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Faraaz Samadi

Partner

London

Faraaz Samadi counsels global clients on complex commercial and technology transactions, technology services agreements, and intellectual property matters.

He has significant experience identifying and resolving issues that arise in cross-border technology transactions involving Europe, the U.S., Asia, having worked in London, Singapore and Shanghai.

Faraaz regularly advises clients on technology service agreements, website terms and conditions, data privacy, renegotiations, intellectual property licensing and strategic alliances.

He has represented companies in a wide range of industries including software development, satellite and space, mining and resources, mobile, healthcare, digital marketing, automotive, ride-hailing and logistics.

Faraaz also assists clients with artificial intelligence (AI) risk assessments, evaluates AI risks in corporate transactions, and drafts and negotiates data-related contracts. He helps clients develop flexible governance frameworks for use of AI and advises on strategies, policies, and procedures for sourcing AI training data, ensuring responsible AI use by employees, negotiating AI-related contracts, and managing AI-related regulatory inquiries and investigations.

“Faraaz is highly responsive, commercial and dependable. He really understands not only the market, but also the climate our technology company operates in.” – Chambers UK 2026

    • Provided strategic intellectual property (IP) ownership and licensing advice to a global agricultural merchant and processor related to a food technology IP collaboration for the development of sunflower proteins.
    • Advising global advertising conglomerates, technology companies and healthcare providers on technology transactions, software licensing and cloud agreements.
    • Advising a range of clients globally on the renegotiation and restructuring of major technology infrastructure and application development projects.
    • IP, commercial and sales/licensing agreements regarding satellite technology.
    • Domestic and international collaborations for developers of ride-hailing and logistics services, medical devices and satellite services.
    • Manufacturing, distribution and sale arrangements with automotive manufacturers, airlines and hotel groups.
    • Mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs and asset divestitures in a wide range of industries, including biotechnology, health databases, semiconductors medical software, entertainment, internet browsers and e-commerce.

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