Legal support for AI projects

The development and implementation of projects in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) presents companies with a variety of challenges. In addition to technical and ethical considerations, it is primarily the legal framework conditions such as the AI Regulation (‘AI Act’), the GDPR, but also aspects of labour and works constitution law that require careful planning and implementation.

AI projects harbour diverse and very specific legal risks that require expert legal support from conception to implementation and beyond.

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Our service: Legal support and advice for AI projects

Your legal security for AI projects within your company:

  • Compliance with regulatory requirements for the use of artificial intelligence
  • Legal expertise from our lawyers, from the initial idea to live operation and beyond
  • Reduced liability for your AI projects through comprehensive legal advice
  • Pragmatic and cost-effective solutions from our lawyers for the implementation of your AI project within your company.

When providing legal support for your AI projects, our lawyers perform the following tasks, among others, in the individual project phases:

1. Strategic conceptualisation of AI projects

  • Our lawyers review the legal admissibility of planned AI applications/AI systems by means of legal opinions, legal feasibility analyses and risk assessments
  • Development of usage concepts that comply with data usage regulations
  • Embedding regulatory requirements in the technical architecture
  • Definition of legally compliant objectives and governance structures, such as human oversight, human final decision-making, explainability

2. Internal guidelines for the purchase and procurement of AI systems or AI applications

  • We work with you to develop internal AI procurement guidelines
  • Definition of legally binding requirements for AI systems in procurement procedures

3. Contract law advice for AI projects from our lawyers

  • Our lawyers review and draft your contracts with AI providers (e.g. SLA, copyrights, data use, update obligations, SaaS, AIaaS)
  • Terms and conditions and licence conditions for AI models/AI systems
  • Data protection contracts with AI providers

4. Legal support for the introduction and implementation of AI projects

  • We support your company in the technical implementation to ensure the legal compliance of your AI projects (privacy-by-design, security-by-design, explainability, logging)
  • Preparation and review of legal opinions, especially in the case of regulatory controversial application scenarios (such as AI in human resources, distinctions from prohibited practices under the AI Regulation; legal opinions on the role of the company as a provider or operator of artificial intelligence)
  • Review of system components in accordance with the AI Regulation, GDPR and product liability

5. Internal implementation: labour law and co-determination in AI projects

  • When introducing AI applications or AI systems, our lawyers support you in negotiations with works councils and staff councils
  • Drafting and reviewing AI works agreements or AI framework works agreements
  • Training for works councils and staff councils on general AI understanding
  • Co-design of internal roles (AI officer, data protection coordinator, compliance officer)
  • Guidelines for the use of AI
  • Training measures for employees, managers, individual user groups (HR, IT), works councils and staff councils to ensure AI competence in the company in accordance with Art. 4 AI Regulation

6. Compliance & documentation

  • Our lawyers support you in setting up AI-specific compliance structures and control mechanisms within the company
  • Establishment of a risk management system:
    Introduction of risk analyses (e.g. systemic risk GPAI, impact on fundamental rights, etc.), AI risk classifications (e.g. ‘high-risk AI’) and internal review and approval procedures

7. Legal advice on controls & audits of your AI projects

  • We provide you with comprehensive support for internal and external audits
  • Preparation for regulatory audits and support during audits
  • Ongoing legal review in the context of retraining, software updates and model drift

Why RDP Lawyers are the right partners for your AI projects

Our lawyers have many years of experience in AI legal consulting, IT law and data protection. Since 2017, we have been supporting companies in the legally compliant implementation of innovative AI projects.

We combine legal expertise with practical technical experience and economic understanding – so that your AI projects are built on a stable legal foundation.

Arrange a no-obligation initial consultation for your AI project!

RAin Michaela Berger

Your partner

Lawyer Michaela Berger, LL.M.

Specialist lawyer for IT law
certified data protection officer (TÜV Süd)
certified data protection auditor (TÜV Süd)

Michaela.Berger@rdp-law.de
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