Practice I — Corporate

Corporate Strategy
& Legal Architecture

Cross-border regulatory architecture and strategic counsel for institutional clients.

AI Act, GDPR, NIS2, DORA, DSA, DMA. AI governance frameworks. Data protection and cross-border transfer instruments. Crisis mediation. Board-level counsel on tech-and-regulation intersections.

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The Practice

The 2024–2026 regulatory cycle has redrawn the operating ground for any organisation that processes data, deploys algorithms, or operates critical infrastructure. The AI Act, NIS2, DORA, the DSA, the DMA, and the CRA are no longer prospective. They are operational.

Corporate Strategy & Legal Architecture treats this regulatory surface as terrain. Engagements deliver compliance positions structured for institutional clients: defensible architectures, decision-rights matrices, board-grade documentation. The output is structural, not advisory.

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Mandates

Three pillars under one operating doctrine.

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AI Governance

Risk tiering and governance frameworks for high-risk and limited-risk AI systems under EU Regulation 2024/1689.

  • AI Act readiness assessments and gap analysis
  • Risk-tier classification under Annex III
  • Conformity assessment scaffolding
  • Provider, deployer, importer obligation mapping
  • Internal governance policies and audit trails
  • Foundation-model and general-purpose AI compliance posture
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02

Data Protection

GDPR audits, DPIA scaffolding, and architecture for cross-border data transfers.

  • GDPR maturity assessments and remediation roadmaps
  • DPIA design for high-risk processing
  • Cross-border transfer architecture (SCCs, BCRs, adequacy)
  • NIS2 perimeter mapping and incident-response design
  • Records of processing and data-flow documentation
  • Vendor due-diligence frameworks
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Corporate Strategy

Policy mapping for C-level decision-makers operating in complex multi-jurisdictional environments.

  • Regulatory horizon scanning and impact assessment
  • Cross-jurisdictional conflict mapping (EU, UK, US, APAC)
  • Crisis mediation and reputation containment
  • Board-level briefings and decision papers
  • M&A regulatory due diligence
  • Strategic counsel on tech-and-regulation intersections
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03

Frameworks Operated Within

The instruments. Read fluently.

AI Act

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689

High-risk classification, conformity assessment, foundation-model governance.

GDPR

Regulation (EU) 2016/679

Data-subject rights, lawful basis, transfer instruments, accountability.

NIS2

Directive (EU) 2022/2555

Essential and important entities, incident reporting, supply-chain security.

DORA

Regulation (EU) 2022/2554

Digital operational resilience for financial entities and ICT third parties.

DSA

Regulation (EU) 2022/2065

Platform liability, transparency obligations, very-large-online-platform regime.

DMA

Regulation (EU) 2022/1925

Gatekeeper obligations, interoperability, antitrust adjacencies.

CRA

Regulation (EU) 2024/2847

Cybersecurity for products with digital elements; vulnerability handling.

CLOUD Act

United States, 2018

Extraterritorial law-enforcement access; conflict mapping with EU regimes.

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Engagement Model

From brief to defensible structure.