Amy-Lynne Williams is a founding partner of the firm. She practises exclusively in the area of information technology law.

E-mail: awilliams@dww.com
Telephone: 416-941-9047

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Practice Areas

For over 30 years, Amy-Lynne’s areas of practice have included outsourcing transactions; electronic payments agreements; systems acquisition, distribution, licensing, technology transfers, electronic commerce, privacy, electronic publishing and software development. She represents both producers and users of information technology in private industry and government.

Professional Profile

• Best Lawyers in Canada “2013 Toronto Information Technology Law Lawyer of the Year”
• Best Lawyers in Canada “2012 Toronto Information Technology Law Lawyer of the Year”
• “Most Frequently Recommended” in the Lexpert Canadian Legal Directory in Technology Transactions
• Listed in Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to “The Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada”; Best Lawyers in Canada; Lexpert Guide to the Leading 100 Canada-US Cross Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada; The World’s Leading Lawyers; The Guide to the World’s Leading IT Media and Telecommunication Advisers
• Past-President of the International Technology Law Association
• Past-President of the Canadian IT Law Association
• Toronto Computer Lawyers Group, Member

Qualifications

• Admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1980
• LL.B., University of Ottawa (cum laude)
• B.A., Carleton University (Ottawa)

Publications and Presentations

Amy-Lynne has written and spoken on many aspects of IT law, including outsourcing, system acquisitions, joint ventures, technology acquisitions, security, electronic commerce and copyright. In addition, she has testified as an expert witness on the drafting, interpretation and negotiation of IT contracts and has served as an arbitrator on a panel dealing with an international IT dispute.