Led by the experienced trio of Laura Houston, Will Manley and Jordan Ellison, the team at Slaughter and May advises on regulatory, contentious and transactional AI mandates. Houston focuses on the EU AI Act’s application, while Manley and Ellison handle competition investigations related to AI model training and data use. The practice also supports on copyright disputes, infrastructure for model training and transactional matters, with work centred on regulatory exposure, competition law and data use.
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- Jordan Ellison is absolutely top-notch. He is our go-to for everything from product counseling questions to company-critical investigations and transactions. Very responsive, excellent legal skills, and even better judgment working with us to understand risk and find practical solutions. Jess Staples is another key team member with strong analytical skills, a joy to work with, and extremely dependable to organize and execute.
- Jordan Ellison, Caio Rocha, and Will Manley are consistently impressive both at an individual level and in managing a broader team that provides consistently high-quality work product.
- The team gets right into the technical details, which are invaluable when dealing with the intersection of novel law and novel technologies. They coordinate well to handle a high volume of client requests while maintaining quality.
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Laura Houston; Will Manley; Jordan Ellison