DLA Piper

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world.

Our experienced lawyers work with many of the world's leading technology companies, offering advice throughout a broad range of areas - from corporate transactions to IP protection, patent law and litigation, and including regulatory, compliance, employment and contracting issues. 

Our Manchester team offers the breadth and depth of legal support required in today’s highly competitive global marketplace. We are proud to work with some of the North West’s top businesses, many of which we have built longstanding relationships with over the years to achieve trusted advisor status. From startups to fast growing and mid-market businesses to mature global enterprises, our clients are companies that develop or create technology, are enabled by technology, or whose business model is fundamentally based on technology.

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Legal and commercial challenges for technology organisations

Technological developments are impacting our personal and professional lives. Our TechLaw podcast series provides invaluable insight from the world of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Privacy, fintech, Internet of Things and Robotics. DLA Piper partners and industry experts forecast future trends, discuss new policies and regulation, and explore contacts and legal challenges brought on by new technological advancements.

Technology’s Legal Edge is our blog about legal developments affecting the technology sector. We offer timely perspectives on cutting-edge legal issues in emerging technologies such as AI, blockchain, digital assets and fintech. We also cover legal issues that affect the tech sector more broadly, among them antitrust and regulation. Whether you are an entrepreneur launching a startup, an investor looking to add a technology or data-centric company to your portfolio, or a technologist or lawyer in a global tech company, come to Technology’s Legal Edge for timely insights from our Tech sector on the breaking legal developments that affect your business strategies.

High Growth Startup Pack 2.0

Our free Startup Pack provides assistance and support to early stage startups and high growth enterprises who are looking to establish their business on a more formal basis in England & Wales and Ireland. Creating the right legal framework and ensuring that the business is protected at the outset is vital for a start-up to achieve its full potential. The Startup Pack is suitable for companies looking to raise external capital for the first time.

We have drawn from our significant experience in advising companies at all stages in the corporate life cycle to assist start-up companies in understanding some of the key legal issues that are likely to be relevant to them at this stage of their development.

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