TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES
Legal infrastructure for technology companies scaling internationally — from seed to public. AI Act compliance, cross-border data frameworks, technology M&A, IP strategy, and international expansion across every jurisdiction your product operates in.
EVERY LEGAL CHALLENGE
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES FACE GLOBALLY.
EU AI Act compliance across all four risk tiers. Cross-border data transfer frameworks — GDPR, DPDP, PDPA, PIPL. Data governance architecture for multi-jurisdiction deployments.
- EU AI Act — high-risk classification and conformity assessment
- GPAI model transparency and copyright obligations
- Cross-border data transfer: SCCs, BCRs, and equivalency frameworks
- India DPDP 2025 — Significant Processing Agreement requirements
- AI-generated IP ownership across jurisdictions
Software patent strategy, trademark registration in key markets, trade secret protection, and copyright across multiple legal systems. Open source compliance on M&A. IP holding structure optimisation.
- Software patent prosecution — US, EU, India, China simultaneously
- Trademark registration in all operating jurisdictions
- Trade secret protection and employee NDA enforceability
- Open source licence compliance — acquisition due diligence
- IP holding structure — tax and operational optimisation
Legal infrastructure for cross-border technology expansion — entity structuring, employment, data localisation compliance, and regulatory licensing in each new jurisdiction. WLA co-practices every new market entry simultaneously.
- Market entry entity structuring — subsidiary vs branch vs partnership
- Employment contracts for first hires in each jurisdiction
- Data localisation compliance — India, Russia, China, Indonesia
- Regulatory licensing — fintech, healthtech, edtech by jurisdiction
- Transfer pricing for IP licensing to new subsidiaries
Technology acquisitions, ESOP restructuring on exit, founder liquidity transactions, strategic investment rounds, and public company M&A — all requiring specialist tech law across multiple jurisdictions simultaneously.
- Technology M&A due diligence — IP, data, regulatory, employment
- ESOP and equity incentive restructuring on M&A
- Founder liquidity — secondary sales, tender offers
- Strategic investor rounds — preference terms across jurisdictions
- Public company technology M&A — takeover code and securities law
Payment services regulation (EU PSD3, UK PSR, India RBI), digital asset licensing, open banking compliance, and e-money institution authorisation across multiple jurisdictions for fintech scale-ups.
- Payment institution authorisation — EU, UK, Singapore, UAE
- Digital asset licensing — MiCA (EU), MAS, FSRA, ADGM
- Open banking compliance under PSD3 and national equivalents
- Buy-now-pay-later regulation across EU and UK
- Stablecoin regulatory framework — jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction
Remote-first employment structures, contractor vs employee classification (platform work directive), stock option taxation across borders, and workforce immigration for technology companies scaling globally.
- Contractor vs employee classification — EU Platform Work Directive
- Stock option taxation — cross-border vesting and exercise
- Remote work compliance — where does the employment obligation arise?
- Tech workforce visas — coordinated with WIA immigration practice
- TUPE on technology M&A and acqui-hires
WLA CO-PRACTICES EVERY STAGE
OF TECHNOLOGY EXPANSION.
Founder agreements, ESOP setup, IP assignment, and incorporation in the right jurisdiction. Getting the structure right before investors arrive.
Investment documentation across jurisdictions, employment framework, IP protection in key markets, and first cross-border data compliance.
Market entry in 3–10 jurisdictions simultaneously — entity, employment, data, regulatory, and IP handled as one co-practice engagement.
Complex cap table management, secondary transactions, regulatory licensing, M&A as acquirer, and governance as the company professionalises for institutional investors.
Strategic sale, secondary buyout, or IPO preparation — all requiring coordinated legal support across every jurisdiction simultaneously, under one WLA co-practice team.
THE EU AI ACT IS
LIVE. IS YOUR PRODUCT COMPLIANT?
The EU AI Act is the world's first comprehensive AI regulation — and it has extraterritorial effect. Any AI system placed on the EU market, or whose output is used in the EU, falls within scope — regardless of where the developer is based. For technology companies with EU users, customers, or operations, compliance is not optional.
WLA's technology practice co-practices EU AI Act compliance alongside national AI regulation in every jurisdiction the technology company operates in — coordinated through one co-practice team, not managed piecemeal by separate firms in each territory.
- AI system risk classification — where does your product fall in the four-tier framework?
- High-risk AI conformity assessment — technical documentation, human oversight, accuracy requirements
- GPAI model obligations — transparency, copyright compliance, systemic risk assessment
- AI governance framework — internal policies, incident reporting, market surveillance
- Cross-border consistency — EU AI Act + India AI Guidelines + UK AI Safety Institute