Artificial Intelligence

AI has the potential to deliver transformational change, and governance and risk management is the key to responsibly unlocking it. Goodwin’s AI governance and risk management lawyers accelerate clients’ adoption of enterprise AI technologies while addressing the risks that their customers, investors, and regulators expect to be handled. We do this by helping companies stand up “rightsized” AI governance infrastructure, identify and treat critical AI risks, and respond effectively when problems arise.

We help clients assess and navigate fast-evolving AI regulatory risks across US (federal and state), EU, and global frameworks, offering practical, cross-disciplinary guidance on AI compliance, product development, and strategic planning amid emerging rules and enforcement trends.

Our antitrust team regularly guides clients, particularly in the tech, life sciences, and private equity sectors, through high-stakes, regulatory-intensive AI transactions, from merger review and clearance to complex civil litigation and arbitration.

We partner with the innovators and investors shaping the future of AI. We guide technology companies that are AI-native or integrating AI in transformative ways through every stage of the life cycle, from launch and scale to strategic exit. Our work spans incorporations, financings, IP licensing and patent strategy, executive and employee matters, and complex M&A and M&A-adjacent transactions. With a business-minded approach and an unmatched AI network, we connect clients to capital, talent, and opportunities while delivering the insight and execution needed to achieve their most ambitious goals.

Maintaining the security of information systems is a persistent challenge for all companies, and the rapid deployment of AI tools raises the stakes by expanding a company’s “attack surface” and introducing new vulnerabilities. Goodwin’s cybersecurity experts help clients proactively identify and mitigate cybersecurity risks involving AI systems, protect traditional IT assets from AI-enabled cyberattacks, and serve as seasoned “first responders” when critical security incidents arise.

Our litigators advise clients and deal teams on identifying and mitigating AI-related litigation risks early, representing them in high-stakes IP litigation and dispute matters across courts, agencies, and arbitral forums worldwide.

Delivering a unified approach to transactions, counseling, and litigation across jurisdictions, we advise on agreements, investigations, and disputes to help clients navigate AI-related employment risks, from protecting confidential data to managing the use of AI in hiring.

Our AI patent team combines technical depth and strategic insight to help clients protect and commercialize AI-driven innovations, aligning multifaceted IP protection strategies (e.g., patent, trade secret, copyright) with business goals to ensure their technology is properly protected, and, if needed, enforceable.

Our privacy team provides strategic counseling, advice, and deal-focused diligence on building data-driven products and services that comply with US and international privacy regulations, including federal and state laws and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. 

We advise clients on AI-related technology transactions, from providing strategic business advice to drafting and negotiating agreements that govern our clients’ development, use, and commercialization of enterprise AI technologies. Our team also assists with identifying risks in AI-company investments and acquisitions, while counseling our own AI clients on how to avoid or mitigate similar issues.