Globally, sustained business excellence increasingly requires successful management of technology. Whether you’re developing, protecting, acquiring, licensing or defending your technology assets, or outsourcing your IT operations we can help your business harness its full competitive potential.

The lawyers in our Technology practice are deeply proficient in both technology matters and the law of technology. Our mission is to help you maximize profits from the innovations developed by you and your business partners. We provide a complete range of legal services that help you acquire, protect and commercialize technology, including:

• Assisting technology-driven companies in establishing their rights and commercializing their innovations.
• Helping businesses take maximum advantage of outsourcing, licensing and other technology transactions designed to control costs, boost efficiency and enhance profits.
• Advising companies involved in mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, joint ventures and other deals and supporting diligence investigations and other critical initial technology asset evaluations.

We represent a broad spectrum of companies – from global giants to tightly focused high-tech firms – who compete in a wide sweep of industries. This kind of experience is invaluable to our clients. We can quickly grasp their business imperatives and have an immediate impact – a critical asset in today’s rapidly changing, hyper-competitive environment.

Many of our clients have wide-ranging operations, with complex technology issues that cross international borders. With leading lawyers on five continents, decades of cross-border experience, one of the world’s most respected intellectual property departments, and extensive expertise in transactions and litigation, White & Case is equipped to help you protect and maximize the returns from your technology investments – wherever they may be.

When You Move From R&D to the Market
Creating a breakthrough invention is hard; successfully commercializing it poses a whole new set of business and legal challenges. That’s why many pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, electronic, software, semiconductor and other technology-driven firms rely on us to help them quickly and effectively bring promising new technologies to market.

When Technology Is Crucial to Your Deals
We are leaders in the transactional end of IP practice, frequently asked by clients to negotiate, craft and analyze the software, licensing, joint venture and other agreements that are an increasingly important factor in mergers, acquisitions, alliances and day-to-day operations.

When You Improve Business Operations and Information Technology
Businesses around the globe are increasingly outsourcing business processes and IT operations and relying on technology to make their remaining processes more efficient. We help companies make the best decisions in these areas. We represent clients on outsourcing transactions and provide advice on how to derive the most value from technical consultants.

When Your Business Competes in the “New Economy”
Companies in practically all industries continue to migrate classic “brick and mortar” operations to online ventures. Many of these companies have turned to us for advice. We are at the forefront of so-called New Economy law, experienced in handling matters on the cutting edge of IP/IT work.

When Cross-Border Data Flow and Privacy Is an Issue
In an economy where the most valuable asset of many companies is information, collecting and mining customers’ information presents great opportunities – and great legal risks. Our knowledgable technology practitioners help you handle the many privacy-related issues that confront you, including privacy policies, privacy statements for Web sites, the right to monitor employee electronic communications, direct marketing, anti-spam legislation and procedures that may be helpful in avoiding privacy-related litigation.

When Your Lawyers Must Know Your Business
Our lawyers bring a unique, client-side perspective to their work. That’s because many of our attorneys came from significant in-house positions, giving them an acute understanding of the issues you face. This understanding is further reinforced by our secondment program, which embeds our lawyers with companies who request day-to-day legal assistance.

How to Keep Up With Changes in Privacy Laws
To help companies stay on top of developments in the rapidly changing field of privacy and data protection law, White & Case provides an annual survey that examines the regulatory landscape in dozens of commercially prominent nations. We also co-sponsor an annual symposium that brings together leaders in the privacy field for a lively, multi-continent discussion of key issues and ideas.