Bio

Dale Werts focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate and general business law, and technology transfers and commercialization. His mergers and acquisition experience, gained in over 30 years of practice, includes representing individual owners and business organization in both strategic and financial acquisitions and dispositions, in a wide range of industries, including financial institutions and manufacturing, technology, health care and logistics entities. Dale’s technology experience includes data-related issues, blockchain technology implementation and cryptocurrency-related issues, virtual property transfers, software and technology licensing, hardware acquisition agreements, vendor and affiliate arrangements and offshore structures. Dale has represented the virtual property industry in massive multiplayer online gaming for over 20 years, including work with respect to privacy policies, terms of use, terms of sale, financings, affiliate arrangement, payment processing arrangements, banking relationships, corporate governance, acquisitions, intellectual property acquisition and protection and litigation. Recent work in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space has included initial coin offerings, token sales and distribution agreements, securities analyses, privacy-related issues, U.S. regulatory issues, and foreign cryptocurrency exchange regulation and formation and related trademark, patent and litigation matters.