Marcelo Halpern

Marcelo Halpern focuses on sophisticated commercial transactions at the nexus of law and technology. He represents a range of entities from multinational Fortune 100 companies to startups, governments, and nonprofits. Emphasizing collaboration and client service, he guides clients through collaboration, development, distribution, licensing, manufacturing, and service relationships in an array of industries.

Marcelo crafts holistic, adaptable strategies to address complex business challenges by leveraging his exceptional interdisciplinary knowledge of law, business, and technology. This client-centered, rigorous, and pragmatic approach delivers highly tailored, robust, long-term business solutions.

Marcelo actively partners with colleagues and clients, building teams to address the spectrum of business and legal risks—including intellectual property (IP), tax, antitrust, bankruptcy, accounting, and regulatory matters—that arise during transactions. That collaboration extends to opposing parties, helping clients to create effective solutions and build long-term relationships across the negotiating table.

Clients rely on Marcelo’s knowledge to guide them in their use of cutting-edge technologies, such as data analytics, artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, Internet of Things, smart cities, mobile and cloud computing, and industrial processes. Marcelo applies his systems-thinker approach to help clients understand and effectively manage emerging and future technologies in mission-critical transactions.

Marcelo advises clients on strategies and transactions, including strategic alliances and joint ventures, industry alliances, outsourcing and enterprise resource planning implementations, and complex licensing transactions. He also handles open-source licensing, data use and privacy issues, marketing and distribution strategies, hardware design and development, and manufacturing agreements.

In tandem with his comprehensive approach, Marcelo counsels clients on IP and technology issues in mergers and acquisitions, financings, data management, and technology transfer transactions.