Cloud Computing, Licensing, & Transactions

We help clients manage

• Business and technical communications with key transaction constituents
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating deal documents
• Deal flow and turn-around time
• Cost sensitivities
• Risk factors, with a real-world perspective of market expectations

Interdisciplinary team

• Deep bench of attorneys to effectively staff projects large and small
• Attorneys with prior experience as IT professionals
• Intellectual property attorneys and professionals
• Privacy and Security attorneys and professionals

Our clients span the range of public and private companies and business sectors

Navigate complex and technical transactions

Implement strategic staffing practices for deal diligence to help efficiently gather business intelligence, inform deal strategy, and position your business to manage risks and value beyond the deal.

Our technology and licensing services allow you to

• Enter into joint development relationships, joint ventures, and strategic teaming agreements – understand the interaction of business and legal elements to craft strategic joint relationships that allow your organization to leverage its own strengths combined with the capabilities of other industry leaders
• Enter into strategic commercial relationships – engage or become a technology reseller, value-added reseller (VAR), or third-party software bundler (OEM)
• Identify, assess, and address business risks through deal due diligence – review representations, warranties, covenants, and other transaction obligations related to software and other technical intellectual property, including open source
• Implement technical vendor and contract management controls – develop guidelines and create form documents to manage the technical vendor contracting process
• Navigate the complicated world of open-source licensing – work with professionals who can give detailed, real-world advice on open source software licensing models and the potential impact on your organization’s business, products, or transactions
• Review and negotiate software and services contracts – achieve market-reasonable results with detailed guidance and assistance in the negotiation process across the full range of software and technical services agreements, from traditional on-premises software to hosted, mobile, and web-based applications and services
• Take your business to the next level, or stay at the top – whether just entering the market as a technology startup with a great idea and a great vision, or leading your market globally and looking to stay at the top with innovation and strategic planning, our professionals can help you keep your business moving

Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

• Represented Fortune 100 company in procuring global, HR workforce management SaaS solution
• Represented large financial institution in procuring platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solution
• Negotiated joint development agreement between two large computer companies to produce commercially available products and services
• Represented automobile manufacturer with App and related agreements for smart cars
• Represented Fortune 100 global cosmetic company with retail store technologies
• Represented cognitive computing technology company to provide cognitive computing to various industry segments
• Represented various large entities procuring global accounting software solutions
• Represented various large entities procuring global database solutions
• Represented many clients in connection with incorporation and use of open source software products
• Represented global healthcare company to procure HealthIT products and services
• Represented global food company in creation of SaaS and technology forms for procurement
• Counsel to multiple HealthIT SaaS platform providers in negotiation of customer subscription and services agreements
• Counsel to publicly traded manufacturing company in procurement and licensing of payroll and benefits processing SaaS platform
• Represented many private SaaS companies in development of forms and negotiation of transactions with customers
• Counsel to publicly traded home improvement and supply company in licensing of enterprise wide install-based and cloud-based software solutions