Deborah Hinck advises clients on a full spectrum of intellectual property, privacy, and data security matters.
Deborah draws on both her engineering and legal experience in the industry to counsel clients across a range of sectors, with a particular focus on cloud computing and data strategy, AI and machine learning, entertainment, video gaming, SaaS, and complex technology transactions.
She regularly advises on the IP, technology transactions and data privacy, and security aspects of:
Commercial contracts and IP licensing agreements
Strategic mergers and acquisitions, alliances, partnerships, and joint ventures
IP matters related to private equity and venture capital transactions
Capital markets transactions and financings
Manufacture, supply, and resale agreements
Open-source licensing
Customer and end-user arrangements
Artificial intelligence maters
Consumer protection matters
Privacy and data security policies
Cybersecurity terms in commercial transactions
US Securities and Exchange Commission cybersecurity disclosure
Privacy and data security issues in connection with product development
Data ownership and data rights
Privacy and data security regulations, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other state privacy laws, Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and CAN-SPAM
While in law school, she served as an extern for the Department of Justice’s Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section.
Before law school, Deborah was a software engineer and business and strategy development manager at Microsoft from 2002 to 2014.
Experience
Deborah’s experience includes advising:
Sanofi on its collaboration with Open AI and Formation Bio to build AI-powered software to accelerate drug development and bring new medicines to patients more efficiently
Mammoth Brands on data privacy matters related to its acquisition of Coterie
Merlin, an autonomous flight technology company, on its merger with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp.
Drizly, an on-demand alcohol delivery app, on its acquisition by Uber Technologies
Okta on acquiring Auth0, an identity management platform for application builders and developers
Ginkgo Bioworks, a developer of biological engineering products and custom microbes, on its de-SPAC merger with Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp.
Maverick Silicon on its investment in Celera Semiconductor, a semiconductor infrastructure company specializing in design automation.
Westview Capital Partners on its growth investment in EyeQ Monitoring, an AI-powered surveillance and security solutions provider.
Desktop Metal on IP matters in relation to strategic acquisitions, including in connection with acquiring 3D printing and materials companies ExOne and EnvisionTEC
Evolv Technology, an AI-enabled touchless security screening company, on its de-SPAC merger with Newhold Investment Corp.
Rosecliff on the business combination between GT Gettaxi, a UK-based technology platform focused on corporate ground transportation management, and Rosecliff Acquisition Corp I
Figure Technology Solutions on its IPO
Rivian on its IPO
Brilliant Earth on its IPO
KKR and Ten Eleven Ventures on NetSPI’s growth funding
TravelPerk on its Series D-1 financing
A Cloud Guru, a cloud skills development platform, on its acquisition by Pluralsight
IXL Learning on acquiring Rosetta Stone’s languages division
Actifio on its acquisition by Google
LogMeIn on its acquisition
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
Massachusetts
Education
JD, Boston University, 2017 magna cum laude
MA, University of Washington, 2012
BS in Electrical & Computer Engineering & Mathematics, University of Colorado, 2002
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