Norton Rose Fulbright harnesses deep bench strength and global reach (over 50 locations worldwide and offices in Calgary, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Quebec City) to advise financial institutions and domestic and multinational corporations across such sectors as healthcare, tech, retail and real estate on a wide array of matters related to the implementation of AI, including AI aspects of multi-jurisdictional transactions, governance, regulatory compliance, third-party AI procurement and IP rights. The team is headed by Imran Ahmad, who works in the Toronto and Montreal offices, and who brings expertise to advising on AI and privacy law issues, with a focus on governance and cross-border transfers. Other key figures include IP AI specialists Maya Medeiros in Vancouver and Brian Chau in Toronto; Kristopher Miks in Vancouver and Toronto, who advises on AI due diligence and AI transactional risk; and Domenic Presta in Toronto, who joined the firm from Miller Thomson in May 2024.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘AI is moving extremely quickly throughout various business lines at many companies, so understanding the legal risks is essential. Norton Rose provides cutting edge advice in this complex and fast-moving area to help clients stay ahead of the curve as much as possible.’

  • ‘Working with private practice lawyers that have both cutting edge firm expertise plus in-house experience is invaluable to clients as the advice provided is not purely legal but also practical to the business needs of clients. Dominic Presta has worked at a large financial institution in addition to his many years of firm practice. This allows him to fully understand the inner working of banks, their culture and the needs of in-house banking lawyers seeking his advice in AI and other technology law issues.’

  • ‘I have worked with Domenic Presta, who recently joined the group, over many years. Domenic has an extensive amount of knowledge and experience in technology law at both Bay Street law firms and in-house legal departments. He provides very practical legal advice that is on-point. I think this group, including Domenic, is very innovative in terms of their service delivery and knowledge of emerging areas such as AI.’

  • ‘I have worked with Domenic Presta very closely. While his substantive knowledge in technology law, including AI, is very extensive, his professionalism and practical legal advice is his standout strength. Domenic is very approachable and easy to work with. He is willing to put in the hard work for his clients.’

Key clients

  • Solutions Beyond Technologies
  • Fluence Technologies
  • Healwell AI
  • Coveo Solutions
  • Poka

Work highlights

  • Advised Healwell AI on the filing of a short form base shelf prospectus with the securities commissions in each of the provinces of Canada valued at C$150m.
  • Advised Solutions Beyond Technologies in its acquisition by Syntax Systems.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Imran Ahmad

Other key lawyers

Maya Medeiros, Brian Chau, Kristopher Miks, Domenic Presta