Helen M. Schweitz

She drafts and negotiates business-critical intellectual property (IP) and information technology (IT) agreements, including software-as-a-service (SaaS), IT services, data licensing, content licensing, maintenance and support, reseller, development, collaboration, and data protection agreements.

Earlier in her legal career, Helen practiced law in-house at a Fortune 100 insurance company for three years. Helen also lived in Japan for a number of years and is conversational in Japanese.

Helen is also a member of Benesch’s Transportation & Logistics Practice Group and a member of Benesch’s Risk & Ethics Committee.

Her experience includes:

• Drafting and negotiating software license, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, and IT service agreements.
• Developing template agreements (e.g., software license agreements; SaaS agreements; various services agreements; software and hardware evaluation agreements; confidentiality agreements).
• Counseling clients on electronic contracting, the legal implications of working in the Internet of Things (IoT) space, and related regulatory frameworks.
• Regularly supporting mergers and acquisitions by managing due diligence on technology and IP matters.
• Leading an enterprise-wide effort to develop and implement modernized confidentiality agreement templates and process; training paralegals and law clerks to take greater role in the review and management of confidentiality agreements.
• Implementing processes and procedures for the review of open source software licenses.
• Preparing privacy policies, terms of service, terms of use, and end user license agreements (EULAs) for mobile apps, online services, and websites.
• Drafting and negotiating license agreements for copyrighted publications.
• Actively representing artists, creative professionals, and nonprofit organizations on a pro bono basis through Chicago-based Lawyers for the Creative Arts.