Alison K. Evans
Partner
She / Her / Hers
Overview
Alison’s practice focuses on counseling clients in a variety of data-rich and regulated industries in the negotiation and execution of complex, high-value technology transactions matters, including SaaS and cloud based agreements, software licenses, business process outsourcing matters, and software development and other professional services agreements across a variety of technologies.
She advises clients on data security and privacy matters, including compliance with U.S. and international privacy laws and regulations, such as GDPR, CCPA, FTC Act, Gramm Leach Bliley, and others, responding to data security incidents, and drafting website and mobile application privacy policies and terms of use.
Alison also provides guidance with respect to federal and international trademark prosecution, trademark and copyright infringement and enforcement issues, and non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements. She regularly supports mergers and acquisitions with IP, IT, and data security due diligence matters.
What I Do
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Experience
Served as outside counsel in connection with the completion of an agreement for the sale of Summa Health to HatCo. This represents one of the most significant healthcare system transactions in Ohio in recent years and one of the first in which a major health system has been sold to an affiliate of a private equity fund.
Ongoing representation of big-tech companies in connection with drafting and negotiating prototype development and professional service agreements that involve complex IP licenses for research and development and commercialization purposes.
Provided counseling to an India-based agricultural seeds provider regarding the establishment of an eCommerce platform in the United States, and drafted terms of use, terms and conditions of sale, and a privacy policy.
Drafted information technology services agreement templates for a global materials science company, including templates for the procurement of SaaS products, managed services, professional services (including development of hosted solutions), and colocation services, and a data protection addendum.
Represented a digital health startup in drafting and negotiating a technology services agreement and related schedules with one of the world’s largest global pharmaceutical companies.
Represented a worldwide leader in adhesive technologies, display graphics and packaging materials on a SaaS-based systems implementation and provided counseling with respect to disputes that arose during implementation and testing phases of the project.
Negotiated a significant BPaaS implementation transaction with a major, international healthcare software systems vendor involving the license of significant intellectual property assets and rights (specifically, software) and a substantial systems integration component with major national and international vendors.
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Credentials
Education
- Cleveland State Law Review, Executive Business Editor
- Summa cum laude
- Law Justice Scholar
- CALI Award, Corporations
- Psychology and Child & Family Studies
- Summa cum laude
Clerkships and Bar Admissions
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- Member, Ohio State Bar Association
- Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- Named, Thomson Reuters Stand-Out Lawyer, 2024
- Listed, The Best Lawyers® Ones to Watch, Intellectual Property Law; Technology Law; 2021-2026
- Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers – Rising Stars, 2023, 2024
Hobbies:
Musical theater, yoga and fitness, spending time with my husband and daughters.
Favorite Book:
Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith
Favorite Movie:
Casablanca
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