Technology Transactions

The deal should match the architecture. We structure licensing, data, and platform agreements around how the technology actually works.

The most expensive technology deals are the ones where the contract describes a product that does not exist: rights granted that the architecture cannot enforce, restrictions promised that the integration ignores, ownership language that falls apart the first time a model is trained on shared data.

We structure technology transactions from the system diagram outward. Who owns what, who may use what, for which purpose, at what scale, and what happens when the relationship ends. The economics follow the architecture, not the other way around.

When clients bring us in

When the value of the deal is the technology itself.

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Something is being licensed.

Your technology, someone else's, or a dataset, and the scope of the grant will define the business for years.

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Systems are being connected.

An API integration, platform listing, or embedded component is creating dependencies the standard terms do not cover.

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Ownership is in play.

Joint development, custom builds, or AI training on shared data has raised the question of who owns the result.

Typical outputs

Deal documents that match the system diagram.

  • Technology licensing agreements, inbound and outbound
  • Data license and data-sharing agreements
  • API, platform, and marketplace terms
  • Reseller, OEM, and white-label structures
  • IP ownership, development, and joint-build agreements
  • Source code escrow and continuity terms
Working rhythm

Architecture first, economics second, paper last.

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Diagram

We map what is being built, hosted, accessed, and exchanged before anyone drafts a grant clause.

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Allocate

Ownership, usage rights, restrictions, and risk are assigned to match how the system actually runs.

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Draft and negotiate

The agreement is built around the allocation, with the leverage spent on the terms that survive the term sheet.

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Stress test

We walk the exit before signing: termination, data return, transition, and what each side keeps.

How to start

Send the non-confidential outline.

Tell us what is being licensed or integrated, who owns the technology or data today, and the commercial model behind the deal. Keep confidential details out until conflicts are cleared and an engagement is signed.

Start with your deal