Cody helps clients in the technology, internet, telecommunications, manufacturing, professional services, consulting, aerospace and medical fields develop and implement commercial contracting strategies to optimize efficiencies and reduce their legal costs.
Cody’s experience includes advising on software and hardware; on-premises, cloud and hosted solutions; SaaS, IaaS, PaaS and other software and services licensing models; and related software development, joint venture, reseller, distributor, procurement, consulting/development and outsourcing commercial contracts, as well as telecommunications-related colocation, dark fiber, IRUs and MDU contracts.
With a strong technology and engineering background, and experience working internally for companies, Cody is able to help clients develop successful contracting strategies to address data security risks related to proprietary information or personally identifiable information, particularly in cloud-based models. Cody also advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, corporate operations and general business matters including entity formation, structure and governance. He also provides guidance on intellectual property matters, including copyright, trademark and infringement issues.
Education
University of Denver School of Law
Boston University College of Engineering
