Experience

- A leading financial institution with federal bank supervisory expectations concerning artificial intelligence and data governance.
- A major international bank in a comprehensive AI risk assessment for their artificial intelligence programs.
- A global fraud prevention platform in developing a comprehensive artificial intelligence ethics and governance framework, including relevant policies and procedures, governing committees, trainings, board briefings, and AI tabletop exercises.
- A major professional sports league with respect to legal implications of potential uses of facial recognition and other biometric technologies.
- A major FinTech company on a broad range of artificial intelligence and data privacy issues concerning their use of machine learning and big data technologies, including related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and the DFS cybersecurity regulation.
- COSIS, Tuvalu, and the World Health Organization in advisory proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning States’ obligations in respect of climate change.
- The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association in submitting a public comment letter concerning the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking on consumer access to financial records.
- A leading private equity firm concerning reputational, regulatory, operational, and governance risks related to artificial intelligence.
- Multiple clients in providing comments to draft state and federal legislation concerning artificial intelligence.
- A global media company on intellectual property issues related to the license of archival media content for AI training and development.
- A global online advertising platform in a federal regulatory inquiry concerning the use of machine learning algorithms.

We are currently representing over 60 clients in AI-related matters, including several companies in each of the following industries: financial services, insurance, private equity, technology, healthcare, consumer goods, and media.Our Artificial Intelligence Group is led by a core team of lawyers who are primarily focused on AI issues, but also includes lawyers who specialize in privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, litigation, and regulatory compliance. This cross-departmental team works together seamlessly to help clients safely adopt high-value AI applications, mitigate potential legal and reputational risks, respond to regulatory inquiries, and defend AI-related claims.The AI team is led by Avi Gesser who has been working on AI-legal issues for over 10 years, and in 2022, was named an “AI Visionary” by Relativity, a leading software developer, in its first annual list featuring leaders in AI.Our thought leadership on AI issues can be found on the Debevoise Data Blog, which has over 80 articles and webcasts on AI governance and compliance – topics we have writing about extensively since early 2020.We offer proactive, holistic counsel on:Corporate Governance Establishing AI Governance Committee and AI Centers of Excellence, including committee charters, roles and responsibilities, risk rating criteria, mitigation options.Board/Executive Briefings and AI Training, including fiduciary duties, oversight obligations, and regulatory compliance.Drafting Policies on Generative AI, including the criteria for testing, evaluating and approving new AI tools and use cases.Risk Assessments, Regulatory, and ComplianceAI Risk Assessments and Model TestingAI Regulation TrackingRegulator EngagementRegulatory Enforcement and ExaminationsIntellectual Property and Contractual Risk Assessments and ProtectionsMock AI Events, Tabletop Exercises, and AI Incident ResponsePreparationsAI-Related LitigationCorporate and TransactionalM&A AI Due DiligenceAI Licenses and IP AdvisingVendor Diligence and Contractual Term Drafting and Negotiation