S. Burr Eckstut

Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology

• Fox Entertainment and Blockchain Creative Labs, on the launch of the Masked Singer NFT Digital Collectibles Platform.*
• Sony Music, in its investment in NFT Marketplace MakersPlace.*
• BanQu, a provider of a blockchain-based supply chain and identity solution, on its form customer agreement.*
• A major participant in OTC cryptoasset markets, on a range of technology-related matters.*
• A startup cryptoasset exchange, on regulatory issues and its participant agreement.*

Payments and Banking

• Stearns Bank, on its strategic partnership with Productfy to support fintechs offering innovative money movement, neobank, payment processing, and card issuance solutions.*
• BancAlliance, a network of community banks, on strategic partnerships with fintech companies.*
• Credit Sesame, on a partnership with Community Federal Savings Bank to hold accounts for the Sesame Cash digital banking service.*
• A sharing economy platform, on various aspects of a strategic payment processing program for the benefit of suppliers and purchasers on the platform.*
• A large merchant, on a strategic partnership to support its co-branded credit cards.*

Financial Market Data and Technology

• Envestnet | Yodlee, on a range of data agreements, including data access agreements with tier 1 financial institutions such as JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Capital One, TD Bank, and Charles Schwab.*
• Rhodium Group, on:
  • a strategic partnership with BlackRock to incorporate Rhodium's climate change data into BlackRock's financial models and risk analytics for the Aladdin platform;* and
  • the subsequent sale of Rhodium's proprietary climate risk models to BlackRock.*
• Coinbase, on data licensing matters, including a strategic agreement with Trading Technologies for trading connectivity and the distribution of Coinbase's market data.*
• Coalition of Rainforest Nations, on the development of a platform for the registration and exchange of carbon credits, including a data registry services agreement with IHS Markit.*
• A high-frequency trading firm, on a wide range of market data and technology issues.

Other Commercial Technology Matters

• E-SMART, a provider of an intelligent speed adaptation technology for commercial vehicles, on its strategic partnerships, revenue-generating agreements, and IP & technology matters.*
• A pharmaceutical company, on licensing clinical data for use in connection with training diagnostic models by machine learning.*
• Media-buying services agreements for large multinational corporations.*
• Various construction services agreements for projects to deploy novel energy.
• A medical devices manufacturer, in a complex strategic customer agreement.*
• A diversified industrial conglomerate, on its forms and strategy for negotiating with digital technology vendors.*
• Various data license agreements for machine learning applications.*
• Various medical supply agreements.*

IP Aspects of M&A and other Corporate Transactions

• Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY), on the development of STRATOS, the world's largest Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility. Occidental has formed a joint venture with BlackRock Inc., the world's largest asset manager, in connection with the STRATOS project with BlackRock investing US$550 million into the joint venture.
• Pipeline Technique, a portfolio company of Bluewater Private Equity, on its acquisition of the Stanley Oil and Gas business from Stanley Black & Decker, a Fortune 500, NYSE listed international pipeline services and equipment company.
• Triton, a private equity investor and its portfolio company WAP Holding Örebro AB in the acquisition of House of Padel AB, a Swedish company who conducts operation and establishment of padel facilities. The sellers are HD Active AB and House of Padel Olofström AB.
• Stagecoach Group plc, in the agreement to sell its North America division to an affiliate of Variant Equity Advisors, LLC, at an enterprise value of US$271 million.*
• Charlesbank Capital Partners, in the US$413 million sale of its portfolio company, Cedar Creek Holdings, Inc., to BlueLinx Corporation.*
• Rogers Corporation, a global leader in engineered material solutions, in its acquisition of Griswold LLC, a leading manufacturer of custom-engineered cellular elastomer and high-performance polyurethane.*
• Strategic Resources International, in its acquisition by Peraton Corp.*
• BanQu, Inc., on its Series A offering of tokenized equity.*
• A financial research and analytics company, in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of a big data analytics startup and related contractual negotiations with a third-party supplier of data for use in the analytics.*

*Matters handled while with another prior law firm.