I am head of our Business Immigration team and a partner in the UK, a member of Bird & Bird's International HR Services Group and a native speaker, reader and writer of Japanese. From 1 October 2026, ...

I am a strategic advisor and litigator for life science and digital media companies – stepping in at the crossroads of IP and sector regulation. On 31 July 2026, the Munich District Court (Landgericht ...

The UK Government has published its long-awaited Defence Investment Plan (DIP), ending months of anticipation across government, industry and the defence community. Backed by £298 billion of defence ...

I am a Principal Regulatory Counsel in our Regulatory & Public Affairs practice in the Netherlands and Brussels. I have a focus on tech and comms and digital markets regulation, drawing on in-depth ...

AI-generated content is now part of everyday commercial communication, across advertising, media, design and entertainment. Article 50 EU AI Act is the transparency layer that sets out when the use of ...

As Senior Counsel in our Technology & Communications Sector Group at Bird & Bird, I provide pragmatic, solution-driven advice across data and information technology law. I am a recognised AI law ...

Cross-Border Lending into the EU: January 2027 Deadline for Credit Institutions Third-country credit institutions lending to EU borrowers face significant structural changes with the branch ...

The deadline for Member States to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive (PTD) into their domestic legal systems expires on 7 June 2026. However, it seems that Slovakia and Italy (and partially ...

Counsel for intellectual property, media and technology regulation, with a key focus on AI, games, music and advertising. Three recent German court decisions address a question at the heart of the ...

On 31 March 2026, the Information Commissioner's Office (“ICO”) published a coordinated package of materials on solely automated decision-making (“ADM”), with a focus on recruitment uses. The ICO’s ...

I am a Legal Director in Bird & Bird's dispute resolution group in London, specialising in disputes with public authorities, public procurement challenges, and contentious antitrust and public policy ...

As the knowledge lawyer in our Tech Transactions team, I play a key role in keeping both clients and colleagues at the forefront of tech-related legal and market developments. Today, on 28 April 2026, ...