Lawyers
Daniel Gallagher
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Position
Senior Associate
Career
Daniel Gallagher is a technology, outsourcing and data lawyer. He has been named a “Rising Star” for Fintech by Legal 500 2024.
Daniel is experienced structuring and negotiating complex technology transactions, including technology and business process outsourcing arrangements; cloud services such as IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS; digital transformation projects; software licensing, development and collaboration agreements; and other technology and IP-rich transactions. He has represented clients on Fintech, Insurtech and Proptech transactions.
Daniel advises clients on the development, procurement and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), as well as other emerging technologies such as robotic process automation (RPA) and distributed ledger technologies (including blockchain). As well as contracting for AI systems, he advises clients on managing risks associated with the use of AI, including through impact assessments, policies, and other governance frameworks. He is co-author of the chapter on Outsourcing in Crypto and Digital Assets Law and Regulation, and is due to be published as a contributing author in a forthcoming book on the EU AI Act.
Daniel is also experienced advising clients on the commercialisation of data, and how to comply with laws regulating the use of non-personal (industrial) data and personal data, including data licensing, processing data in complex technology arrangements, cross-border transfers, and the appropriate security and privacy measures to protect data, including in arrangements with third parties.
Daniel has been recommended by Legal 500 for Commercial Contracts in 2018 and 2019 and for Fintech in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. He has spent a year on secondment to the strategic sourcing team of a global financial institution.
Daniel has a particular interest in the intellectual property and data issues arising from emerging technologies.