About Stephen Cross

Stephen Cross is a partner in Gowling WLG's Ottawa office, and the work centres on the contracts that move technology and intellectual property between businesses. Cross drafts and negotiates software service deals, cloud computing agreements, licences and development agreements, with a practice that spans business law and IP.

Contracts aren't the whole job. Cross also regularly advises on data security, open source software and cloud computing, and co-leads the firm's Tech Group in Ottawa.

That background shows up on transactions too. When Napkyn, an Ottawa digital analytics and engineering consultancy, joined Kepler Group in 2021, Cross covered the technology side for the Gowling WLG team acting for Napkyn. In 2024, the IP piece of Apogee Interactive's purchase of EnergyX Solutions, an Ontario maker of AI-powered software for utilities, was Cross's part of the team advising Apogee.

Cross was called to the Ontario bar in 2000. Best Lawyers has recognized the partner since 2015, and its Ottawa "Lawyer of the Year" title for Information Technology Law has gone to Cross five times, most recently in the 2027 edition.

Practice areas

Business & Corporate Law Intellectual Property

Technology and IP contracts

Preparing and negotiating commercial agreements covering technology and intellectual property rights, such as cloud computing, software service, development and licence agreements.

Cloud, data security and open source

Regular advice on issues tied to cloud computing, data security and the use of open source software.

Technology and IP on transactions

Handles the technology or IP side of deal teams, including Napkyn's 2021 move to Kepler Group and Apogee Interactive's 2024 acquisition of EnergyX Solutions.

Education & credentials

  • LLB, University of Western Ontario (1998)
  • BCom, University of Calgary (1994)
  • Called to the Ontario bar (2000)

Awards & recognition

Memberships & affiliations

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