Christopher Ferguson > Fasken > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile
Fasken Offices
333 BAY STREET, SUITE 2400
BY ADELAIDE CENTRE, BOX 20
TORONTO, ONTARIO M5H 2T6
Canada
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Christopher Ferguson
Position
Partner
Career
Christopher Ferguson’s practice is focused on technology, privacy, and cybersecurity matters.
Chris regularly advises on mission critical technology issues and technology transactions, including negotiating and drafting technology services, cloud, data and AI, and outsourcing agreements. Chris advises on privacy compliance and risk management, the privacy and cybersecurity implications of novel products and services, and on the privacy and cybersecurity dimensions of technology and M&A transactions, including on legal and regulatory developments in those fields and on practical compliance solutions tailored to new technologies and evolving laws. Chris’ privacy practice includes advising on health privacy and public sector privacy matters.
Chris has advised on and negotiated key strategic partnerships, services and cloud agreements for essential systems, and mission critical outsourcing arrangements and privacy, data protection, Canadian anti-spam legislation (CASL), and communications law matters. In addition, Chris has advised on legal advocacy before regulators and policy makers, including representation on matters relating to intellectual property, CASL, and communications law, and dealings with regulators, administrative boards, public servants, and ministerial staff. Chris has participated in proceedings before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the Copyright Board of Canada, and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > AI
The AI practice at Fasken pairs the bench strength of 7 national offices and the experience of its team to advise startups and household name tech multinationals across such sectors as insurance, mining, aerospace and pharmaceuticals. The group brings strength to assisting with copyright and privacy issues related to datasets and AI outputs and legislation governing the development and use of AI systems. In addition, the team guides AI corporates throughout the entire life cycle of their businesses, from company formation and product development to M&A and going public transactions. The practice is headed by Ariel Laver in Vancouver, who brings expertise to assisting startups with financing transactions, and tech privacy compliance and risk management expert Christopher Ferguson and Andrew Alleyne, who specializes in the tech elements of M&A transactions, in Toronto.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia
- Indigenous law
- Labour and employment
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency
- International expertise
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Technology
- Telecoms
Firm Rankings
- AI
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Infrastructure projects
- Insurance
- International trade
- Transport > Other transport
- Pensions
- Public procurement
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Capital markets
- Dispute resolution: Alberta
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Environment
- Intellectual property
- International expertise
- Media and entertainment
- Energy and natural resources > Power
- Real estate
- Tax
- Cannabis
- Construction
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas