Daniel Forester Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, US

San Francisco, CA, US

Daniel advises clients in the Fintech, blockchain, defi, Web3 and NFT ecosystems – and those who interact with them – on the strategic and commercial issues core to their business models, particularly at the intersection of intellectual property and data. He serves as global head of Orrick’s multi-disciplinary Fintech practice.

New York, NY, US

I am a counsel in Davis Polk's Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions Group and a member of the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Group. I have intellectual property and data privacy experience across a variety of sectors, including technology, private equity, cryptocurrency, financial institutions, retail, real estate and social media.

New York, NY, US

• Practice focusing on intellectual property, technology and data privacy, including for private equity, banking, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, software, consumer electronics, and fashion clients. Experience includes:
• Structuring, drafting and negotiating corporate and intellectual property contracts, including licenses, mergers and acquisitions (mergers and asset carve-outs) and joint venture agreements, patent sales and cross.
• Client service and management, including serving as lead contact for clients, responding to client concerns and summarizing and discussing complex legal issues with both lawyers and business teams.
• Team management, supervising associates and paralegals and providing intellectual property advice to colleagues in many specialties, including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, bank regulatory, bankruptcy and.

New York, NY, US

Practice focused on intellectual property, technology and data privacy, including for private equity, banking, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, software, consumer electronics, and fashion clients.

New York, NY, US

Reviewed, edited and sourced American Law Institute manuscript, Principles of the Law of Software Contracts. Researched substantive contract, tort and administrative law for an undergraduate law textbook, Law for Society: Nature, Functions and Limits. Revised and edited hornbook, Principles of Contract Law.

Created material for weekly recitations. Led and supervised laboratory experiments. Assessed quality of assignments. Provided constructive feedback to improve individual student performance. Coached students to craft personalized study plans. Communicated technologically complex ideas through cultural and linguistic barriers. Co-taught Biomedical Ethics.

Advised 10-12 students to compete in annual New York State Bar Association High School Mock Trial Tournament. Led meetings for 3-20 hours/week during academic year. Critiqued material for logical consistency and application. Assessed performances for style and substance. Guided team to 2nd place of 420 schools in New York State in 2006.

Investigated applications of public policy regarding transit. Analyzed over 800,000 error reports using Microsoft Access and Excel to inform recommendations. Interviewed constituents. Met with advocates. Drafted findings for presentation. Demonstrated that MTA repair response time of Metrocard vending machines correlated inversely with neighborhood.

J.D., Law

Bachelor Of Arts, Physics And Philosophy