Sidley Austin LLP

Partner

CLIVE GRINGRAS is an international disputes and transactional technology and AI lawyer working with Global 100 companies. Clive is trusted by these companies on high-stakes matters ranging from first‑of‑a‑kind litigation to billion-dollar technology-rich cross-border transactions to first-impression AI disputes. He is particularly experienced representing very large tech companies in regulatory investigations and litigation. He is also a leading advisor for cybersecurity, data security and related investigations and litigation.

Clive received Microsoft’s Law Firm Leader Award. With over 25 years of practicing experience, he is also a well-respected commentator. His book, Gringras: The Laws of the Internet, now in its sixth edition, is the only UK judicially acclaimed text on the subject. Clive co-wrote the bestselling computer game Elite for the ARM-based computer the Archimedes. Clive has been called to give evidence to four UK parliamentary inquiries on spam, information security, AI, and regulation of the internet. He is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Sheffield and has held appointments as a Visiting Professor at the University of Law and as a Visiting Associate at Oxford University’s Internet Institute.