Our team supports the design and implementation of digital and transformation projects

Steering Legal supports its clients in digital projects (websites, applications) and technological transformation projects (ERP, CRM, digital platform redesign, SAAS solutions, outsourcing, AI projects) in order to legally secure their rights and obligations vis-à-vis their customers, suppliers and IT partners.

We are committed to providing business-oriented advice, taking into account the project environment and the operational, commercial and financial constraints of our clients.

Our support includes the following services:

• Drafting and negotiating contracts and related operational documentation (e.g. SLAs, RACI matrices, reversibility)
• Legal feasibility studies for innovative projects
• Site and application compliance
• Identification of key legal issues in calls for tenders
• Project management assistance
• Strategy for protecting and promoting AI innovations
• Assistance with licence audits conducted by software publishers
• Conducting legal audits (IT contracts, commercial contracts and intangible asset ownership)
• Drafting of representations and warranties in the context of mergers and acquisitions
• Assistance in mediation or conciliation proceedings
• Representation before the courts

Our team audits and supports regulatory compliance for personal data processing

Steering Legal assists legal departments, HR departments, DPOs and executives in ensuring regulatory compliance and the security of personal data processing by private and public organisations in France, Europe and internationally.

Steering Legal works closely with expert IT consultants to offer pragmatic solutions that integrate technical and legal responses , prioritised according to risk exposure.

We work with individual entities or groups upstream of projects to define data management strategies and as part of privacy by design procedures, as well as during compliance phases.

Our support includes the following services in particular:

• Conducting GDPR compliance audits
• Analysis and drafting of feasibility studies for innovative projects involving personal data
• Recommendations for targeted commercial prospecting campaigns
• Preparation of mandatory documentation (register, PIA, internal procedures, information for individuals)
• Drafting and negotiating contracts with subcontractors, joint controllers and other independent service providers in France and abroad
• External DPO role
• Assistance with supervisory authorities and courts
• Facilitation of training on GDPR compliance

Our team helps you anticipate and manage cybersecurity risks

Steering Legal assists its clients in preventing the risk of attacks and fraud using specific legal and technical tools tailored to their internal needs and those of third parties.

We also assist our clients in managing crisis situations in the event of cyberattacks that compromise the security of the company’s information and financial assets or the personal data it processes.

In all cases, we regularly collaborate with specialised experts (cybersecurity consulting firms, bailiffs, IT experts) in order to offer effective recommendations for preventing and managing attacks.

Our support includes the following services in particular:

• Risk audit
• Drafting of internal risk management documents (e.g. IT usage charter, guides)
• Crisis simulation and crisis management in the event of an attack
• Assistance with supervisory authorities and courts
• Representation before the courts
• Facilitation of cybersecurity risk awareness training

Our team participates in the structuring and legal security of digital health projects 

Steering Legal supports all players in the e-health ecosystem (investors, start-ups, e-health public interest groups, ARS, healthcare service providers, solution publishers, insurance companies, mutual insurance companies, manufacturers, laboratories, healthcare professionals, healthcare and medico-social establishments) in the implementation of digital health projects (software, connected objects, regional health platforms).  

The specific nature of this sector means that multiple, varied legal requirements from a wide range of sources must be taken into account (GDPR, codes of ethics, public health code, consumer code, intellectual property code, European regulation on medical devices (MD), CNIL recommendations, regional and national strategies, security standards, etc.). We are committed to translating these legal and ethical requirements into technical specifications.

We regularly collaborate with a medical strategy consulting firm to implement these projects.

Our support includes the following services in particular:

• Strategic advice and recommendations concerning the collection, use and sharing of personal health data
• Drafting and negotiating contracts with key IT service providers (health data hosts, subcontractors)
• Assistance with completing and monitoring formalities with regulatory authorities and professional bodies (CNIL and CNOM authorisation requests)
• Protection of intellectual property rights
• Analysis of connected objects and e-health software in light of regulations concerning the classification of medical devices (MD and MD DIV)
• Ensuring compliance of telemedicine platforms, websites and applications offering health and wellness services

Our team identifies, protects and promotes intellectual property rights

Steering Legal assists its clients with both advisory and litigation services in the protection of their intangible assets (algorithms, software, HMIs, logos, domain names, databases, etc.), their promotion, their transfer and the management of their use. 

Steering Legal regularly collaborates with intellectual and industrial property consulting firms as well as firms dedicated to the enhancement of intangible assets.

Our support includes the following services:

• Prior art searches
• Filing of trademarks, designs, models and patents
• Audit of intangible assets in the context of a transaction involving these assets
• Drafting and negotiation of contracts for the transfer or licensing of rights Distribution and know-how transfer
• Drafting and negotiation of contracts for the contribution of individual assets or the partial contribution of assets from an entire branch of activity
• Representation before judicial, administrative or arbitration courts