Tony Caldwell helps clients navigate complex issues related to law and technology, and co-chairs the firms’ Cybersecurity, Data Protection, and Privacy practice. His day-to-day practice focuses on corporate, technology, and life sciences transactions, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence, licensing, manufacturing and supply chain, data privacy, and mergers and acquisitions.
Technology Transactions
Tony assists clients from early- and mid-stage startups to public companies with developing, acquiring, monetizing, and protecting rights in their intellectual property and data across a diverse range of highly regulated industries. He is a member of the firm’s technology transactions group. He advises clients on technology transactions across a wide range of industries, including apparel, automotives, aviation, banking, call centers, chemicals, defense, energy storage, life sciences, and real estate. He has significant experience with commercial contracting and supply chain management issues for clients involved in artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), SaaS, software, fintech, proptech, bevtech, semiconductors, microchips, electric vehicles, fiber optics, diagnostics, batteries, and irrigation systems.
Artificial Intelligence
Tony is adept at navigating the intersection of AI technologies across multiple legal domains, including ethics, research, privacy, data governance, and intellectual property development. He has significant experience advising AI technologies from inception to commercialization and beyond, including drafting AI policies and negotiating AI transactions. Tony regularly presents on AI topics to in-house counsel and legal industry stakeholders who are getting up to speed on the legal and ethical implications of AI adoption, policy development, and usage of AI technologies by legal professionals.
Life Sciences/Medical Devices
Tony advises biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, biomedical data and AI analytics, and diagnostics companies with commercial contracting and clinical matters. He is a member of the firm’s life science and medical technology industry group. He has a comprehensive understanding of the legal needs of the life sciences industry, including its regulatory framework, risks and opportunities, rapidly changing technologies, and competitive landscape. He has extensive experience negotiating pre-clinical and clinical trial agreements, material transfer agreements, and domestic and international supply chain agreements. He has also represented several life sciences companies in connection with private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, and IPOs.
Healthcare
From business associate agreements to electronic medical records compliance, Tony has extensive experience counseling healthcare providers on business and legal issues. He regularly represents various healthcare organizations, including hospitals, physician groups, pharmacists, chiropractors, surgery centers, assisted living facilities, home health agencies, clinical laboratories, and commercial insurers, as well as digital health and telehealth companies looking to innovate the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Snell & Wilmer, Tony represented one of the nation’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems as deputized in-house technology counsel.
Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
Tony advises international and U.S.-based companies with data privacy compliance, cybersecurity, and other issues related to data asset management. He has particular experience assisting clients in cybersecurity preparedness, advising clients on potential risks and creating strategies before a cyberattack occurs, including cyber risk management programs, vendor assessment and management, privacy and information security policies, usage of generative AI tools, workforce training on privacy laws and best practices, and information governance. He has also represented many multinational companies in responding to cyber incidents involving ransomware and cyber extortion attacks resulting in exposure of sensitive information. He routinely assists companies with issues and drafting policies related to the EU GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, TCPA, COPPA, CAN-SPAM, PIPEDA, HIPAA, and HITECH.
Sports and Entertainment
Tony advises sport teams and entertainment businesses on their brand awareness and commercialization efforts through licensing, events, and corporate sponsorships. He has counseled clients regarding name, image and likeness (NIL), affiliate marketing, fashion shows, film festivals, food & beverage programs, influencer and celebrity advertisements, and concierge services. He has represented clients in a variety of professional and college deals across golf, e-sports, football, and soccer.
Technology Transactions
Life Science and Medical Device
Mergers and Acquisitions
Data Privacy
Healthcare
Licensing