What type of matters do you typically advise on?
Sharp Cookie Advisors is a business law firm focused on technology, digital business and regulated innovation.
We are typically engaged where legal questions are closely connected to the technology, product or commercial situation. This includes matters involving SaaS and cloud services, AI and data, digital health, privacy and GDPR, cybersecurity and digital resilience, technology procurement, outsourcing and complex technology agreements.
Our work ranges from product launches and regulatory assessments to enterprise customer negotiations, External DPO engagements and regulatory proceedings.
We are particularly useful where several issues need to work together — for example where a product decision affects data protection, AI governance, cybersecurity, customer contracts and enterprise sales at the same time.
When should I contact Sharp Cookie Advisors?
Clients typically contact us when a technology, regulatory or commercial issue has become important enough to require senior legal judgement.
This may be before launching a product or AI feature, when negotiating an important customer or supplier agreement, when entering a regulated market, when facing complex data protection or cybersecurity requirements, or when management needs an independent assessment of legal risk and available options.
You do not need to identify the relevant legal category before contacting us. A technology problem will often involve several areas of law at the same time.
How do I engage Sharp Cookie Advisors?
Contact us with a short description of your business, the matter and what you need to achieve.
We will normally first determine whether the matter fits our expertise and what type of support is appropriate. Where useful, we may ask to see relevant agreements, product information, correspondence or other materials before defining the assignment.
For a defined project, we can often propose a clear scope, deliverables and price. For negotiations, transactions or ongoing advisory work, we agree on an appropriate working model and level of involvement.
An engagement is confirmed before substantive legal work begins and is subject to our Terms of Business.
Can I discuss a matter with you before formally engaging the firm?
Yes.
An initial discussion can be used to understand the situation, establish whether we are the right lawyers for the matter and determine an appropriate scope for an assignment.
The initial discussion is not intended to replace substantive legal advice. Where the matter requires legal analysis, document review, risk assessment, or recommendations on what you should do, we will normally define an engagement first.
How do you scope an assignment?
We start by understanding what you are trying to achieve, the context of the matter and the decisions that need to be made.
The scope is then tailored to what is material. Depending on the assignment, this may involve reviewing relevant agreements, product or technical information, correspondence or other documentation, and discussing the matter with the people who understand the business and technology.
We agree the key questions to be addressed, the expected deliverables and the appropriate level of involvement before substantive work begins. For defined projects, we can often agree a clear scope and fixed fee in advance. For negotiations, transactions or matters that develop over time, we agree a working model suited to the assignment.
Our aim is to keep the scope proportionate: broad enough to identify the issues that materially affect the business, but focused enough to avoid unnecessary legal work.
If new circumstances arise that materially change the priorities or scope, we discuss this with you and agree how to proceed.
Can you provide a fixed fee?
Yes, where the assignment is sufficiently defined.
Fixed pricing works particularly well for projects where we can agree the questions to be addressed, the materials to be reviewed and the expected deliverables in advance.
Examples may include a focused technology product review, an assessment ahead of a launch, a contract review or another clearly scoped legal project.
For negotiations, regulatory proceedings and other matters where the amount of work depends significantly on third parties or future developments, another pricing model may be more appropriate.
We agree this with you before the work begins.
How exact are the price indications on your website?
Any price indication is based on the scope described for that particular service.
The actual scope of a technology or legal matter can vary considerably. We therefore confirm what is included before an engagement begins and identify material assumptions or work that would fall outside the agreed scope.
Where circumstances change during an assignment, we discuss the implications before undertaking material additional work.
What does specialist business legal advice cost?
The cost depends on the nature and complexity of the matter, the expertise required and how the assignment can best be structured.
For clearly defined projects, reviews and assessments, we can often agree the scope, deliverables and a fixed fee in advance. For negotiations, transactions, regulatory matters and ongoing advisory work, fees are normally based on the level of involvement required and the agreed pricing model.
Our focus is on using senior expertise where it adds value and concentrating our work on the issues that materially affect your business, product, transaction or regulatory position. This may mean identifying a limited number of issues that require attention rather than spending time on matters that do not materially affect the outcome.
Before substantive work begins, we agree the scope of the assignment and the applicable pricing model with you. If circumstances or the scope change materially during the assignment, we discuss this with you before undertaking material additional work.
How is Sharp Cookie Advisors different from other law firms?
Sharp Cookie Advisors combines specialist legal expertise with a strong understanding of technology and the commercial environment in which our clients operate.
We are particularly focused on matters where technology, regulation and business execution intersect. This means that our advice often needs to work not only as legal analysis, but also in product development, management decisions, customer negotiations and interactions with regulators.
As a specialist firm, we aim to involve the right level of senior expertise directly in the matter and keep the team proportionate to what the assignment actually requires.
Our objective is practical: identify what matters, make the legal and commercial choices clear and help the client move forward on a position that can be implemented.
Do you work internationally?
es. Many of our clients operate internationally, and cross-border issues are a natural part of our technology and digital practice.
Sharp Cookie Advisors advises on Swedish law and relevant EU law. For matters requiring local legal advice in other jurisdictions, we work with established partner law firms and specialist lawyers in the EEA, the United States and other key markets. Where appropriate, we can coordinate their advice as part of the wider assignment.
This allows us to support clients on international technology transactions, product launches, SaaS and cloud services, data protection, AI and other cross-border matters while bringing in local expertise where it is actually required.
We also regularly work alongside clients’ existing international or US counsel, providing Swedish and European expertise as part of the wider legal team.
Do you work with start-ups as well as established companies?
Yes.
We advise technology companies and other digital businesses at different stages of development, from companies preparing for launch or their first significant enterprise customers to established and international organisations dealing with complex technology, regulatory and commercial matters.
The common denominator is normally not company size but the importance and complexity of the matter.
