Practice Areas
Amir Ghavi co-chairs Paul Hastings’ Technology Transactions practice and is widely regarded as a leading authority on legal and strategic issues involving emerging technologies. His practice centers on technology and IP, with a particular focus in AI, automation and robotics, and other disruptive technologies.
Clients turn to Amir for strategic counsel on high-value technology matters, drawing on his extensive experience advising technology builders, adopters, investors, and regulators. He advises technology leaders on strategy, regulatory compliance & government affairs, intellectual property, joint ventures, strategic partnerships and M&A, product development, and data management.
Amir is a trusted advisor to a broad array of stakeholders in frontier technologies, including AI foundation model developers, sovereign funds, private equity sponsors, and multinational corporations. His AI-focused counseling spans development and deployment strategy, governance, commercialization, hardware and infrastructure, joint ventures, regulatory compliance, and cross-border investments. Notably, Amir has represented AI model developers as defendants in landmark litigations involving first-of-their-kind copyright claims against AI systems, including three of the first four cases filed, and continues to counsel clients on some of the most consequential AI disputes underway.
Amir is a recognized thought leader in promoting alignment between technology, society, and law. He lectures at Cornell Tech and the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he instructs on AI and the law, and is a frequent speaker, panelist, and media commentator on emerging technologies including AI, robotics, digital assets, and quantum computing.
