Marcelo Halpern is a partner with the firm's Business practice and a member of
the Technology Transactions & Privacy group. Marcelo's practice focuses on
transactional, strategic and corporate representation of global "FORTUNE 100"
companies, start-up and emerging growth companies, as well as U.S.-based and
international governments and non-profits. His experience includes structuring
and negotiating technology and intellectual property-oriented strategic
alliances and joint ventures; software, data and content licensing; outsourcing
and ERP implementation transactions; counseling on digital strategy concerns
including open source licensing, data security, data use and privacy issues
(including HIPAA, GLB and cross-border data privacy issues); hosting, cloud
computing and software services agreements; Internet exchanges and marketplaces;
Internet advertising and sponsorship agreements; research and development
transactions; private labeling, co-branding and other marketing and distribution
strategies; and intellectual property and technology issues arising in the
context of mergers and acquisitions, financing and bankruptcy transactions.
Marcelo also provides general corporate representation to software, consulting,
Internet, e-commerce and technology companies.