Barnes & Thornburg has added Robert M. Weiss as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department in Chicago.
Weiss advises clients on complex technology and data transactions, web and e-commerce matters, and strategic alliances. With a particular emphasis in the financial services, healthcare, retail, hospitality, logistics and payment processing industries, Weiss represents companies worldwide that are involved in infrastructure and business process sourcings, technology development and licensing projects, enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations, health tech integrations, SaaS agreements and telecommunications procurements. He helps clients benefit from operating in the cloud and manage the associated risks.
Weiss has also worked on multiple M&A transactions involving companies with substantial technology assets, and has served as interim general counsel to a healthcare technology business unit of a multinational industrial corporation.
Previously, Weiss was a partner and chair of the Technology Transactions practice at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg. He is currently a member of the executive committee and past president of the International Technology Law Association, the leading global organization for legal professionals focused on technology and law.