AI Law
AI Structuring & Investments
The corporate and investment layer of building an AI company. IP holding structures, legal due diligence for AI investments, and jurisdiction selection — three services that determine who owns your AI assets and how investors enter.
EU · UAE · Singapore · UK
Jurisdictions
Startups · VC funds · Corporates
Who we work with
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Getting started
Services in this cluster
Three services covering the corporate and investment lifecycle of an AI company.
Corporate
AI Structuring & Investments
IP holding entities, intra-group licensing, SPV design for AI investments, and spin-off structuring for corporate AI divisions.
Due Diligence
AI Due Diligence
Legal due diligence for AI investments — IP ownership audit, training data provenance, EU AI Act readiness, and contract analysis for VC, PE, and M&A transactions.
Jurisdiction
AI Jurisdiction Structuring
Where to incorporate your AI company — EU, UAE free zones, Singapore, and UK compared across regulation, tax, IP regimes, and investor expectations.
ℹ️ Corporate structuring decisions made early are expensive to undo. We advise on structure before the first institutional round — not after.
Why structure matters more for AI companies
Your IP is the company
For most AI companies, the models, training datasets, and proprietary code are worth more than the operational business. Holding those assets in the operating company — where they’re exposed to employment disputes, customer claims, and insolvency risk — is a structural mistake that’s expensive to fix at Series A.
Investors check the chain of title
VC and PE investors conducting AI due diligence specifically look for clean IP ownership chains — founder assignments, contractor agreements, and training data licenses. Companies that arrive at fundraising without this in place lose negotiating leverage or delay closing.
Jurisdiction affects more than tax
Where you incorporate affects your regulatory obligations (EU AI Act extraterritorial scope), your access to AI regulatory sandboxes, your IP protection regime, and how familiar your investors are with the legal system. These decisions interact — and getting them wrong early is costly.
How it works
01
Current state mapping
We map where your IP currently sits, what your ownership chain looks like, and what your jurisdiction options are. We identify the gaps before they become problems.
02
Structure design
We design the target architecture: which entities to create, where to domicile them, how IP flows between them, and what the intra-group licensing model looks like.
03
Documentation
We draft the agreements: IP assignments, intra-group licenses, shareholder agreements, and investor-facing memos. For DD engagements, we deliver a structured report with deal recommendations.
04
Investor readiness
We prepare the materials investors ask for: structure diagrams, IP ownership chains, licensing terms, and answers to standard due diligence questions.
Recent work in this cluster
AI Structuring · Startup · Germany
IP holding structure for a Series A AI startup
AI SaaS startup with distributed R&D across Germany and Eastern Europe. Investors required clean IP ownership before closing the round.
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Structure: holding + IP holding + German operating GmbH→
IP transfer roadmap and intra-group licensing→
Investor memo on structure and risk allocation
⏱ 4–6 weeks
AI Structuring →
AI Due Diligence · VC Fund · Luxembourg
Accelerated legal DD for a Series B AI infrastructure investment
European VC fund leading a Series B. Key concerns: IP chain, training data provenance, EU AI Act readiness.
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IP audit: founder and contractor assignments verified→
Training data provenance: three dataset sources assessed→
EU AI Act gap analysis with conditions precedent→
Red-flag report delivered in 3 weeks
⏱ 3–4 weeks
AI Due Diligence →
Jurisdiction · Fintech · UK/UAE
Cross-border structure for EU/UK/UAE market entry
Fintech startup with London entity and Dubai tech hub, planning simultaneous launch in EU, UK, and UAE.
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EU AI Act extraterritorial scope confirmed for UK/UAE structure→
Jurisdiction comparison: EU vs UK vs UAE fintech AI obligations→
Optimal entity configuration and phased market entry plan
⏱ 4–6 weeks
AI Jurisdiction →
Other AI Law practice areas
Governance
AI Governance, Risk & Compliance
Model licensing, EU AI Act compliance, governance frameworks, regulatory opinions, and liability structuring.
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Digital Likeness
Digital Likeness & AI Avatars
Consent frameworks, digital persona IP, synthetic media compliance, and post-mortem digital identity.
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