Technology Sector (International & Cross-Border) | Global

The law firm is regarded as an ideal partner for companies investing in technology with wide-ranging global needs. Built around the strength of the firm's privacy and outsourcing practice across the USA, which connects up well with the firm's wider global platform, multinational corporations in the IT, digital health and numerous other sectors frequently call upon the firm's resources to coordinate global outsourcing and software programmes, with Baker McKenzie's global reach being valued for multi-jurisdictional due diligence and review processes. The law firm also regularly carries out transactional work and litigation related to the technology space.

The law firm also has notable industry focus across its global platform, and its international work involves a range of transactions, joint ventures and contentious issues within its core areas, which include pharmaceuticals, healthcare and technology. A major appeal of the law firm is its experience in acting for clients at the intersection of life sciences and tech innovation; however, the US teams in Washington, DC and New York also act for a number of major software, social media and internet companies, particularly on complex, cross-border issues related to cybersecurity and data privacy. The practice is also noted for advising foreign investors looking to buy into fast-growing US tech companies, and its experience in CFIUS matters proves beneficial for clients in these circumstances.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is an international firm with strong US foundations. Its offices across Los Angeles, Washington, DC and New York play vital coordinating roles in multi-jurisdictional proceedings, supported by strategically-located teams in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Clients also benefit from Gibson Dunn’s sharp sector focus; its practitioners are accustomed to advising tech giants and energy multinationals on complex global mandates.

Technology work is a strong theme within the firm's international work, built on a strong base in California and top-end expertise in New York. The team advises on a broad range of cross-border issues, with transactional work including venture capital investments, outsourcing and data privacy all being major areas of activity. The firm acts for telecoms and IT companies, and for app and online businesses including social media companies across those areas, with recent international work seeing the firm's US lawyers coordinate matters involving jurisdictions in South and East Asia and Western Europe, with strong collaboration between the US and France offices noted.

Hogan Lovells is an internationally oriented law firm which combines a well-established presence in the USA and an impressive network of offices in other key jurisdictions throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa. The law firm's US presence remains an important contributor to its worldwide success and provides a strong transatlantic platform through frequent collaboration with the firm’s London office. Washington, DC serves as a key location for the law firm's international trade and arbitration practice, while the firm's US-based lawyers also play a significant role in coordinating cross-border advice on regulated industries and M&A transactions.

The law firm offers all the major components to provide a comprehensive service for the sector, with strong practices in privacy and data security, IP and mid-market M&A. Its broad remit in the area includes fast-developing segments of the technology markets such as fintech, as well as serving large companies in the online business and social media worlds.

Mayer Brown is a full-service global outfit which brings considerable transatlantic expertise to a broad spectrum of matters, particularly those relating to capital markets and financing. Mayer Brown’s Chicago office functions as a key hub in the USA for its highly rated cross-border transactional practice, while offering substantial knowledge to clients from the energy sector. The firm’s capabilities from both the UK and the USA are enhanced by a network of offices stationed in major financial centres worldwide.

The law firm's operation internationally is typically full-service; however, the firm's strong following among global financial institutions has developed a strong work stream within the firm related to financial technology, and it is commonly engaged in tech-related work typically for clients in other industries. Chiefly built around a highly rated global outsourcing practice, the law firm handles a wide range of cross-border projects, restructuring IT services for large global banks and acting on IT infrastructure projects for foreign governments and telecoms businesses. Recent work has seen US-based lawyers lead or act on matters in conjunction with colleagues in Brazil, the UK, Germany and China.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius offers its clients expertise across a broad range of practice areas from strategically situated offices in the USA, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. It is sought out to advise on cross-border M&A and financing, international arbitration and regulatory investigations work by a clientele that includes multinational corporations and private equity funds. The US offices are particularly well placed to advise on matters concerning Latin American jurisdictions.

The law firm's global profile in the technology sector revolves around its highly rated US outsourcing practice, which represents IT, financial and healthcare companies in cross-border outsourcing and business transformation projects. The law firm's teams in New York, the District of Columbia and Texas are particularly recognised for work in this area, including international issues, and all are noted for forming a strong cross-office team with the law firm's London office in cross-border work.