Michael Coiro is an associate in Morrison Foerster’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Technology Transactions Group.

Michael represents private equity sponsors, public companies, and other strategic clients on a broad range of intellectual property and technology transactions across a wide variety of industries.

Michael’s practice focuses on drafting and negotiating IP licenses and assignments, bespoke commercial and vendor agreement terms, and IP-related provisions of M&A and financing documents. He conducts diligence on IP portfolios, licensing arrangements, IP disputes, and technology agreements, and advises on branding considerations, employee- and contractor-developed IP issues, artificial intelligence and training data issues, software and SaaS arrangements, and commercial collaborations involving technology, consumer products and related logistics, music and entertainment, sports, video games, and healthcare institutions.

Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Michael worked at another international firm, where he represented similarly situated corporate clients across a broad range of industries, with a comparable focus on transactions involving intellectual property and technology.

Michael earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. Michael worked for pro bono clients on behalf of both Cardozo’s Tech Startup Clinic and its Indie Film Clinic. He also served as both the president of Cardozo’s Entertainment Law Society and treasurer of its Sports Law Society. He earned his B.M. (Bachelor of Music) in music business from New York University, where he was a University Honors Scholar.