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No matter the angle from which your organization participates in the IT sector, whether it’s software, e-commerce, cloud, mobile, hardware or another IT subsector, the ever increasing pace of innovation and change can seem daunting for some and a welcome opportunity for others. At Dentons, we embrace the challenge.

Thriving, as opposed to merely surviving, in today’s highly competitive marketplace requires a strategic advisor that possesses a deep understanding of the underlying business issues driving change and opportunity in the sector. Dentons has that understanding and leverages it to deliver innovative and practical legal solutions for a wide range of clients across the IT ecosystem—from emerging growth companies to investors to multinational corporations.

Whether you are looking for cutting-edge counsel in one of our broad array of practice areas, such as corporate, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, licensing, privacy, intellectual property, tax, litigation and employment, you’ll need to look no further than our multidisciplinary team of IT lawyers.

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Experience

8080 Labs: Advising the shareholders of Frankfurt-based software startup 8080 Labs on the sale of all shares in the company to US-based technology unicorn Databricks.
Ciklum: Advising Ciklum, a global product engineering and digital services company, on its acquisition of CN Group, a Czech-based software development firm, from Genesis Capital, one of the leading private equity funds in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
Dye & Durham: Advising Canada-headquartered Dye & Durham, a provider of cloud-based software and technology solutions designed to improve efficiency and increase productivity for legal and business professionals, on its acquisition of SAI Global’s Property Division for AUS$91 million, or approximately CA$87 million, in cash.
ESI Group: Advising the global supplier of end-to-end virtual prototyping software on their acquisition of ICIDO Gesellschaft für innovative Informationssysteme GmbH from several venture capital funds and former founding shareholders.
IBS Group Holding Ltd.: Advising on the GDR (Global Depositary Receipts) program listing on the regulated market (General Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as well as in connection with the admission of up to 24,855,244 GDRs with a prospectus supplement. This was the first prospectus for a GDR program approved by BaFin and the first admission of GDRs to the regulated markets in Germany. Our teams advised in Russia, the US, the UK and Germany.
Large multinational provider of security solutions: Advising with respect to a privacy breach across multiple jurisdictions and involving multiple stakeholders. Our team assisted with determining the extent to which disclosure was required or advisable vis-à-vis various provincial privacy commissioners, employees and customers, and assisted with crafting and communicating the various disclosures in a way that minimized the breach and prevented it from becoming a significant Canadian news item.
Large North American energy company: Serving as counsel with the negotiation for the development and implementation of a new software system to replace its legacy scheduling system that is used throughout the company, and which interfaces with suppliers, customers and other internal groups in Canada and the United States. The company undertook a complex dual-track negotiation with the two short-listed software license and service providers within each of the multiple modules of the project, following vendor responses to an issued RFP for each module. The new system will allow for the automation of many functions and better collaboration, coordination and communication amongst the control centre operations group, the scheduling group and other internal groups within the organization.
Nortel Networks Inc: Serving as Canadian counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries in the cross-border CCAA/Chapter 11 proceedings.
OMV/Petrom: Advising on a major IT outsourcing contract under which IBM took over all of Petrom’s data processing. The outsourcing contract was one among the four concluded between OMV Petrom and IBM and a first of its kind to be concluded in Romania. As a result of the multifaceted transaction, IBM moved to OMV Petrom’s new headquarters (known as Petrom city) in north-west Bucharest. The data center provides an environment to support mission critical infrastructure services with advanced cooling, power, redundancy and sustainability features.
Piano Software: Representing Piano Software, developer of an audience management platform offering digital advertising solutions, in closing on US$88 million to fund its future growth objectives.
Publicly-listed, private equity controlled company: Advising on a C$225 million acquisition and C$30 million cross-border rights offering in Canada and the United States of restricted shares, including structuring a stand-by commitment for the offering from the company's majority investor, a US-based private equity fund.
Synchronoss: Representing a provider of management software for activating mobile devices with respect to intellectual property due diligence related to its acquisition of FusionOne, a California-based provider of technologies that enable the transfer of content between mobile devices.
Teledyne Technologies: Conducting environmental and regulatory due diligence associated with Teledyne's acquisition of DALSA Corporation for $337 million. This involved review of all environmental matters relating to the design, development, manufacture and marketing of high performance digital imaging products and semiconductors.
TimeWarner Investments: Representing in its investment in Playspan, a leader in virtual currency payment systems for online games, virtual worlds and social network applications.
Velocity Technology Solutions: Representing a leading cloud-based application hosting company and its private equity fund owners Spire Capital and Tudor Investments, in connection with the merger of Velocity and a subsidiary of Silver Lake Sumeru Fund, LP, a global leader in middle-market technology investing. The transaction is valued at US$220 million.

Recognition

Denton’s Italian partners Giangiacomo Olivi and Federico Fusco win awards at Legalcommunity IP & TMT Awards 2023

March 25, 2023

Dentons’ Italian partners Giangiacomo Olivi and Federico Fusco were recognized for their excellence at the Legalcommunity IP&TMT Awards 2023. This awards ceremony, hosted by Legalcommunity, one of Italy’s most important online legal magazines, was held in Milan on March 23, 2023. The ceremony was an opportunity to celebrate legal market excellence in the areas of intellectual property protection, telecommunications, and media.

Insights

Saudi Arabia's framework for cross-border data transfers

May 15, 2025

Saudi Arabia: Most global businesses today are well acquainted with the challenges of transferring personal data across borders, primarily relying on adequacy decisions (where they apply) and various transfer solutions to ensure compliance with transfer requirements.

Proposed amendments to the KSA's Implementing Regulations of the Personal Data Protection Law

May 6, 2025

Saudi Arabia: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is currently considering revisions to the Implementing Regulations of the Personal Data Protection Law (Implementing Regulations) and has opened the proposed amendments for public consultation.

AI and intellectual property rights

January 28, 2025

Global: The rapid advancement of AI continues to raise complex questions about the applicability of intellectual property (IP) laws to AI and AI-generated works. We examine some of the key trends that have emerged globally at the intersection of AI and IP.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Unlocking investment potential: How Quadsat optimised its intangible assets with Intanify

February 27, 2025

Quadsat is a leading deep tech company focused principally on drone-based techniques for testing and measurement of satellite antennae.

Dentons advises BNP Paribas Bank Polska on the financing of Software Mind’s acquisitions in the IT sector

March 22, 2024

Dentons advised BNP Paribas Bank Polska on a PLN 150 million (approximately €35 million) financing to Software Mind Group, a dynamically growing software house with a strong position in the European and American markets. The majority shareholder of Software Mind is the Enterprise Investors fund, while the Warsaw-stock-exchange-listed company Ailleron is among the minority shareholders.

Dentons advises HB Reavis on sale of Symbiosy to HqO

January 19, 2024

Dentons has advised the international workspace provider HB Reavis on the sale of its in-house created technology platform Symbiosy to HqO, the world’s leading real estate experience platform.

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