Erin Hanson

Erin Hanson is a partner in the Firms Technology Transactions Practice within the Firms Global Mergers & Acquisitions Group and Global Intellectual Property Group. She is also co-head of White & Cases Artificial Intelligence Taskforce. Erin is a transactional attorney, specializing in intellectual property (IP) and technology transactions and counseling. Erin offers clients legal and commercial advice across the spectrum of standalone IP and technology transactions, including all aspects of IP and technology licensing, development and joint-development agreements, evaluation and testing agreements, strategic alliances, distribution, outsourcing, cloud and as-a-service arrangements. Erin also advises on the IP and technology aspects of M&A, private equity and other corporate transactions, including acquisitions, divestments, carve-outs, and joint ventures. Her work includes representing both strategic and financial clients, across a number of industries, including social media, software, hardware, telecommunications, clean-tech, data and analytics, digital health and financial services, in matters relating to a wide variety of technologies such as artificial intelligence, e-commerce, platform technologies, big data, autonomous driving, and the internet of things. Erins clients benefit from her strong international experience, having practiced in both Australia and the United States. Erin is ranked Band 3 for Technology in Chambers USA 2023-2024 and was named Up & Coming Lawyer for Technology & Outsourcing in New York by Chambers USA, 2021; 2022. She won the New York Law Journals Individual Award for Innovation (2024), is listed as a Recognized Individual by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Strategy 300 (2024) and IAM Patent 1000 (2020 - 2024) and is a recipient of a 40 under 40 Emerging Leaders Award by The M&A Advisor (2019). Erin is also listed as a Rising Star for Mergers & Acquisitions by The Deal (2020), ILFR (2020) and Euromoney (2021).