We empower clients to navigate AI’s transformative potential with confidence and legal certainty. As trusted advisors on adoption, compliance, and commercialisation, our pragmatic advice balances legal risk with innovation, and delivering practical, commercially focused outcomes across sectors within artificial intelligence law.

Our integrated team of legal professionals provides end-to-end support across the AI lifecycle, helping businesses harness innovation while managing risk.

We offer specialist advice on AI regulation and data protection, assist with contractual frameworks, and deliver expert guidance on intellectual property and related rights. We also regularly advise on AI governance structures and the employment law implications of deploying AI systems, supported by our team of AI lawyers.

With extensive experience in this rapidly evolving area, we deliver practical, forward-thinking solutions that enable organisations to innovate responsibly and thrive in a digital-first world.

Birketts is committed to being your trusted legal partner at every stage of your AI journey.

Recent work highlights

Negotiating AI-integrated services contracts for a leading UK insurance business

Supporting a UK insurance business to negotiate a five year services contract with extensive AI provisions, dealing with the use of AI at launch and including balanced governance provisions allowing the parties to introduce more AI systems into service delivery as the technology and use cases evolve.

Legal review for AI training data compliance

Reviewed multiple client-provided documents and prepared a detailed report assessing whether listed content could be lawfully used to train the client’s proprietary AI tool. Analysis included consideration of contractual restrictions, such as clauses prohibiting use of content for AI development or machine learning purposes.

Advising on EU AI Act compliance for private markets platform

Provided detailed guidance to a leading AI-driven platform in the private markets sector on the applicability of the EU AI Act. Our advice covered whether the system qualified as a “General Purpose AI”, assessed risk classification (prohibited, high-risk, limited-risk), and outlined potential contractual considerations and compliance obligations.