AI-Related Due Diligence in M&A Deals: Key Areas of Inquiry, Strategies for Uncovering and Mitigating Risks
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will explore the key areas of inquiry when conducting due diligence on a target company's use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its operations. The panel will highlight the unique challenges inherent to AI and provide guidance for uncovering and assessing risks during the due diligence phase of a deal.
Outline
- Overview: M&A market activity in the AI sector
- Key issues relating to AI-related deals
- Due diligence strategies to assess and uncover AI-related risks
- Addressing and mitigating risks discovered during due diligence
- Practitioner pointers and key takeaways
Benefits
The panel will address these and other key considerations:
- What are the unique issues that arise with AI-related transactions and how do these deals differ from general technology deals?
- What are the key legal due diligence considerations that arise out of a target's development or utilization of AI technology?
- What due diligence strategies should counsel employ to assess and uncover AI-related deal risks?
- How should issues discovered during due diligence inform the terms of the transaction documents?
Faculty
Annette E. Becker
Partner, Corporate Practice Leader and Technology Industry Group Leader
K&L Gates
Ms. Becker has over 30 years of experience practicing corporate law with an emphasis on U.S. and cross border... | Read More
Ms. Becker has over 30 years of experience practicing corporate law with an emphasis on U.S. and cross border mergers and acquisitions for emerging, middle market, and Fortune 500 companies. She advises her company clients and their boards as to corporate governance issues and general corporate matters. Ms. Becker’s transactional experience also includes joint ventures and other complex strategic relationships, securities offerings and securities compliance issues, strategic and venture capital equity investments, financing transactions, recapitalizations, and restructurings. She has developed a robust practice advising clients on the legal implications of AI technologies and has a comprehensive understanding of the rapidly evolving AI industry and its intersection with corporate governance, compliance, and regulatory issues. Ms. Becker has a proven track record of successfully advising clients in high stakes AI related M&A, joint venture, and equity investment transactions. She also provides strategic insights to her clients in developing and leveraging AI innovations while mitigating legal risks and ensuring compliance with international and domestic regulations.
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Peter A. Emmi
Partner, Technology Transactions Practice Leader
Reed Smith
Mr. Emmi is a partner and leader in the Technology Transactions practice within Reed Smith’s Global Corporate... | Read More
Mr. Emmi is a partner and leader in the Technology Transactions practice within Reed Smith’s Global Corporate Group. He has an electrical engineering and intellectual property background, and had worked in the computer science industry prior to his career in the legal services industry. Mr. Emmi has extensive experience advising corporate clients regarding tech transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, spinoffs, and complex IP transactional matters, in each case in the intellectual property, information technology, cyber security and privacy practice areas. He has provided counsel on numerous intellectual property portfolio and patent prosecution matters. Mr. Emmi also has extensive experience litigating complex IP matters, with a focus on patent litigation involving technology in the electrical engineering arts.
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Marcela Robledo
Partner
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Ms. Robledo’s practice focuses on the intellectual property, data, and technology aspects involved in a wide... | Read More
Ms. Robledo’s practice focuses on the intellectual property, data, and technology aspects involved in a wide range of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, licensing, collaboration agreements, and joint ventures. She routinely advises public and private clients from various industries on the intellectual property, privacy, and cybersecurity aspects of a wide range of corporate matters.
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