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Evan M. Shapiro

Partner

T 206.757.8142 Seattle
I thrive when solving complex legal problems for great companies. 
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Evan Shapiro is committed to helping companies complete transactions efficiently and effectively to meet their objectives and grow their businesses. Evan offers his clients highly creative and practical risk management, legal simplification, and process improvements.

Evan's practice focuses on structuring and negotiating technology and commercial transactions for technology, financial services, media, entertainment, education, and communications clients ranging from emerging companies to national and global corporations and institutions. Evan has extensive experience supporting cloud, fintech, internet of things, artificial intelligence, and other software and hardware initiatives. In his practice, Evan helps companies develop and launch new products and services. He also advises on a host of licensing, financial regulatory, data security, and privacy and intellectual property matters.


Practice Highlights

Fintech service offerings

Represented financial services clients on the development and commercialization of various payment products, including mobile wallets, encryption and tokenization services, and cloud-based payment solutions for merchants.

Product launches

Represented wireless company in development and launch of an IoT fleet management solution involving hardware, cloud services, data security and data monetization issues.

Technology procurement and transactions

Structured and negotiated for a Fortune 500 company a multi-million dollar procurement of a suite of on-premises software and cloud-based customer care solution.

Admitted to Practice

  • Washington, 2002

Education

  • J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 2002, with honors
    • Notes & Comments Editor, Washington Law Review
  • B.A., History, Spanish, Bowdoin College, 1996, magna cum laude

Memberships & Affiliations

    • Board Member, Center for Children and Youth Justice, 2014-present
    • Chair, Norm Maleng Advocate for Youth Award Breakfast, Center for Children and Youth Justice, 2016
    • Co-chair, Community of Caring Luncheon, Jewish Family Service, 2016
    • Leadership Tomorrow, Class of 2012

Professional Recognition

    • Selected to "Washington Rising Stars" in Business/Corporate and Intellectual Property Law, Thomson Reuters, 2010-2014
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