Smart suppliers series: exploring tech transactions

Join our Digital Business team in a series of roundtable discussions on issues affecting technology suppliers.

09 July 2025

Event

Join us in this series of roundtables for suppliers of technology and related services to explore complex issues affecting their commercial relationships. Our objective is to create a forum for peers from the forefront of their industries to come together to share and address challenges, under Chatham House rules.

In each session, we engage subject-matter experts to enrich the discussions and rotate the role of 'chair' among attendees who are interested, giving everyone an opportunity to lead the dialogue.

Past sessions

2 October 2025: Geographical differences in transactions

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Topics:

  • Cultural dynamics in technology contracting in Singapore, Italy, Benelux, Germany, UAE and the UK
  • The challenging parts of local regulations / IP / DP / liability that impact on technology transactions in these territories

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9 July 2025: Data Privacy and AI deployment

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Topics:

  • The data privacy challenges in the use of personal data in AI.
  • What we have learned about using legitimate interests as a legal basis for the use of AI.
  • Current regulator guidance.
  • The current enforcement environment, in UK and the EU.

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30 January 2025: Delivering AI solutions

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Topics:

  • How does use or provision of AI in delivery raise different legal issues
  • Practical contractual differences
  • AI project/service delivery issues and their impact on disputes

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3 December 2024: Handling customer flow-down requests

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Topics:

  • NIS/NIS2
  • EU AI Act / UK AI obligations
  • DORA
  • EU Data Act
  • Data Privacy
  • Accessibility Act

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