Outside Counsel with an In-House Mindset
Boston Technology Law is a boutique law firm specializing in commercial agreements and technology licensing.
Our Areas of Expertise
We are former big law attorneys and in-house counsel helping solve unique problems at the intersection of business and innovation.
We practice in many areas. Here are a select few:
Software Development and Licensing
Our services range from core licensing and strategic alliance agreements to complex negotiations, including those with Fortune 500 companies, international entities, financial institutions, hospitals, and universities.
Cloud Computing
Clients include venture funded SaaS providers in financial analysis, vendor management, and intellectual property tracking. Best practices regarding privacy, data security, and analytics.
Early Stage and Venture-Backed Companies
Special focus on emerging venture backed companies where the technology is critical and intellectual property is prime currency; counsels on both licensing and channel strategies as well as major transactions.
Trademarks
Boston Technology Law is ready to handle everything, from the initial filing of the application in USPTO to pre-litigation trademark and copyright protection.
Bet-the-Company Agreements
We specialize in high-profile and mission-critical agreements as well as joint venture arrangements for companies of all sizes, finding solutions through creativity, perspective, and experience.
More
Like technology, our knowledge and experience is growing all the time. We are continuing to broaden our areas of practice to meet our clients needs.
Why Choose BTL?
Boston Tech Law provides legal services for technology companies, ranging from emerging ventures to Fortune 100 businesses. We are experts at intellectual property licenses, technology transactions, software and SaaS agreements, open source, privacy, copyrights, trademarks, and commercial agreements. We help our clients understand how to manage risks in a way that is appropriate for their stage of growth and their business goals.
Experienced
Our senior attorneys have all previously worked in-house with technology companies. We use that experience to help our clients close deals and reduce risk through creative approaches to transactions.
Tech-Savvy
We are passionate about technology and love to learn about our clients’ innovations. Understanding how each client functions within its own sector enables us to better advise for desired outcomes.
Collaborative
BTL is not trying to be all things to all clients. We partner with our clients’ in-house counsel and their other law firms, providing expertise tailored to our specialties while supporting their established relationships with other attorneys.
Affordable
BTL was designed to take advantage of changes in tech and virtual office services to operate with minimal overhead. We hire and retain top technology lawyers while charging rates less than half of those charged by global firms.
Practical
Legal advice must be practical to be meaningful. Our clients have to move fast, so some risks can’t be eliminated and must be managed instead. We help to manage them appropriately.
Meet the Team
Who you are and what you want to achieve is our focus - your business and its goal drive the deal. We help you to identify and manage risks, negotiate deals, and forge business relationships. We love technology and we want to understand the nuances of your business so that we can help it flourish.
David Rickerby
David Rickerby, founding partner of Boston Technology Law, has specialized in complex technology and business relationships for more than twenty years.
Kell Schoff
Kell advises clients with a pragmatic attitude and two decades of experience negotiating intellectual property licenses, commercial contracts, and technology transactions.
Anne Hulecki
Anne works with technology businesses to protect and commercialize their intellectual property assets with a focus on complex technology contracts and licensing.
Steve Winslow
Steve has deep experience in software licensing, open source software development and use, data privacy, and other matters involving technology transactions and commercial contracts.