Bio

Sean Buckley counsels innovators in two worlds—digital media and healthcare. They're not as different as you might think. Both industries require Sean to master the legal framework and distill the business complexities. With that knowledge, he offers inspired solutions and actionable advice to improve legal processes and contract management and quickly executes deals that hold up over time. The marketing, media, and advertising space is a brave new world for influencing consumer behavior online. In this arena, Sean helps ad agencies, media platforms, and advertisers, including Fortune 500 brands, structure deals that influence the marketplace. Immersed in all aspects of the marketing and digital media ecosystem, he spends much of his time advising clients on minimizing legal risks associated with programmatic advertising, digital marketing, e-retail, online communities, social influencers, native advertising, email, and out-of-home advertising. Sean provides legal guidance on some of the most interesting and novel issues arising in the digital media industry. Sean's healthcare practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions, financing, and regulatory compliance, with the goal of keeping clients out of court. Those clients include professional practices and technology companies seeking to partner with private equity and venture capital to bring new capital and enhanced value to an evolving industry. Naturally curious, Sean immerses himself in the subject matter and potential risks of every transaction he negotiates and invests in getting to know each client. His education starts at the onset of every new client relationship, when he visits their offices and facilities, meets with key people in the organization, and develops a vivid picture of their goals and objectives. Sean is the hiring partner for Dykema's Dallas office and leads its efforts to attract, recruit, and hire bright legal minds and enthusiastic team players.