Kevin helps emerging technology companies grow and mature. He drafts and negotiates their sales and outsourcing agreements, commercial and distribution contracts, and purchasing and licensing deals. He protects and monetizes their trademarks and other intellectual property. He guides them through e-commerce, open-source software, and privacy issues.

And he leads them through the transition from emerging businesses to established companies, like the small business providing technology services he helped mature into a software product company that the founders sold for $100 million.

Emerging and Regulated Technology

Kevin helps client navigate the highly regulated sectors of financial technology (FinTech), health care technology, and government technology. He is the author of FinTech Law: A Guide to Technology Law in the Financial Services Industry, published by Bloomberg/BNA.

For clients in those industries, Kevin provides clear and practical business and legal advice on responding to regulatory constraints, competitive challenges, and evolving issues, including blockchain, crypto currency, artificial intelligence, privacy, PCI compliance, and other payment card issues.

Technology Transactions

Kevin guides clients through technology and corporate transactions – mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances – that involve computer systems, outsourcing, e-commerce, patent licenses, intellectual property, content distribution, and computer hardware. He identifies risks and implements solutions that limit exposure and maximize value.

In addition, Kevin conducts IP due diligence in corporate M&A deals and advises on the remediation of issues that arise. He has particular strengths analyzing open source software in mergers and acquisitions – he is a Black Duck-certified Legal Specialist – to identify liabilities, risks, and potential exposure to lawsuits and claims.

Dispute Resolution

Kevin defends and prosecutes information technology and intellectual property claims in federal and state courts on behalf of his clients. He has successfully resolved disputes – through negotiations, settlements, and courtroom trials – of software, outsourcing, copyright and trademark infringement, data breaches, and general commercial issues.

Kevin has a master’s degree in economics from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Represented a small technology company from early stage to its $100 million exit, acting as the company’s outside general counsel.
• Represented multiple Fortune 100 financial institutions in the acquisition of technology in the highly regulated financial services industry.
• Represented a Fortune 5 company in the negotiation of a global outsourcing agreement, managing a team of lawyers in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Education

• New York Law School, J.D., Articles Editor, Journal of Human Rights
• The Catholic University of America, M.A,
• Eckerd College, B.A.

Court Admissions

• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit