Simon Harold Hodgett

Simon’s practice focuses on technology related commercial contracting and advice. He advises enterprises whose businesses rely on technology and complex services. He also advises technology suppliers ranging from large established software providers to early stage technology companies.

He leads a team providing innovative legal services models to the firm’s high growth technology clients pursuing a wide variety of cutting edge technology and business models, including FinTech, artificial intelligence, data analytics and eHealth. Simon has been lead counsel on projects across a broad range of industry verticals, including the technology, banking, pension, investment, healthcare, energy, telecommunication and retail sectors. He also advises on selling technology to governments and large enterprises.

Simon writes and lectures on various areas of technology law, both in public forums, firm seminars and client education venues. He is a past President of the Canadian Information Technology Law Association (IT.Can).

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Recent federal government initiatives suggest a notable shift in Canada's AI policy direction.

Policymakers can balance innovation with responsible governance, and a harm-based approach may be the way forward.