Legal Services

We support cloud clients with practical, commercially focused legal guidance in areas such as:

• Corporate and Venture Finance: Entity formation, venture capital and growth financings, strategic investments, joint ventures, and M&A transactions involving cloud and enterprise software companies.
• Intellectual Property: Protection of proprietary software, cloud architectures, APIs, and platform technologies through patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and licensing strategies.
• Data Privacy and Security: Compliance with global data protection laws, including the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and sector-specific regulations; development of data governance frameworks and cross-border data transfer strategies.
• Commercial Agreements: Drafting and negotiation of SaaS agreements, master service agreements (MSAs), service level agreements (SLAs), data processing agreements (DPAs), reseller arrangements, and strategic technology partnerships.
• Cybersecurity and Risk Management: Advising on incident response planning, contractual allocation of security risk, vendor management, and compliance with industry cybersecurity standards and reporting obligations.
• Regulatory Compliance: Guidance on sector-specific regulatory requirements affecting cloud deployment, including healthcare, financial services, and government contracting frameworks.
• Employment and Compensation: Counseling on executive compensation, equity plans, employment agreements, and mobility issues for founders, engineers, and enterprise technology teams.