Andrew Poling is senior counsel in the Boston office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the technology transactions practice. He specializes in strategic commercial transactions and mergers and acquisitions for technology companies. His clients range from multinational enterprises to cutting edge start-ups in various industries, including cloud computing, electronic gaming and entertainment, fintech, and other software-centric industries. Andrew’s practice covers a range of activities associated with acquiring and commercializing technology and intellectual property. These activities include drafting and negotiating a variety of intellectual property-focused and complex transactions, such as software license agreements, cloud computing agreements, services agreements, reseller agreements, supply agreements, and agreements for other types of commercial and strategic transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining the firm, Andrew practiced in the technology transactions group at an intellectual property boutique based in Boston. Prior to law school, Andrew was a software developer and database architect developing e-learning websites, programs, and games for training pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device sales teams.