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Sarah Niyogi

Sarah Niyogi

Niyogi Law PC

Burlingame
California
Licensed in
CA, Patent Bar
Stanford Law School
5.0 5
Clear Communication
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About
Sarah counsels technology company clients on strategic technology and commercial transactions, product-related legal issues, and legal operations. She has deep experience negotiating enterprise sales deals, channel sales and product partnerships, and inbound technology deals as well as building scalable legal processes to support growing businesses. She counsels clients on product compliance across privacy, intellectual property, and consumer protection.

Sarah has a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. Sarah also has a M. Phil in Development Studies from the University of… read more Cambridge where she was a Gates Cambridge Scholar.
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Years
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Practice Areas

Main Areas of Focus
Commercial Contracts
Commercial Contracts
  • Business Consulting Agreement
  • Distribution Agreement
  • Licensing Agreement
  • Marketing Agreement
  • Non-Disclosure Agreement (Commercial)
  • Privacy Policy
  • SaaS Agreement
  • Sales Agreement
  • Service Agreement
  • Terms of Service
  • User Agreement
  • Vendor Agreement
  • Other Commercial Contract Matter
Outside General Counsel
Outside General Counsel
  • Outside General Counsel
Other Practice Areas
Labor & Employment
Labor & Employment
  • Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement
  • Non-Disclosure Agreement (Employment)

Client Reviews

5.0
Clear Communication
Response Time
Knowledgeable
Meets Deadlines
out of 2 reviews
Clear Communication
Response Time
Knowledgeable
Meets Deadlines

"Sarah is just want you want from an outside counsel hard working, diligent and wicked smart. She owned her projects and made sure the details were worried about and dealt with. I look forward to working on another tech transaction with her."

Product Partnership Agreement
Posted on Jul 12, 2017
Clear Communication
Response Time
Knowledgeable
Meets Deadlines

"Sarah helped me define the terms of service and privacy policy for my company. She built up context about the space in an impressively short amount of time and broke down the legal risks in an easy to understand way. Sarah’s pragmatic and efficient work style is a perfect match for early-stage companies."

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Posted on Jul 12, 2017

Work History

Plaid

General Counsel

Oct 2015 - Feb 2017

Advised on commercial contracts, product and regulatory compliance, litigation, patent and trademark strategy, employment, and general corporate matters for cloud software and data aggregation startup.

Oct 2015 - Feb 2017

Dropbox

Director, Intellectual Property

Dec 2014 - Oct 2015

Advised on patent and trademark strategy, patent acquisitions and licensing, and intellectual property issues related to M&A.

Dec 2014 - Oct 2015

Dropbox

Team Lead, Commercial & Product

Mar 2012 - Dec 2014

I built and managed a team that negotiated thousands of contracts per year in support of hundreds of millions in revenue.

Mar 2012 - Dec 2014

Morrison & Foerster

Associate

Sep 2008 - Mar 2012

I specialized in technology transactions for companies such as Apple, Intel, Yahoo, SuccessFactors, Oracle, and more.

Sep 2008 - Mar 2012

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