He has nearly three decades of experience representing technology companies from start-up to growth stage, middle market to Fortune 50, as well as major regional and national venture capital and private equity funds and their portfolio companies, and as lead outside counsel on technology transactions, intellectual property, privacy and data security, CIPP/US, GDPR DPO, and Metaverse law.

Mike provides advice and guidance with respect to the protection of trade secrets and other confidential business information, drafts and reviews confidentiality, non-competition, and non-circumvention agreements, and performs due diligence with respect to trade secret and confidentiality issues in the context of technology deals and M&A transactions.

He negotiates, closes and manages risks associated with complex, high-value, intellectual property and technology transactions and matters including:

Systems implementation deals (including multi-site installed and cloud ERP, CRM, VOIP and ECM implementation transactions), strategic alliances, eCommerce, development, reseller, professional services, service level, telecomm, network services, equipment purchases, support & maintenance, and managed security services;
Technology M&A (including substantial IT, FinTech, and data-centric deal practice), joint ventures and technology collaborations, and representation of VCs, PE funds, family offices, and their portfolio companies in capital formations, acquisitions, and divestitures including sophisticated due diligence and analysis, rep and warranty insurance issues, and risk allocation and mitigation;
Metaverse, DeFi, and Web 3.0 law, blockchain platforms, distributed computing and ledgers, smart contracts, digital signatures, electronic contracts, crypto, NFTs, DApps, and DAOs;
Life sciences technology transactions and M&A including pharmaceutical, biotech, medical devices, and agribusiness, collaboration, and license deals for major health systems, health product distributors and vendors (including EMR, EHR, RCM, and VOIP implementations);
Inbound and outbound IP, IT and technology procurement, licenses, technology transfers, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, BPaas, and TaaS deals, and IP acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, and open source issues;
Global business process outsourcing transactions;
Global data security and privacy compliance under US, Canadian, and EU law (EU GDPR and ePrivacy, CCPA/CPRA and other state law, HIPAA/HITECH, Gramm Leach Blilely, COPPA, FTC Act and Red Flag rule compliance), PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, ITIL, COBIT, and NIST standards, and data classification, breach response, records retention and destruction, and policies/procedures; and
IoT and Industrial IoT (IIoT), 3D printing, and additive manufacturing.

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