Legal Considerations
While you want the terms of your contract to describe your ideal result, it is unlikely that the overall transaction will be defined by written contract terms alone. The applicable law may change the meaning or effect of essential contract terms. Also, the applicable law may create rights and obligations that are separate from those described in the contract.
Contract law is certainly a starting point in evaluating the effect of applicable law on your technology transaction. Intellectual property law is another body of law that will likely apply to your technology transaction. For example, copyright law defines many of the rights and obligations of the parties to software licenses. State laws and the laws of other countries might apply to your technology transaction.
I help clients understand which laws apply to their technology transactions, and how those laws might affect those transactions. I also help coordinate the roles of other counsel involved in those technology transactions.