Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Data Privacy & Security
- Developed AI governance frameworks and integrated AI tools, templates, and best practices for developers and deployers.
- Led technology transactions and data‑driven initiatives, including digitalization projects and data‑sharing arrangements with strategic third parties.
- Structured and negotiated technology and IP licensing transactions, including data sharing and data licensing agreements focused on data privacy, protection, storage, and transfer, and negotiated and implemented cloud‑computing models and related agreements.
- Counseled on product development and drafted fundamental commercial agreements, including cloud, software, SaaS, terms of service, and data‑as‑a‑service arrangements.
- Created GDPR and CCPA aligned internal policies and procedures; for clients across industries and geographies, including preparing external facing privacy notices, terms of use, and disclosures; website mapping, data collection, and data location analyses; performing cross functional assessments of data privacy risk and mitigation; and designing contractual risk mitigation strategies for data collection, processing, storage, and transfer.
- Created internal data, AI, and IP governance frameworks across business, technical, and operational teams.
- Managed breach and security incident response matters (including ransomware events), coordinated outside security experts, and guided international breach notification and disclosure efforts involving first‑ and third‑party responsibilities.
- Developed internal incident response programs, for global enterprises, including leading table top exercises to strengthen data protection and network security readiness.
- Advised an American multinational telecommunications holding company in the sale of its data center colocation operations to Brookfield Infrastructure for $1.1 billion.
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Advised a collaboration and productivity software development company on its $1 billion acquisition of DX, a developer productivity platform.
- Advised a global design software company in its acquisition of Intrinsix Corp.
- Advised an energy transition technology company in its acquisition of Sunrgy Solar Distribution.
- Advised a multinational home appliance company on its $640 million acquisition of the commercial refrigeration business of Carrier.
- Advised a cloud‑based workflow platform provider in its acquisition of G2K.
- Advised a digital performance marketing company in its acquisition of the HomeQuote.io home‑services marketplace and the Brand Direct International advertising network from Customer Direct Group.
- Advised an open‑source internet technology company in its acquisition of Fake Spot.
- Advised a global information services company on the divestiture of a majority interest in its Elite software business to TPG, creating a new legal technology company valued at $500 million.
- Advised a cloud‑data platform company in its acquisition of Mobilize.Net’s SnowConvert.
- Advised a cloud‑data platform company in its acquisition of Applica.
- Advised a blockchain‑based technology company in its acquisition of certain assets from SuiNS Technologies Inc.
- Advised a leading monitoring and security analytics provider in its acquisition of Cloudcraft.
- Advised a publicly traded cybersecurity and email protection company in its $275 million acquisition of a cloud services provider.
- Advised a leading sports and entertainment company in its $2 billion acquisition of a publicly traded motorsports venue operator.
- Advised an energy and power generation company in its acquisition of a retail electricity and natural gas business of Stream Energy for $300 million in working capital.
- Advised a leading media and telecommunications company in connection with various transactions.