ARTHUR'S LEGAL BV

Their core work

Arthur's Legal is an Amsterdam-based legal and regulatory consultancy specializing in the governance, compliance, and policy dimensions of emerging technologies. Across nine H2020 projects, they consistently provide expertise on legal frameworks, data protection, ethical AI governance, and regulatory strategy — serving as the legal backbone in technically diverse consortia. Their work spans cybersecurity regulation (CONCORDIA), AI ethics in healthcare (ASCAPE), energy data governance (TwinERGY), and public policy automation (AI4PublicPolicy), indicating a firm that translates complex technology into workable legal and policy structures.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Arthur's Legal began with foundational digital infrastructure topics — cloud service-level agreements (SLA-Ready, 2015) and IoT cross-fertilization (CREATE-IoT, 2017) — focused on establishing legal frameworks for emerging digital services. From 2019 onward, their work shifted decisively toward AI governance, ethical data use, and sector-specific regulatory challenges across health, energy, manufacturing, and public policy. The recent portfolio also shows growing involvement in circular economy and sustainability regulation, suggesting the firm is expanding from pure digital law into green transition governance.

Arthur's Legal is moving toward trusted AI governance and green transition regulation — positioning them well for Horizon Europe projects combining digital and sustainability objectives.

How they like to work

Arthur's Legal operates exclusively as a consortium participant, never leading projects — consistent with a specialist advisory role embedded within larger technical teams. With 164 unique partners across 27 countries, they show extremely high network diversity rather than repeat partnerships, suggesting they are sought after as a reliable legal partner by many different consortia. This makes them easy to integrate into new projects: they are experienced consortium members who understand their role and deliver without requiring project management overhead.

Remarkably broad network of 164 unique partners spanning 27 countries, built entirely through participant roles. This pan-European reach across nearly all EU member states makes them a well-connected legal partner with exposure to diverse regulatory environments.

What sets them apart

Arthur's Legal fills a specific niche that most technical consortia struggle to cover internally: translating emerging technology into legal, regulatory, and governance frameworks. Unlike generic law firms, they have deep domain knowledge across AI, IoT, cybersecurity, and energy — earned through nine projects and 164 consortium partnerships. For any coordinator building a Horizon Europe consortium that involves AI, data, or digital regulation, Arthur's Legal brings both the legal expertise and the EU project experience to handle ethics reviews, GDPR compliance, and regulatory deliverables efficiently.

Highlights from their portfolio

• CONCORDIA
  Largest single grant (EUR 241,250) in a major EU cybersecurity competence network — signals trusted position in the European cybersecurity governance landscape.
• ASCAPE
  Combines AI, big data, and healthcare regulation — demonstrates ability to handle sensitive health data governance and ethical AI in a clinical context.
• AI4PublicPolicy
  Directly addresses AI governance for public authorities, positioning the firm at the intersection of AI regulation and democratic accountability.