C. Ian Kyer is a Senior Partner in the Toronto office of Fasken Martineau, one of Canada's leading law firms. He practices corporate/commercial law with an emphasis on serving information technology companies. He advises buyers and sellers of technology on acquisitions, licensing, outsourcing and technology-related legal disputes.

The Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory (see www.lexpert.ca) ranks Ian as one of The Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. He has twice been rated one of the top 25 IT lawyers in the world in Euromoney's The Best of the Best. Ian is also listed in Chambers Global Guide to the world’s leading lawyers as well as Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers. He has been given the highest rating by Martindale Hubbell and is listed in Canadian Who's Who.

Ian is the founder and first president of the Canadian IT Law Association (IT.Can), Canada's first national computer law association; and is a past president of the Computer Law Association, Inc., the U.S.-based organization that serves computer and information technology lawyers in North America and elsewhere. He is also a member of the editorial board of several computer law publications including the Oxford International Journal of Law and Information Technology. Ian has written and spoken extensively on IT outsourcing issues both in Canada and internationally. He and John Beardwood have just published Outsourcing Transactions A Practical Guide (Canada Law Book, 2006). He has also co-authored books on the history of legal education in Ontario and on computer-related legal agreements.

Ian joined the firm in 1980 and became a partner in 1988. Ian is on the steering committee of the firm's national Technology and Intellectual Property practice group, and is director of the Toronto office's Technology and Intellectual Property practice group.