SaaS and Technology Agreement Attorneys in New York City

SaaS companies depend on recurring revenue, ongoing platform performance and responsible data management. In New York City, technology businesses also face heightened regulatory scrutiny and complex cross-border considerations.

At [nap_names id=”FIRM-NAME-1″], we work with startups and established technology companies throughout New York City and the metro area. We regularly assist international businesses entering the United States market and founders navigating early growth stages with agreements designed for real-world SaaS operations.

What Agreements Form The Backbone Of A SaaS Business?

Most platforms rely on a coordinated contract framework rather than a single document. Core agreements often include:

Master Services Agreements defining commercial terms and liability allocation
Terms of Service governing platform access and user conduct
End User License Agreements addressing software usage rights

When aligned properly, these documents support predictable revenue and operational clarity. A Master Services Agreement (MSA) attorney helps integrate these agreements so they function together.

How Do SLAs Influence Risk And Customer Expectations?

Service Level Agreements often determine whether a deal proceeds smoothly or escalates into conflict. SLA drafting and negotiation typically focuses on uptime commitments, support response times, service credits as defined remedies, force majeure and security incident carve-outs, and how to balance customer demands against operational reality.

Why Is Data Privacy A Central Contract Issue?

SaaS platforms routinely process sensitive information across jurisdictions. Data privacy compliance for SaaS requires careful handling of GDPR, CCPA and Data Processing Addendums. These provisions clarify security obligations, breach response and data transfer rules, particularly for companies involved in international tech expansion in New York City. New York’s SHIELD Act imposes specific cybersecurity requirements on any business handling New York residents’ private information, with administrative, technical and physical safeguard mandates that must be reflected in your contracts.

Who Owns The Software And The Data?

Intellectual property terms define long-term value. A software licensing lawyer in New York City can address ownership of source code, customer data rights and licensing structures aligned with investment or acquisition goals. These issues frequently arise in software development agreement lawyer engagements.Your MSA should clearly delineate core platform IP—which remains your property regardless of customer input—from bespoke features, configurations or integrations. When customers fund custom development, negotiate whether they receive exclusive rights, non-exclusive licenses or merely priority access to features later incorporated into the general platform. Investors and acquirers scrutinize IP provisions during due diligence. Inconsistent ownership terms across your customer base, ambiguous assignment language or customer claims to platform improvements can significantly impair valuation. Standardized IP provisions that clearly vest core platform rights in your company while providing appropriate customer licenses support cleaner cap tables and exit processes.

VENDOR MANAGEMENT AND THIRD-PARTY RISK

How Do Subcontractors And Integrations Affect Your Liability?

Enterprise customers increasingly demand visibility into your entire technology stack. Vendor management and third-party risk provisions govern subcontractors, hosting providers, payment processors and third-party integrations that touch customer data or affect service delivery.

Integration marketplaces and third-party add-ons create liability gaps when your platform connects to external services. Your terms should clarify that third-party integrations fall outside your SLA commitments, define responsibility for integration failures and address data flows to integrated system.

Supply chain security requirements now appear in most enterprise SaaS contracts following high-profile supply chain attacks. Customers expect vendor risk assessments, security questionnaires for critical subprocessors and contractual flow-down of security obligations to your entire vendor ecosystem.

Discuss Your SaaS And Technology Agreements With Counsel Who Understands Growth

As a SaaS agreement lawyer in New York City and startup legal counsel in New York, our role extends beyond drafting documents. To discuss SaaS agreements, licensing or data privacy matters, call [nap_names id=”FIRM-NAME-1″] at [nap_phone id=”LOCAL-CT-NUMBER-1″] or reach us through the online contact option to schedule a confidential consultation.

Michele Cea is a founding member of the firm. Mr. Cea graduated from Catholic University School of Law in Milan, Italy (J.D., 2009, with honors), and Fordham University School of Law in New York (LL.M., 2011, Cum Laude).

Prior to completing his LL.M at Fordham Law School in 2011, Mr. Cea worked in a boutique Italian corporate law firm, where he was primarily dealing with shareholder agreements and various business transactions. In New York, Mr. Cea collaborated as a foreign attorney with a preeminent white-collar law firm in matters related to financial frauds, securities regulation and corporate compliance, among others. Mr. Cea was also employed as an Associate in the New York office of an International law firm, where he represented European clients operating in the U.S. In this position, he gained a valuable experience in the business law and real estate practice area, including corporate formation and dissolution, commercial transactions, residential and commercial real estate, trademark registration and business immigration.

Mr. Cea founded his own practice focused on representing foreign nationals and companies operating in the United States. He has extensive experience with international corporate matters, real estate transactions and  non-immigrant visa petitions, such as extraordinary ability and investor visas.

Mr. Cea is licensed to practice in New York (2013) and in Italy (2012). Mr. Cea is fluent in Italian and conversational in Spanish. Mr. Cea is a member of the New York City Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association.

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