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Sean E. Withall
Partner
Technology Transactions
Palo Alto
swithall@wsgr.com

D650-849-3268

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Sean E. Withall is a partner in the technology transactions practice in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s Palo Alto office. Sean represents technology companies of all sizes in a variety of industries, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning, autonomous vehicles, robotics, software and hardware, fintech, and many others.

Sean has deep expertise structuring and negotiating complex commercial transactions, including joint development deals, global distribution arrangements, and licenses to large data sets for clients ranging from cutting-edge startups to Fortune 500 companies. Sean also counsels clients on a variety of other significant commercial and intellectual property transactions, including customer, supply, and distribution agreements, intellectual property licenses, and manufacturing agreements.

Before practicing law, Sean developed smartphone apps and served for a year as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer.

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Sean E. Withall is a partner in the technology transactions practice in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s Palo Alto office. Sean represents technology companies of all sizes in a variety of industries, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning, autonomous vehicles, robotics, software and hardware, fintech, and many others.

Sean has deep expertise structuring and negotiating complex commercial transactions, including joint development deals, global distribution arrangements, and licenses to large data sets for clients ranging from cutting-edge startups to Fortune 500 companies. Sean also counsels clients on a variety of other significant commercial and intellectual property transactions, including customer, supply, and distribution agreements, intellectual property licenses, and manufacturing agreements.

Before practicing law, Sean developed smartphone apps and served for a year as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer.

Education
  • J.D., Harvard Law School, 2015Cum Laude; Member, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology
  • B.A., International Studies and Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, 2010Minor in History, General Honors
Admissions
  • State Bar of California
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Education
  • J.D., Harvard Law School, 2015Cum Laude; Member, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology
  • B.A., International Studies and Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, 2010Minor in History, General Honors
Admissions
  • State Bar of California
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  • Technology Transactions
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