PROFILE

Sarah Gagan, former Global Vice Chair of the Data & Technology Transactions Practice, represents public and private companies in a broad range of technology transactions.

Sarah's clients include emerging growth and established technology companies particularly in the fields of software, internet services, e-commerce, data security, medical devices, and life sciences as well as financial institutions, consumer goods manufacturers, and governmental agencies. She focuses on:

• Complex licensing and development arrangements
• Systems integration projects
• Information technology and business process outsourcing
• Technology and intellectual property acquisitions
• Distribution and reseller arrangements
• Strategic alliances and joint ventures
• Research and collaboration agreements
• Manufacturing and supply agreements
• Other commercial arrangements

She also advises clients on marketing and promotional matters, including:

• Copyright
• Trademark
• Internet
• E-commerce
• Digital media

Sarah writes and speaks frequently on intellectual property and technology law issues, including:

• Co-Author, “5 Simple Steps Startups Can Take to Protect Intellectual Property,” Latham & Watkins Client Alert (February 2015)  
• Presenter, Best Practices for Corporate Decision Makers: Protecting Your IP and Avoiding Litigation, Latham & Watkins, Boston, MA (November 2014)
• Presenter, Getting Tangled in the Web: Legal Issues for Nonprofit Use of the Internet, Boston Bar Association, Boston, MA (January 2014)
• Presenter, Key Intellectual Property Law Issues for Nonprofits in the World of Social Media, Lawyers Clearinghouse Nonprofit Legal Workshop, Boston, MA (June 2013)
• Presenter, Cloud Computing, CISO Breakfast Club, Boston, MA (June 2011)
• Presenter, Commercialization of Intellectual Property, MIT Sloan, Boston, MA (April 2011)
• Presenter, Annual Legal Update Executive Roundtable Breakfast and CISO Workshop, CISO Breakfast Club, Boston, MA (February 2010)

Sarah has been:

• Recognized by Chambers USA as a leader in Technology and Intellectual Property: Licensing, where clients praise her as an attorney who “brings unparalleled expertise to the table” and as an “invaluable resource” who is “talented, smart and business-minded.” 
• Named a 2017 Top Women of Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 
• Recommended by The Legal 500 US 2016-2020 in multiple categories, including Commercial Deals and Contracts and Technology Transactions