James Brown

Partner

Haynes Boone

James Brown is a solicitor advocate at Haynes Boone with more than 20 years of experience as a disputes lawyer. International clients seek James’s representation in complex, high-value litigations and arbitrations concerning engineering and construction matters in the shipping, superyacht, and offshore oil and gas sectors, as well as in respect of the employment of assets in these sectors and their sale and purchase.

James also maintains a general commercial disputes practice acting for clients in sectors as diverse as telecoms, engineering/construction, banking/financial services, oil and gas, renewables, aviation and retailing.

He also assists technology companies, particularly in respect of disputes arising from agreements for the development, supply and maintenance of software products, and is closely monitoring (and providing commentary on) the developing UK regulatory approach in respect of the development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Recent Articles by James Brown

EU Agreement on the Text of a New AI Act

On December 8, 2023, provisional agreement was reached between the European Union (EU) Parliament and the EU Council on the basic content of the new AI Regulation (the “AI Act”) to be implemented as legislation in the EU. The text is still not publicly available as it is subject to certain further refinement over the coming weeks. However, there is information available in the public domain (including press releases issued by the European Union) as to the likely format of the AI Act. Additional background on the legislative process towards the AI Act is available here.

January 4, 2024

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