Bio

Jonathan Beckham is a seasoned corporate and technology transactions lawyer who is intimately involved in counseling clients on transactions and other matters that both facilitate and relate to the ongoing digital transformation of industry. He advises leading technology and data center providers, enterprise customers (and their operations, procurement, and technology teams), investors, landlords and other institutions and entrepreneurs on a variety of sophisticated commercial, technology, and corporate matters. Jonathan provides clients with practical and efficient solutions that address their unique needs and requirements based upon expertise across a variety of disciplines and industries, familiarity with technologies, trends and best practices, and an understanding of applicable service level, regulatory and data security and privacy risks, and other commercial concerns. In the technology space, Jonathan counsels clients on all aspects of cloud and telecommunications infrastructure transactions, including data center and colocation leases, subsea cable systems, indefeasible rights of use, dark fiber builds and leases, lit capacity, Internet exchange services, DAS and WiFi system builds, cell tower and rooftop leases and other services, in addition to license transactions for cloud enterprise platforms and applications. Licensing engagements frequently involve the development, integration and licensing of platforms, applications and/or networks for leading enterprise customers in retail, manufacturing, chemicals, hospitality, real estate operations and government contracting, and in regulated industries such as financial services / payment processing and healthcare. Jonathan has negotiated countless SaaS and software licenses, R&D collaboration agreements, master services agreements, technology schedules and service level agreements, equipment purchase and license transactions, outsourcing, joint venture transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. Jonathan represents several clients as outside general counsel, and has served as lead and special counsel for a variety of M&A and corporate finance transactions that include seed investment rounds, with an emphasis on impact investment transactions involving diverse entrepreneurs, and financings involving data center, subsea cable systems, and other technology-related assets.