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With experience spanning three continents, Ieuan has received international recognition as a leader in his field and one of the data and tech industry’s foremost legal experts. In the U.S., The Financial Times recently recognized his innovation in the field of Artificial Intelligence, with the award of Most Innovative Lawyer in North America; he was honored by Lawdragon in the prestigious list of Leading AI Advisors; while The National Law Journal recognized him as one of the nation's “Regulatory & Compliance Trailblazers”, observing that “If there is a pioneering deal involving data assets, Jolly is usually involved, or has blazed a trail for it to happen.” In Europe, he was inducted into The Legal 500 Hall of Fame as a “Leading Data & Cyber Lawyer”; and he has been singled out in Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business. His extensive data privacy experience was highlighted by Crain's New York Business, which described him as “part of a small cadre of people shaping global privacy law.”

Ieuan works at the intersection of data and technology for companies in high growth, innovation-driven markets and for traditional businesses embracing digital transformation, AI and automation. He is a leading advisor to boards, general counsel, private equity sponsors, investors, and other AI-focused stakeholders on artificial intelligence, widely recognized for steering global enterprises through high-stakes issues at the nexus of technology, regulation, and strategic transactions and commercialization opportunities. He has engineered and negotiated some of the most pioneering technology transactions globally, worth a combined value of over $50bn, utilizing data in a range of innovative ways and injecting new revenue streams into companies looking to leverage their digital assets.

He represents clients operating or investing in AI across numerous technology sectors and verticals, including enterprise software providers, ad tech, agri-tech, AI chatbots, analytics platforms, autonomous vehicles, cloud computing and storage, digital health, ecommerce, information technology, publishing, social media, and telecommunications. He regularly advises corporations on building, benchmarking, and maturing AI governance programs and regulatory readiness. His work includes designing policy frameworks and controls, calibrating risk taxonomies, establishing model documentation and testing standards, and preparing for evolving AI-specific obligations across jurisdictions. As agentic AI and other advanced systems introduce novel legal and operational challenges, Ieuan helps organizations adapt their oversight structures, incident response planning, and vendor and data supply chain management to meet rapidly changing expectations.