Mark Schenkel

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy

Career

Mark Schenkel is a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions Group and a member of the Firm’s Artificial Intelligence Practice. Mark’s practice is focused on strategic and commercial transactions involving the development, licensing and transfer of intellectual property, software, algorithms, data, content, pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals, medical devices and other technologies. His practice also includes technology-intensive mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and collaborations, as well as IP litigation settlement agreements. Mark regularly advises on major AI compute infrastructure transactions and strategic alliances.

In addition to his transactional work, Mark regularly counsels a broad range of clients on matters regarding IP; artificial intelligence, open source and other technologies; and privacy and cybersecurity.

Mark has been described as a leader with “broad horizons and excellent strategic judgement” (IAM Patent 1000). He was selected as a 2024 Dealmaker of the Year by The American Lawyer for advising OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT and Dall-E, in its multibillion-dollar partnership with Microsoft and is regularly recognized by other leading industry publications such as Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) and The Financial Times.

Personal

UC Hastings College of the Law (JD, 2010); Tufts University (BS, 2007).