Samuel Kramer

Practice Areas

Sam Kramer is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Chicago office in the Intellectual Property and Technology practice. He represents customers in managed services, IT procurement, complex licensing, and supply chain agreements, with a focus on the financial services industry. He is a frequent speaker on outsourcing, cloud services and blockchain.

Mr. Kramer is Chair of the Firm's North American FinTech practice and is a member of the Firm's Global FinTech Steering Committee. He is recognized in Chambers Global, Chambers USA, the Legal 500 USA and Who's Who Legal. Mr. Kramer focuses on multi-jurisdictional outsourcing, complex IT licensing and commercial contracting, supply chain integration and FinTech.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Chicago Bar Association

Publications

Author, “FinTech United States” in Getting the Deal Through Law Business Research (2019) (with

Matthew Kluchenek)

Author, “Technology U.S.” in In-House Lawyer the Legal 500 (2019)

Author, "The Challenge of Authenticity: Blockchain in the Supply Chain" Journal of Supply Chain

Management, Logistics and Procurement. Vol. 1, No. 3, 1–7 Winter 2018–19

Author, "Collateral Damage: Cryptocurrency and Security Interests." Best Lawyers October 1, 2018

Author, "Cryptocurrency Regulation in the Crosshairs." Bloomberg Law: Tech & Telecom News June

22, 2018 (with Matthew Kluchenek and Patrick Dennien)

Author, "Blockchains and Data Protection" Bloomberg Law: Big Law Business Report May 21, 2018

Author, "Emerging Regulatory Framework of FinTech in The U.S." B:Inform Magazine May 2016

Author, "Outsourcing to the Cloud for Financial Institutions", B:Inform Magazine February 2016

Author, “Going Global Online: Basic E-Commerce and Data Privacy Considerations. Baker &

McKenzie's Going Global Field Guide” 2016

Author, "Take That Back: Drivers and Considerations for Insourcing" Inside Sourcing in January 2013

Author, "Crowdsourcing: Will On-Demand Labor Shake Up the Outsourcing Business?" LegalBytes

December 2012

Author, "Communications Outsourcing", Practical Law Company 2010. (With Ross McKean)

Author, "Taking an Interest in Carbon: Secured Financing and the Legal Nature of Carbon Credits"

Energy and Environmental Project Finance Law and Taxation (Kramer and Fusaro eds.), The Oxford

University Press in 2010 (with Richard Saines).

Author, "Outsourcing under the Obama Administration" Global Services Magazine December 2, 2008

Author, "Online Privacy in the United States: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Reviewed", BNA

International World Data Protection Report

Expert in these Jurisdictions

USA

Languages Spoken

English, Hebrew

Industry Sector Expertise

Communications & Mobility

Data & Technology

Design, Sourcing & Manufacturing

Digital Media & Content

Financial Institutions

Fintech

Franchise, Distribution & Global Brand Expansion

Healthcare & Life Sciences

International Trade

Marketing, Regulatory & Public

Risk Protection

Sales & After Sales

Sustainability

Sustainability for Financial Institutions and Sustainable Finance

Technology Transactions

Education