Technologies and Innovation
Today, technological and digital projects expose companies, founders, and investors to complex legal challenges: data protection (GDPR), regulatory compliance, director liability, system security, contractual structuring, and risk management.
As digital projects evolve in a constantly changing regulatory environment, a structuring error, GDPR non-compliance, or poorly defined governance can compromise a project’s economic viability, expose directors to personal risks, and block financing operations.
Our role is to legally secure projects from their conception, support their development, and anticipate risks before they become crises.
Sentinel Legal, a law firm in Geneva and Lyon, supports technological projects in Switzerland and Europe with an approach focused on the legal security of activities, risk prevention, and the development of sustainable solutions.
The issues and challenges most frequently encountered by our clients
Blockchain, Web3, and Crypto-asset Projects
Frequently encountered challenges:
– legal structuring of projects and token models
– analysis of regulatory obligations and necessary authorizations
– legal qualification of digital assets and financial flows
– drafting of industry-specific contracts
– liability in case of system incident or failure
– adaptation of traditional legal rules to emerging technologies
Our Approach:
We often intervene from the project’s conception phase to analyze its economic and technological model in concrete terms.
We identify the applicable regulatory framework in Switzerland and internationally, evaluate the need for authorizations or approvals, define the most appropriate legal structure, and frame all contractual relationships (founders, investors, partners, users, service providers).
We thus build a coherent, scalable, and compliant legal architecture, allowing the project to develop while limiting legal, financial, and reputational risks.
Artificial Intelligence & Automated Systems
frequently encountered challenges:
– compliance with AI and data protection regulations
– liability related to automated decisions
– system governance and risk management
– data protection and processing security
– contracts specific to AI solutions
Our Approach:
We support project initiators and companies in the legal structuring of their AI solutions, from conception to deployment.
We analyze data flows, define the responsibilities of the various stakeholders, implement regulatory compliance mechanisms, and develop contractual frameworks adapted to industrial, commercial, and operational uses.
Our approach aims to secure the operation of AI systems while enabling their evolution and integration into economic activity.
Legal Transformation and Business Evolution
Frequently encountered challenges:
– adaptation of legal structures to new economic models
– revision of contracts and general terms and conditions
– management of director liabilities
– regulatory compliance of digital activities
– authorization, permit, and approval procedures
Our Approach:
We support companies in their overall legal transformation by aligning their legal framework with their development strategy.
We restructure organizations, adapt contractual instruments, secure governance, and anticipate risks related to regulatory and technological developments.
Our objective is to enable businesses to transform, innovate and grow within a controlled and sustainable legal environment. This is made possible by our extensive experience in the digital field.