Steven Church
Tech Attorney
New York
NY
About
Steven was an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton for four years and the VP of Bank Regulation and Cybersecurity at Societe General. Steven graduated from Columbia Law, has a bachelor’s degree from Cornell in business and is earning a Master of Computer Science at UPenn.
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Client Reviews
"Steven’s subject matter expertise definitely shines through. We handed Steve some tricky cases but he worked through them together. I particularly like the system Steven naturally adopted for collaboration and quality control."
"Steven has quickly become an integral part of commercial contracts team, despite being outside counsel. He is our go-to negotiator. He excels at commercial contracts support with an excellent knack for contracts negotiation and deep understanding of our business needs."
Work History
Law Offices of Steven Church
Founder
Apr 2017 - Present
Extensive experience drafting commercial contracts for private equity firms and tech companies. Drafting and negotiating tech-related agreements for both buyside and sellside clients. Assisting tech startups in developing form MSAs and license agreements. Advise US and non-US tech clients on US, Canadian and EU data privacy laws and regulations.
Societe Generale
Vice President
Apr 2016 - Apr 2017
Vice President of the bank regulatory and cybersecurity divisions. Drafting vendor contracts to conform to cybersecurity regulations. Providing new product committee support for FinTech group. Providing contract drafting and negotiation support for business teams. Brafting bank regulatory policies. Advising on data/privacy breach response.
Cleary Gottlieb
Associate
Sep 2013 - Apr 2016
Associate in the Bank Regulatory Group assisting foreign and domestic financial institutions to understand and comply with the complicated web of state and federal financial regulations under which they operate. Drafting and negotiating services agreements and M&A documents for FinTech companies.