With a ‘highly responsive’ approach and ’deep expertise in AI’, Bristows LLP consistently represents major companies and start-ups in acquiring IP rights for new AI-based inventions, with the ‘truly excellent’ team co-head Vik Khurana being an experienced commercial technology expert. Chris Holder also co-leads, being a specialist IT outsourcing lawyer, Mark Watts heads the firm’s data protection group, while Anna Cook concentrates on litigation surrounding software licensing. Claire Smith primarily focuses on the life sciences sphere, and both Charlie Hawes and Anneke Pol are also highlighted as key members of the practice.
Testimonials
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‘Highly responsive, with deep expertise in AI and the multiple complex product areas that intersect in counselling AI products.’
‘Vik Khurana is truly excellent - with deep expertise and high levels of commercial awareness. His advice is carefully tailored to individual client's needs, and he shows deep understanding of a range of complex areas of law.’
Key clients
- DeepMind
- OpenAI
- Twitter/X
- Warner Bros Discovery
- Meta
Work highlights
- Advising Google DeepMind, a world-renowned AI company and part of the Alphabet group, on activities related to several AI models designed to accelerate scientific research.
- Assist Google on EU and UK data protection compliance in relating to its development of Generative AI technologies, including Bard/Gemini and Duet AI.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Chris Holder, Vik Khurana