power products, AIoT smart terminals, and other products, development of content review mechanisms, and design of user rights protection systems
Providing full-cycle legal support for AI+ integration across sectors, covering business compliance design, legal structure for cross-border cooperation, and coordinated compliance of data and algorithms in industrial AI integration in scenarios including AI+ manufacturing, AI+ finance, AI+ healthcare, AI+ education, AI+ automotive, and AI+ culture and tourism
Providing specialized legal services for enterprises’ AI-driven digital transformation, including data governance compliance in AI transformation, legal risk prevention and management for computing power procurement and cooperation, review of AI system integration and technical service contracts, and legal support for organizational and personnel adjustments in AI transformation
Providing legal services for technology cooperation, licensing, transfer, and other transactions in the AI sphere, including drafting and review of AI algorithm licensing agreements, AI model joint development contracts, AI technology transfer agreements, and design of key contractual terms concerning ownership allocation, revenue distribution, and confidentiality obligations, among others, in technology cooperation
Providing compliance legal services for the construction and operation of intelligent computing power infrastructure, including legal due diligence for computing center projects, review of computing power leasing and sharing contracts, compliance of cross-border cooperation in computing power networks, and legal risk prevention and management for the adaptation of computing power infrastructure and AI models
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