Larry Bortstein

Prior to founding BLG, Larry was the Global Head of Technology Law at Lehman Brothers. Few attorneys have more experience in crafting and implementing practical solutions for clients relating to information technology, intellectual property licensing, and other commercial transactions that impact daily business operations.

Larry has negotiated hundreds of customer-side IT, IP licensing, and outsourcing transactions, ranging from complex IT development, software-as-a-service, and IT and business process outsourcing transactions, to routine software license, professional services, IT re-seller, and hardware purchase and maintenance, and market data transactions.

Larry has been the lead negotiator on numerous vendor-side IT, IP licensing, and outsourcing transactions. From his experience in-house and as outside counsel, Larry has a unique understanding of the marketplace and the issues that matter the most to business teams and their advisors.