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Ariel Soiffer
Work Department
Capital Markets; Corporate Governance and Disclosure; Cross-Border Transactions; Cybersecurity and Privacy; Debt Finance; Emerging Company and Venture Capital; FinTech; Life Sciences; Mergers and Acquisitions; Technology; Technology Transactions and Licensing
Position
Partner
Career
Ariel Soiffer’s practice focuses on technology-related transactions and advising clients on technology-related matters. Mr. Soiffer draws on his prior business experience as a management consultant to provide practical solutions to legal and business challenges that his clients face.
Mr. Soiffer represents clients in transactions ranging from bet-the-company transactions to day-to-day matters. He regularly negotiates and advises clients on a range of intellectual property licensing and other commercial transactions. Key areas of focus include technology transactions, life sciences transactions, machine learning/artificial intelligence advice, financial or financial technology matters, privacy or cybersecurity-related matters, outsourcing/complex commercial transactions, logistics and UCC matters, international transactions and trade secrets. Mr. Soiffer advises clients on developing term sheets and requests for proposal, analyzing competitive bids from a legal perspective and drafting and negotiating various intellectual property-related agreements.
In addition, Mr. Soiffer maintains an active pro bono practice. In each of 2019, 2020 and 2021, Massachusetts put Mr. Soiffer on the pro bono High Honor Roll. His pro bono advice has included advising on licensing of healthcare data, collaboration on development of heath care standard sets, negotiation of international media and entertainment transactions, among other matters.
Learn more about Mr. Soiffer’s practice and how he can support your startup on WilmerHaleLaunch.com.
Languages
French, Japanese, Spanish
Memberships
Bar Admissions:
Massachusetts
Education
Boston University School of Law , J.D. (2010)
University of Pennsylvania , B.A. (2000)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
New Yok-based Robert Finkel
and Ariel Soiffer, in Boston, are the key practitioners in WilmerHale‘s outsourcing practice. Finkel, a corporate and fintech specialist, advises international corporations and financial institutions in complex commercial transactions, including technology and outsourcing deals. Soiffer focuses on tech transactions and also works on mandates in the life sciences, machine learning and logistics spaces. The pair regularly advise international corporations on global outsourcing transactions, namely payment processing, cloud-sourcing, management platform and service agreement transactions. The firm also works on traditional supply-chain and business outsourcing matters.
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
(Next Generation Partners)WilmerHale provides a strong spread of services to its technology clients, including support on VC financings and M&A, through to advice on licensing, outsourcing, joint venture, development and distribution agreements. IP portfolio development and commercialisation is another key feature within the highly experienced team. The firm’s lawyers are also increasingly advising on the cybersecurity and privacy-related aspects of major transactions involving big data. Notable highlights include assisting Factorial Energy, a solid-state battery start-up, on agreements with Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis to commercialize its battery technology. Practice chair Mick Bain is backed by a deep bench which includes Jeff Johnson, Ariel Soiffer, and in San Francisco, Mat Trachok. Steven Barrett is ‘legally exceptional but with business practicality in mind’. All partners are based in Boston unless otherwise stated.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Outsourcing United States > Media, technology and telecoms
- Technology transactions United States > Media, technology and telecoms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Government > Government relations
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Environment > Environment: litigation