Autonomous Systems & Advanced Mobility

Global Practice

Our global autonomous systems and advanced mobility practice provides sophisticated legal counsel, including:

• Advising on legal and regulatory issues that arise in critical phases for autonomous systems, including development, testing and deployment.
• Advising on mergers and acquisitions, and other types of corporate transactions.
• Guiding autonomous systems companies through complicated—and evolving—regulatory issues, including export controls, sanctions and foreign investment.
• Advising on intellectual property litigation, transactions, licensing, counseling and protection, and international arbitration.
• Guiding autonomous systems companies to find the right communications, navigation and surveillance technologies and spectrum to support critical communications links.
• Navigating the ever-changing landscape of regulation of companies and technology across different levels of government around the globe.
• Supporting strategic partnerships between companies across industry segments of autonomous systems to aid in the development, placement and implementation of technology.
• Offering a range of risk assessment and legal advocacy services to ensure that clients are legally prepared to face disputes that arise from issues including products liability, intellectual property, data privacy and cybersecurity.
• Representing prominent companies, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), global investment funds, boards of directors and special committees, investors and senior management in sophisticated transactions.

The hallmarks of Akin’s autonomous systems and advanced mobility lawyers are an innovative spirit and deep industry experience, drawing from the firm’s top-tier practices and offices around the world. Our interdisciplinary team understands the sector’s inherent complexity from multiple vantage points, effectively advancing the goals of our clients in this emerging marketplace.

Spotlight on Autonomous and Electric Vehicles

New alliances are emerging as technology companies team with traditional automakers, parts manufacturers, UAS companies, shipping firms and ride-hailing services—all in pursuit of the upper hand in the next age of the vehicle. Akin assists clients with legal, regulatory and policy issues related to autonomous and electric vehicles and vehicle-charging infrastructure, as well as transactions and partnerships to bring these technologies to market.

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Spotlight on Unmanned Aerial Systems, Advanced Aviation and Robotics

UAS, advanced aviation and robotics are presenting unprecedented opportunities in the third dimension of travel and logistics, but the legal, policy and regulatory barriers to widespread deployment remain significant. Akin’s UAS, advanced aviation and robotics practice provides legal, regulatory and strategic advice to innovators, inventors, manufacturers, operators and service providers of automated technologies from the initial concept of operations, through regulatory approvals. We advise on: air and space transportation regulations; cybersecurity; privacy and data protection; spectrum solutions and advanced communications; international trade; intellectual property; private equity; mergers and acquisitions; litigation; and public law and policy.