Overview
Sam Genovese focuses his practice on technology transactions, outsourcing and other commercial transactions. He counsels clients in a wide variety of technology transactions, including cloud computing, software licenses, technology development and licensing agreements, e-commerce arrangements, software-as-a-service, technology maintenance and service agreements, and software compliance audits. Additionally, he represents clients in information technology and business process outsourcing transactions. Sam also has specialized transactional experience providing legal support to companies in the cryptocurrency and Web3 industry.
During law school, Sam was an articles editor for the SMU Science and Technology Law Review.
Results
- Drafted and negotiated a multimillion-dollar outsourcing agreement on behalf of a leading defense contractor and shipbuilding company for information technology, managed services and data security services
- Drafted and negotiated an outsourcing agreement on behalf of a leading photography and image sharing corporation for engineering, IT, infrastructure, software engineering and data security services
- Drafted an outsourcing agreement on behalf of a hospital corporation for revenue cycle management services
- Negotiated a professional services agreement for event planning and management services
- Negotiated a professional services agreement for the creation of an ethics and compliance program
- Negotiated a cloud software agreement for conference room software
- Negotiated a data storage agreement for physical data storage services
- Performed an analysis of potential red flags arising out of a target company’s customer agreements in connection with a pharmaceutical company’s purchase of a healthcare provider
- Drafted a red flag analysis of a target company’s software, services and intellectual property agreements in connection with a private equity firm’s purchase of a global taxi and airport shuttle company
- Drafted a transition services agreement in connection with a food service company’s purchase of a competitor
- Negotiated terms and conditions on behalf of a window manufacturer for lead generation services
- Drafted a token purchase agreement on behalf of a cryptocurrency company for the distribution of tokenized telecommunication credits
- Drafted terms and conditions on behalf of a cryptocurrency company startup for the creation of collectivized master nodes that allow customers to provide fractional contributions toward the creation of said nodes
- Drafted a software development agreement on behalf of a cryptocurrency startup for the development of a metaverse environment
Community
- Dallas Bar Association, member
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, member
Credentials
Education
SMU Dedman School of Law, JD, cum laude, 2017
University of Maryland, BA, 2012
Admissions
Texas
Courts/Agencies
US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
