Legal Practice in Technology and R&D&I Contracts
Advisory practice in the structuring, review, negotiation and ongoing management of contractual relationships involving technology and Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) projects, with particular attention to the allocation of obligations and risk, intellectual property, governance and contract performance.
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Structuring, review and negotiation, performance and governance of technology and RD&I contracts, throughout the entire contract lifecycle.
Legal and contractual structuring
Defining the contractual architecture before the first draft: subject matter, scope and deliverables, obligations and liabilities, intellectual property, service levels, acceptance criteria, risk allocation, governance and termination.
Review and negotiation
Review of drafts and contracts under negotiation, identifying risks, gaps and unbalanced liability. Direct negotiation with the counterparty and coordination with legal, procurement, technology, product and business teams.
Performance, renegotiation and dispute prevention
Counsel during the term: scope changes, delays and acceptance criteria, service levels, additional costs, amendments, breach, notices, renegotiation and pre-litigation resolution.
Contract organization and governance
Contract templates and model agreements, fallback clauses, negotiation playbooks, escalation criteria, preventive review of contracts in force, and contract portfolio analysis.
Technology contracts
Software development and licensing, SaaS and IaaS, cloud computing, hardware, IoT, artificial intelligence, APIs and integrations, open source, privacy and the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD), cybersecurity, intellectual property and confidentiality.
RD&I contracts
Research and development partnerships with companies and Brazilian science and technology institutions (ICTs), ownership and exploitation of results, the Brazilian Legal Framework for Innovation, and projects funded under statutory R&D incentive regimes.
CONTACT
Rua Comendador Tórlogo Dauntre, 74
Suite 1207 — Cambuí
Campinas — São Paulo — Brazil — 13025-270
In person or remote, by appointment.
In Portuguese or English.