We lead negotiations and structure many types of transactions driven by innovation or technological opportunities. These include licenses, outsourcing, collaborations, research and development arrangements, joint ventures, strategic alliances, technology transfer, supply chain agreements, marketing, VAR, OEM and distribution arrangements, and other commercial agreements. We handle such agreements across a broad spectrum of technologies and industries.
Areas of Practice
Technology and Intellectual Property Deals
Open Source Software Counseling
Our free and open source software practice (FOSS or OSS) has extensive experience in solving complex open source problems and guiding in-house and business teams through potential issues arising from identifiable open source risks. We engage in open source license conflict analysis, software pedigree review and software license compliance audits. We develop internal open source policies and procedures, and counsel clients on best practices pertaining to usage and documentation of open source software.
Data Privacy Counseling
We understand that data is a key part of nearly every business in today’s environment, and that there are a wealth of laws and best practices that govern the gathering, storage, use and transfer of that data. We understand these tensions and the rapidly evolving laws and standards pertaining to them, and provide cutting-edge advice pertaining to regulatory compliance, data governance and storage and knowledge management.
M&A Deals
We have extensive experience working closely with corporate/M&A deal teams, restructuring teams and tax groups to provide key advice on all technology & IP aspects of public and private corporate transactions. Such transactions include mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, divestitures, joint ventures, financings, and restructurings. Our work includes all aspects of technology and IP due diligence, including analyzing and advising on IP litigation risks, open source risk, IP ownership and title, data privacy exposure and other risks that may affect investment value.
Our Philosophy
Momentum Tech Law is born of experience from practicing law at premier, world-renowned and regionally recognized firms, and intense training on providing the highest quality legal services. But we came to see that the highest quality legal services are not always available at a price point that is affordable by all businesses. We came to believe that, regardless of matter size or value, each company, large or small, should have access to world-class legal services at reasonable rates. We also came to recognize that many clients prefer a much more predictable, straightforward approach to legal bills. We have deep experience with alternative billing models, and employ such models for clients. Our experience has been that these structures result in relationships with our clients that are founded on trust and are mutually profitable.
Out of these realizations comes our firm’s founding philosophy: provide the highest quality deal advice and business counseling, build relationships of trust with clients, and do it at reasonable rates.