Gowling WLG‘s technology group is led out of Vancouver by corporate specialist Aimee Halfyard. The group combines the firm’s strength in corporate transactions, data protection and privacy to assist with both contentious and non-contentious matters. It has helped clients with commercial arrangements, negotiating technology agreements, technology M&As, outsourcing and fintech issues. Wendy Wagner sits in Ottawa and is a data protection and cybersecurity specialist, she assists clients with data processing agreements, privacy impact assessments and AI-related issues. Over in Montréal, Marc Tremblay handles M&As for information technology and manufacturing sectors, while Antoine Guilmain is the go-to for data protection issues.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The Gowling technology team, and particularly in privacy/cybersecurity, is among the strongest in terms of depth, notably thanks to the expertise contributed by certain partners (including Antoine Guilmain). They publish extensively on the subject, deliver conferences within the industry and to clients, and stand out for their depth of knowledge. They represent, among other, the largest global technology companies.’
- ‘I collaborate with Antoine Guilmain and refer to him including when dealing with particularly complex cases. He manages these cases with unmatched thoroughness. He is an essential reference in the field.’
Key clients
- Meta Platforms Amazon Web Services Audensiel Talan
Work highlights
Advised Meta on Reality Labs as its in-house product counsel.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Aimee Halfyard
Other key lawyers
Antoine Guilmain; Wendy Wagner; Marc Tremblay; Parna Sabet-Stephenson