Internet and E-Commerce

Contacts:
Shelly L. McGee, Washington, D.C.
Quentin Archer, London
Dr. Stefan Schuppert, LL.M. (Harvard), Munich
Conor Ward, London

Whether you are a startup company or a multinational corporation, complex legal, practical, and commercial issues arise from doing business online. We provide a broad range of legal services to help build and protect your online businesses, including counsel and representation on issues relating to intellectual property, business development and communications, terms of use, and website agreements. Our cross-disciplinary team of internet and e-commerce lawyers has a proven track record advising on all aspects of B2B and B2C services, including financing, site development, data security and privacy, regulatory and competition, tax matters, and commercial contracts, enabling us to develop effective solutions to challenges in the digital marketplace. We also protect your brands, reputation, content, proprietary technology, and technical infrastructure from threats such as cybersquatting, infringement, counterfeiting, and security breaches.

The group has extensive experience in acquiring, protecting, and commercializing intellectual property and limiting exposure to commercial liability. Clients ranging from startups to multinational corporations turn to us for advice on website design, domain-name registration, content and technology acquisition, web- and mobile-application development contracts, and legal notices and disclaimers. We help you stay current on technology trends reshaping e-commerce, including encryption, electronic payments, and distribution platforms such as smartphones and e-books. Lawyers with skills in enforcement guard your internet assets from infringements and unlawful conduct that may disrupt revenue streams, divert your consumers, or cause other harm to your business.