Multinational organizations need legal advisors who can assist with day-to-day activities, as well as corporate life events across many jurisdictions. Deloitte Legal practitioners use leading technologies to deliver efficient and transparent support for the legal activities companies manage.
Deloitte Legal’s Corporate Law practice provides a full range of cross-border and national corporate law services in more than 75 countries, advising clients on complex corporate legal matters related to major business life events, and providing guidance on issues arising from day-to-day operational activities.
With deep industry expertise and working alongside experienced business professionals in Deloitte's tax, consulting, accounting, and financial advisory practices, we provide clients with cohesive guidance based on their individual circumstances. Deloitte Legal also uses legal technology enabling companies to manage their legal affairs more efficiently.
IP is a critical business asset that can significantly increase corporate value. To help clients manage that value effectively, we are here to assist with the capture, protection, and enforcement of IP assets. Deloitte Legal focuses on the resolution of all types of IP disputes, from tech-related patent, software, and data disputes through to more traditional trademark, copyright and design infringements.
Our services include:
IP reviews and assessments
Rights in data and data theft, as well as technology and software
Confidential information and trade secrets
Brand protection and trademarks practice
Design protection, infringement identification and enforcement
IP disputes and enforcement
Online content removal and take down, including domain name recovery
Advertising and marketing: clearance, disputes, and complaints
IP transactions and commercial agreements: licensing, franchising, sponsorship, assignments
Deloitte Legal’s integrated global network of lawyers defends clients’ rights and The Internet of Things, robotics and artificial intelligence, blockchain, big data, the cloud and 3D printing – technologies are evolving rapidly and, as a result, organizations large and small, private and public, are fundamentally rethinking how they operate. Deloitte Legal can tailor its technology law offering for each client and combine its Legal and Regulatory capabilities with other Deloitte businesses such as Consulting, Audit, Risk Advisory, Financial Advisory and Tax to create an integrated, holistic approach.
Our services include:
Advertising technology (AdTech) law
Cloud contracts and regulation
Cyber security law, data protection and privacy
Digital evidence, blockchain and e-trust services
E-commerce contracts and regulation
Fintech law
Outsourcing contracts, including application development and maintenance, IT infrastructure, data and contact center outsourcing contracts
Technology contracts, including software/platform development, licensing, maintenance, and hardware procurement
Robotics, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, drones
Deloitte Legal’s integrated global network of lawyers defends clients’ rights and protects their interests in conflict situations. Focusing specifically on multinationals challenged with cross-border concerns, our dispute resolution professionals can help clients avoid possible litigation or, when it is unavoidable, represent clients in court to obtain a beneficial judgement.
Because a wide range of workforce issues can impact a company’s ability to attract and retain talent, or can damage its reputation and market value in an instant, companies need trusted, globally scalable employment law solutions.
Deloitte Legal helps companies with:
Global mobility: managing the growing complexity of an internationally mobile workforce
Individual employment law: from hiring, employment contracts, handbooks and policies, to termination
Contingent workforce: from establishing the workforce strategy to drafting the appropriate context, clauses and policies
Workforce transformation: from consultation to down- or right-sizing procedures
Compensation & Benefits: from global stock plans to corporate governance and regulation, including CEO pay ratios, gender pay-gap reporting, and compliance with minimum wage requirements
Deloitte Legal advises businesses throughout every stage of a transaction, from negotiation through to execution. We align with our tax and finance colleagues to cover risks from all angles.
We provide support during the following critical phases:
Sourcing
Screening
NDA
First review
LOI / NBO
Due diligence
Compliance due diligence
Legal structuring
Binding documentation, completion & closing
Anti-trust filing/merger control clearance
Post M&A integration
Capital market compliance
For clients seeking standalone services related to a transaction, Deloitte Legal can also help with:
The increasing complexity of the global regulatory environment challenges companies to find solutions for greater organization, specialization, and sectorial knowledge. Deloitte Legal combines global perspective with local insights to help them develop and execute those solutions.
Our regulatory and compliance services provide support to clients in areas such as:
Business Integrity and Financial Crime
Antitrust, Competition, and Trade
Sanctions
Financial Services Regulation and Investigations Regulation
Deloitte Legal brings together practitioners from across the Deloitte network to deliver insights and advice to private businesses and individuals around the world. Our private clients legal services teams help these clients address the unique challenges they face throughout the business lifecycle, unlocking potential for growth, innovation, expansion, corporate governance, and succession planning.
Our practitioners tailor the full scope of business law services for:
Privately-owned and small cap businesses
High-net-worth individuals
Family-run businesses and their family offices
Small, high-growth enterprises
Private equity funds/houses and their portfolio companies
Deloitte Legal serves real estate clients in countries across the world with a broad range of services. Many of the Deloitte Legal practices serve the industry’s largest REITs and property companies, construction and engineering companies, and real estate investors.
Deloitte Legal practitioners serve clients with a variety of banking and securities legal solutions. Our banking and finance team has built an extensive track record advising on transactional banking. Working alongside financial advisors, tax, and accounting practitioners, our lawyers provide clients a unique holistic value.
Services focus on financing transactions, including new money financings in bilateral and syndicated loans, refinancing, and loan restructurings. Our lawyers also support clients across all areas of funding arrangements such as operating and finance agreements and intra-group funding.
Deloitte Legal’s experienced practitioners bring a practical focus to commercial law solutions that help clients manage increasingly rigorous regulations and local enforcement. Our lawyers work as part of multi-disciplinary teams, with colleagues in disciplines such as tax, consulting, risk, financial advisory, and professionals focusing on key sectors and industries. This cross-functional approach helps Deloitte Legal offer clients a holistic perspective.
Services include:
Commercial Advisory
Commercial Contracts
Full-Scale Pre-Insolvency Solutions
Transfer Pricing Documentation, Intra-Group Contracting
