Amy Weston Bio

Amy Weston advises clients on a variety of complex commercial transactions with a particular focus on technology transactions. Amy guides clients through all stages of the corporate lifecycle, including contract negotiations, technology transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. Her ability to provide clear, practical, and effective counsel helps clients successfully reach their business goals. Amy drafts, develops, reviews, and negotiates client-favorable terms in complex high volume international and domestic commercial transactions. She recognizes that an effective commercial agreement must be tailored to fit the tone, size, and scope of the deal and the client’s industry and jurisdiction. Amy counsels clients in a range of industries, including transportation and logistics, PropTech, AdTech, HealthTech, BioTech, GreenTech and EdTech. Whether these clients are emerging companies based in the United States or well-established global corporations, she helps them navigate the nuances of domestic and international regulations and laws. Intellectual property, information security, and data privacy are also a key focus of Amy’s practice, and she works diligently to advise clients on evolving regulatory requirements and contract-based ways to safeguard proprietary inventions, systems, and processes. With respect to mergers and acquisitions, Amy works with sell-side and buy-side clients to negotiate key deal terms of, draft definitive purchase and sale agreements for, and close strategic transactions including stock sales, asset sales, or statutory mergers. Amy takes a genuine interest in understanding each client’s industry and pain points so that she can provide tailored, client-specific counsel that will minimize friction while protecting the client’s intellectual property and technology, limiting the client’s liability, and ensuring the client meets all licensing and regulatory compliance standards. Her experience includes drafting and negotiating key contracts, corporate restructuring, and advising domestic and international clients on pre-litigation dispute resolution strategy. Amy began her legal career in Boston, focusing on corporate and transactional law while specializing in growth and emerging technology companies located throughout the United States and overseas. Upon returning to her roots in the Pacific Northwest, Amy practiced as a shareholder at a Seattle law firm prior to joining Miller Nash.